Alex Máni Guðríðarson: Iceland Year List 2020 IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 130 of 130 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 06/04/2020 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 07/09/2020 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 05/01/2020 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2020 8 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/01/2020 9 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12/04/2020 11 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 08/11/2020 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 14 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 08/04/2020 15 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2020 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24/01/2020 19 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 24/01/2020 20 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 06/04/2020 21 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2020 22 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 03/01/2020 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 10/07/2020 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 19/03/2020 Keflavík 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2020 28 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24/01/2020 29 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 24/01/2020 30 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 01/01/2020 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2020 32 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 33 Rock Dove Columba livia 24/01/2020 34 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 35 Common Crane Grus grus 10/07/2020 36 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 37 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/01/2020 38 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 39 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 23/09/2020 40 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/04/2020 41 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 42 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 12/04/2020 43 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 44 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 45 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 46 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 06/08/2020 47 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 48 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 12/05/2020 Stokkseyri 49 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2020 50 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 17/05/2020 Njarðvík 51 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 52 Red Knot Calidris canutus 06/04/2020 53 Sanderling Calidris alba 54 Dunlin Calidris alpina 12/04/2020 55 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/01/2020 56 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 57 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 28/06/2020 Garður 58 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 14/07/2020 59 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 60 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 61 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 62 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 63 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 64 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 65 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 01/01/2020 66 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/01/2020 67 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 01/01/2020 68 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 69 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 06/04/2020 70 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 20/04/2020 71 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 30/03/2020 72 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 73 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 01/01/2020 74 Razorbill Alca torda 75 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 76 Common Murre Uria aalge 09/01/2020 77 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 12/01/2020 78 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Yes 14/07/2020 Leiðarhúsatjörn í Aðaldal 79 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2020 80 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 03/08/2020 81 Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 03/08/2020 82 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 24/01/2020 83 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 04/08/2020 84 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 85 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 86 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 87 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/01/2020 88 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 05/01/2020 89 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 90 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 91 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 92 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 93 Merlin Falco columbarius 03/01/2020 94 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 02/01/2020 95 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 21/09/2020 Hvalsnes 96 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 02/10/2020 97 Northern Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2020 98 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 99 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 100 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 101 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 102 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 01/10/2020 Hali, Suðursveit 103 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 01/10/2020 Brunnhóll, Mýrum 104 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 105 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 106 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 107 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 108 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 109 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 110 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 111 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 23/09/2020 Sólbrekka 112 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 113 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2020 114 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2020 115 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 116 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 117 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 118 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 119 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 120 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 121 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 122 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens 23/09/2020 123 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 124 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 125 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 126 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 02/01/2020 127 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 128 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 129 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 28/05/2020 130 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2020