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Introduced and invasive animals in Iceland

70 animal species are listed as introduced in Iceland by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 3 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Iceland

Introduced species: 70
Flagged invasive: 3

Which invasive animals are in Iceland?

Species the checklist flags as invasive, most looked-up first.

All introduced animals in Iceland

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
American mink	Neogale vison	Mustelidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Small earth humble-bee	Bombus lucorum	Apidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ashy physa	Physella acuta	Physidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Reindeer	Rangifer tarandus	Cervidae	Vulnerable	Introduced
Rock dove	Columba livia	Columbidae	Least Concern	Introduced
European rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Leporidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Mute swan	Cygnus olor	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Black swan	Cygnus atratus	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Mandarin duck	Aix galericulata	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Canada goose	Branta canadensis	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Bar-headed goose	Anser indicus	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Chilean flamingo	Phoenicopterus chilensis	Phoenicopteridae	Near Threatened	Introduced
European flounder	Platichthys flesus	Pleuronectidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Deer tick	Ixodes ricinus	Ixodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ruddy duck	Oxyura jamaicensis	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common European earwig	Forficula auricularia	Forficulidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pink salmon	Oncorhynchus gorbuscha	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Common wasp	Vespula vulgaris	Vespidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black garden ant	Lasius niger	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
German wasp	Vespula germanica	Vespidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sand shrimp	Crangon crangon	Crangonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Common cockle	Cerastoderma edule	Cardiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Blue bottle fly	Calliphora vomitoria	Calliphoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Leopard slug	Limax maximus	Limacidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common carder bee	Bombus pascuorum	Apidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Winter moth	Operophtera brumata	Geometridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cranefly	Tipula paludosa	Tipulidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Garden bumblebee	Bombus hortorum	Apidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Steamer	Mya arenaria	Myidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bronze carabid	Carabus nemoralis	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mottled umber	Erannis defoliaria	Geometridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tree bumblebee	Bombus hypnorum	Apidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Meadow froghopper	Philaenus spumarius	Aphrophoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sea vase	Ciona intestinalis	Cionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Red-banded yellowjacket	Vespula rufa	Vespidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Norwegian aerial yellowjacket	Dolichovespula norwegica	Vespidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Furry Dronefly	Eristalis intricaria	Syrphidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Roger's Crypt ant	Hypoponera punctatissima	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Imported currantworm	Nematus ribesii	Tenthredinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Larch budmoth	Zeiraphera griseana	Tortricidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Clouded-bordered brindle	Apamea crenata	Noctuidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Strawberry root weevil	Otiorhynchus ovatus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Garden millepede	Oxidus gracilis	Paradoxosomatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Brassy willow beetle	Phratora vitellinae	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cluster fly	Pollenia rudis	Polleniidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dusky brocade	Apamea remissa	Noctuidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Seine riverbank ground beetle	Bembidion tetracolum	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Rock crab	Cancer irroratus	Cancridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pale corn clothes	Nemapogon variatella	Tineidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pine false webworm	Acantholyda erythrocephala	Pamphiliidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Curly woodlouse	Cylisticus convexus	Cylisticidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Rasberry weevil	Otiorhynchus singularis	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
One-eyed centipede	Lamyctes emarginatus	Henicopidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Spring Halfband	Melangyna lasiophthalma	Syrphidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Spruce aphid	Elatobium abietinum	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
White-spot purple	Eriocrania unimaculella	Eriocraniidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bronze-brown dandelion aphid	Uroleucon taraxaci	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Slender snake millipede	Boreoiulus tenuis	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Hairy spider weevil	Exomias pellucidus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ageniaspis fuscicollis	Ageniaspis fuscicollis	Encyrtidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Allajulus nitidus	Allajulus nitidus	Julidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Anisodactylus binotatus	Anisodactylus binotatus	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Epaphius secalis	Epaphius secalis	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Leistus terminatus	Leistus terminatus	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Meiosimyza rorida	Meiosimyza rorida	Lauxaniidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sympycnus pulicarius	Sympycnus pulicarius	Dolichopodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Terebrasabella heterouncinata	Terebrasabella heterouncinata	Sabellidae	Not recorded	Introduced

A species is on this list when the country's checklist in the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species records it as introduced by people and present. It is marked invasive when the checklist records an impact on native wildlife or habitats. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another, and checklists are revised as countries report, so the list is not final. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0). See the sources.

American mink

Small earth humble-bee

Ashy physa