Mats Hjelte: Iceland Life List Icelandic Bird List, All records Record(s) 1 to 132 of 132 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Yes 17/06/2004 Hóll 2 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 7 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 8 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 9 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 11 American Wigeon Anas americana 12 Gadwall Anas strepera 13 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 14 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 17 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 18 Garganey Anas querquedula 30/04/2022 Sandgerdi 19 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 20 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 24 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 25 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 26 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 03/03/2016 Keflavik 30 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 01/05/2017 Fuglavik 31 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 32 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Hooded Merganser Mergus cucullatus Yes 08/03/2016 Ellidavatn 34 Smew Mergus albellus Yes 01/07/2011 Reykjavik 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 37 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 38 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 39 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 40 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 41 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 42 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 18/08/2022 Gardur 43 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 44 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 45 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 46 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 47 European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 48 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yes 03/05/2017 Stafnes 49 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 14/06/2004 Gerdi Öraefum 50 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Yes 12/06/2004 Grindavik 51 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 52 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 53 Merlin Falco columbarius 54 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus 55 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 21/04/2024 Hafnarfjördur 56 Common Coot Fulica atra 57 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 58 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 01/05/2017 Gardur 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 60 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Yes 28/08/2019 Gardur 61 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 62 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/05/2017 Fuglavik 63 Red Knot Calidris canutus 64 Sanderling Calidris alba 65 Little Stint Calidris minuta Yes 20/07/2012 Seltjarnarnes 66 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 18/07/2011 67 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 69 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 04/05/2022 Stokkseyri 70 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 71 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 18/07/2011 Njardvik 72 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 03/03/2015 Ellidavatn 73 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 74 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 75 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 76 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 77 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 78 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 12/06/2004 Eyrarbakki 79 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 80 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 81 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 82 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 83 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 84 Little Gull Larus minutus 85 Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 24/07/2021 Grindavik 86 Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia Yes 12/06/2004 Gardar 87 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 88 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 89 Mew Gull Larus canus 90 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 91 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 92 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 93 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 95 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea 06/05/2022 Gardur 96 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 97 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 98 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 04/07/2013 Vatnsmyrin Reykjavik 99 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Yes 03/06/2019 Gardur 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 101 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia 102 Razorbill Alca torda 103 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 104 Little Auk Alle alle 105 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 106 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 107 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 108 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 109 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Yes 29/08/2019 Mógilsá 110 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 111 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 112 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 113 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 114 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 115 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 116 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 117 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 118 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 119 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 120 Redwing Turdus iliacus 121 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 22/05/2023 Solbrekka 122 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 123 Common Raven Corvus corax 124 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 125 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 126 Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus 127 Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea 128 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 129 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 130 Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina Yes 09/09/2019 Reykjanesviti 131 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 132 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis