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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands wildlife

23 species in the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands dex: 10 Common, 7 Uncommon, 5 Rare, 1 Legendary. Tiers come from how often people record each species here; Legendary ones and protected species are never shown at their real location.

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Legendary

The rarest finds here: 150 points each. Their locations are always protected.

#057 🐦 Adelie penguin

Rare

#005 🦌 Arnoux's beaked whale

#009 🦌 Southern Bottlenose Whale

#017 🦌 Reindeer · introduced

#018 🐦 Yellow-billed Teal · introduced

#062 🐦 Arctic Tern · introduced

Uncommon

#019 🐦 Yellow-billed Pintail · introduced

#020 🐦 South Georgia Pipit

#023 🐦 Snowy Sheathbill

#045 🐦 South Georgia Diving-Petrel

#046 🐦 Common Diving Petrel

#058 🐦 Chinstrap penguin

#059 🐦 Gentoo penguin

Common

#001 🦌 Antarctic fur seal

#008 🦌 Leopard Seal

#011 🦌 Weddell Seal

#014 🦌 Southern Elephant Seal

#022 🐦 King Penguin

#030 🐦 Macaroni penguin

#035 🐦 Kelp Gull

#036 🐦 Imperial Shag

#060 🐦 Brown skua

#063 🐦 Antarctic Tern

Vagrants

Rare visitors from elsewhere. Listed, but outside the completion count.

#013 🦌 Strap-toothed whale

#025 🐦 Tristan Albatross

#029 🐦 Western rockhopper penguin

#042 🐦 Salvin's Prion

#061 🐦 South Polar Skua

#064 🐦 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

Marine

Seen offshore.

#002 🦌 Antarctic minke whale

#003 🦌 Blue whale

#004 🦌 Fin Whale · introduced

#006 🦌 Southern right whale

#007 🦌 Long-finned pilot whale

#010 🦌 Hourglass Dolphin

#012 🦌 Humpback Whale

#015 🦌 Killer Whale

#016 🦌 Sperm Whale

#021 🐦 Kerguelen Petrel

#024 🐦 Cape Petrel

#026 🐦 Southern Royal Albatross

#027 🐦 Wandering albatross

#028 🐦 Northern Royal Albatross · introduced

#031 🐦 Black-bellied Storm-petrel

#032 🐦 Southern Fulmar

#033 🐦 Grey-Backed Storm Petrel · introduced

#034 🐦 Blue Petrel

#037 🐦 Southern Giant Petrel

#038 🐦 Northern Giant Petrel

#039 🐦 Wilson's storm petrel

#040 🐦 Slender-Billed Prion

#041 🐦 Antarctic Prion

#043 🐦 Fairy Prion · introduced

#044 🐦 Snow Petrel

#047 🐦 Sooty Albatross

#048 🐦 Light-mantled Albatross

#049 🐦 White-chinned Petrel

#050 🐦 Grey Petrel

#051 🐦 Atlantic Petrel

#052 🐦 White-headed Petrel

#053 🐦 Soft-plumaged Petrel

#054 🐦 Little Shearwater · introduced

#055 🐦 Great Shearwater · introduced

#056 🐦 Sooty Shearwater · introduced

#065 🐦 Grey-Headed Albatross

#066 🐦 Black-browed Albatross

#067 🐦 Antarctic petrel