Sigurjón Einarsson: Iceland Year List 2024 IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 90 of 90 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 7 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 13 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23/03/2024 Bakkatjörn 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 16 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 11/05/2024 17 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 18 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 19 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 18/03/2024 Reykjavík 20 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 21 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 22 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 23 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 24 Rock Dove Columba livia 25 Stock Dove Columba oenas Yes 18/03/2024 Hvolsvöllur 26 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 18/03/2024 27 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 21/04/2024 28 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Yes 08/01/2024 Lambhaga 29 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 30 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 31 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 32 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 33 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 34 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 35 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 36 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 37 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 38 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 39 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 09/05/2024 Sandgerðistjörn 40 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 41 Red Knot Calidris canutus 42 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11/05/2024 Sandgerði 43 Sanderling Calidris alba 10/05/2024 44 Dunlin Calidris alpina 45 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 46 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 11/05/2024 Sandgerði 47 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 48 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 49 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 50 Common Gull Larus canus 51 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 52 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 53 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 54 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 55 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 56 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 57 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 58 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 59 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 60 Razorbill Alca torda 61 Common Murre Uria aalge 62 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 63 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 64 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 65 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 66 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 67 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 68 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 69 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 11/05/2024 Miðhúsasíki 70 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 71 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 72 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 73 Merlin Falco columbarius 74 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 75 Rook Corvus frugilegus 18/03/2024 76 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 09/05/2024 Sandgerði 77 Northern Raven Corvus corax 78 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 29/03/2024 Meistaravellir 79 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 80 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 81 Redwing Turdus iliacus 82 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 83 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 29/03/2024 84 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 29/03/2024 Keflavík 85 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 86 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 87 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 88 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 89 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 90 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis