Edward Rickson: Iceland Life List Icelandic Bird List, All records Record(s) 1 to 292 of 292 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Yes 28/06/2003 Kelduhverfi 2 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 05/06/2010 Raufarhöfn 3 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 4 Bean Goose Anser fabalis 30/04/2005 Lón 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 9 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 20/10/2013 Flói 10 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 11 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 26/05/2004 Vatnsdalur 12 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 14 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 26/05/2004 Vatnsdalur 15 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Wood Duck Aix sponsa Yes 18/04/2006 Rif 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Yes 06/05/2011 Kopavogur 18 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 19 American Wigeon Anas americana 20 Gadwall Anas strepera 21 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 25 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 26 Garganey Anas querquedula 27 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Yes 14/09/2007 Njarðvik 28 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 29 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 30/05/2001 Sandgerði 34 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 35 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 36 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 06/04/2002 Borgarfjörður eystri 37 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 38 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 39 American/Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 08/10/2017 Þvottá 1st for Iceland 40 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra 41 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 42 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 24/11/2001 Hraunsvík 43 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 12/07/2005 Reykjarfjörður 44 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 12/11/2016 Miðnes 45 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 46 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 47 Hooded Merganser Mergus cucullatus Yes 24/02/2002 Andakílsá 48 Smew Mergus albellus Yes 08/02/2006 Úlfljótsvatn 49 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 50 Goosander Mergus merganser 51 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 52 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 53 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 54 Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica Yes 03/08/2019 Reykjadalur 55 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 56 Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii Yes 17/08/2011 Heimaey 57 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 24/10/2018 Norðurkot 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Yes 11/02/2017 Írafoss 59 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 60 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 61 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 62 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 13/09/2003 Garðskagi 63 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 64 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 28/07/2002 Garðskagi 65 Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 21/08/2004 Heimaey 66 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 67 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 68 European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 69 Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 03/04/2004 Fáskrúðsfjörður 70 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yes 26/04/2017 Stafnes Three birds together 71 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 04/06/2004 Hali 72 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 15/09/2015 Hraun í Ölfusi 73 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Yes 01/06/2004 Grindavík 74 Great White Egret Egretta alba Yes 06/04/2002 Lón 75 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 76 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 03/05/2007 Heiðmörk 77 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 18/10/2005 Seljaland 78 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Yes 11/10/2008 Höfðabrekka 79 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 11/04/2003 Höfðabrekka 80 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 25/03/2000 Grunnafjörður 81 Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Yes 19/11/2010 Hafnarfjörður 82 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Yes 11/06/2008 Skógar 83 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 07/10/2000 Reykjavik 84 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/09/2016 Kópavogur 85 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 24/09/2006 Miðnes 86 Merlin Falco columbarius 87 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus 25/12/1999 Kópavogur 88 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Yes 21/10/2007 Hafurbjarnarstaðir 89 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 11/03/2002 Reykjavík 90 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 22/11/2003 Selfoss 91 Common Coot Fulica atra 92 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 21/12/2007 Höfðabrekka 93 Common Crane Grus grus 06/04/2002 Borgarfjörður eystri 94 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 95 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 20/04/2017 Garður 1st for Iceland 96 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Yes 08/04/2004 Höfn 97 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 26/06/2020 Garður 98 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 99 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 04/04/2014 Garður 1st for Iceland 100 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 09/05/2004 Sandgerði 101 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 20/04/2014 Garður 102 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus Yes 13/10/2021 Heimaey 103 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Yes 07/10/2001 Arfadalsvík 104 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 01/10/2011 Garður 1st for Iceland 105 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 106 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 107 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 24/03/2002 Garður 108 Red Knot Calidris canutus 109 Sanderling Calidris alba 110 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 14/07/2007 Rif 111 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 13/10/2016 Seltjarnarnes 1st for Iceland 112 Little Stint Calidris minuta Yes 02/09/2005 Sandgerði 113 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 17/10/2011 Seltjarnarnes 114 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 10/10/2009 Seltjarnarnes 115 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 06/10/2005 Garður 116 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 06/10/2012 Garður 117 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 21/05/2002 Njarðvík 118 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 119 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 120 Dunlin Calidris alpina 121 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Yes 02/09/2005 Garður 122 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 123 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 124 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 125 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 20/07/2011 Njarðvik 126 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 15/10/2007 Seltjarnarnes 127 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 09/11/2002 Eyjafjöll 128 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 129 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 130 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 131 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 132 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 133 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Yes 27/04/2019 Sandgerði 134 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 23/09/2003 Sandgerði 135 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 08/05/2018 Sandgerði 136 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Yes 15/05/2019 Njarðvík 137 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 138 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 03/09/2005 Garður 139 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 140 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 05/09/2011 Seltjarnarnes 141 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 142 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 16/06/2001 Flatey 143 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 10/05/2006 Stokkseyri 144 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 145 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 27/06/2003 NE 146 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 147 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Yes 08/04/2006 Hafnarfjörður 148 Little Gull Larus minutus 149 Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 14/09/2003 Þorlákshöfn 150 Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia Yes 06/03/2004 Grindavik 151 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 152 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 153 Mew Gull Larus canus 154 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 155 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 156 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 18/03/2006 Sandgerði 157 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Yes 22/03/2010 Mýrdalur 158 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 10/04/2014 Höfn 159 Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri Yes 10/02/2013 Kopavogur 160 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 30/01/2015 Reykjavík 1st for Iceland 161 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 162 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 163 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 164 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea 165 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 166 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea 11/12/2004 Höfn Three birds together 167 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Yes 12/04/2013 Eyrarbakki 168 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 169 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Yes 10/06/2022 Garður 170 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 28/05/2012 Hrauntúnstjörn 171 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Yes 13/07/2002 Borgarfjörður eystri 172 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 173 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia 174 Razorbill Alca torda 175 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 176 Little Auk Alle alle 177 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 178 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 179 Stock Dove Columba oenas Yes 22/11/2003 Hali 180 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 16/11/2003 Reykjavík 181 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 28/09/2001 Eyjafjöll 182 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 12/10/2001 Reykjavík 183 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 08/05/1999 Garðskagi 184 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 24/07/2004 NW 185 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 01/04/2004 Eyjafjöll 186 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 187 Common Swift Apus apus 16/05/2004 Garðskagi 188 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Yes 19/08/2019 Mógilsá 189 Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Yes 10/04/2019 Mosfellsbær 190 Hoopoe Upupa epops Yes 21/10/2013 Garðabær 191 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 08/10/2007 Selfoss 192 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 20/10/2023 Grindavík 193 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Yes 07/10/2003 Stokkseyri 1st for Iceland 194 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 10/10/2003 Eyjafjöll 1st for Iceland 195 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis 19/10/2019 Grindavík 196 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 03/05/2004 Elliðavatn 197 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 198 Cliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota Yes 26/08/2019 Garðskagi 199 House Martin Delichon urbicum 02/05/2003 Reykjavík 200 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 201 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 25/10/2014 Heimaey/Vestmannaeyjar 202 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 07/10/2004 Garður 203 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 08/10/2017 Brunnhóll/Mýrar 204 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 15/09/2006 Brunnhóll/Mýrar 205 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 18/10/2003 Heimaey 206 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 207 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 208 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 209 Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis 210 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 211 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 28/09/2001 Eyjafjöll 212 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 13/10/2001 Sandgerði 213 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 22/10/2017 Höfn 1st for Iceland 214 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 215 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 216 Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 217 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 218 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 28/10/2023 Garður 219 Varied Thrush Zoothera naevia Yes 08/05/2004 Unaós Best bird I've seen in Iceland 220 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 15/10/2005 Heimaey 221 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 05/10/2005 Heimaey 222 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 03/11/2014 Hvolsvöllur 223 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 224 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 225 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 13/11/2005 Garður 226 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 227 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 228 Redwing Turdus iliacus 229 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 230 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 25/10/2008 Selfoss 231 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Yes 15/09/2002 Grindavík 232 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Yes 18/09/2002 Stokkseyri 233 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 01/10/2012 Suðursveit 234 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 15/10/2002 Garðabær 235 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 18/09/2004 Lón 236 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Yes 18/09/2002 Eyrarbakki 237 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 238 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 239 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 240 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 241 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 242 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 15/10/2002 Garðabær 243 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 22/10/2017 Vík í Lóni 1st for Iceland 244 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 245 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 246 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 247 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Yes 12/10/2022 Stokkseyri 248 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 249 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 250 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 251 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 252 Great Tit Parus major Yes 01/11/2012 Reykjavík 253 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Yes 08/06/2004 Suðursveit 254 Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula 255 Rook Corvus frugilegus 256 Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix 257 Common Raven Corvus corax 258 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 259 Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus 260 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 261 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 28/09/2008 Grindavík 262 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 263 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 264 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Yes 30/01/2016 Selfoss 265 Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus 266 Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea 267 Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni 268 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 15/11/2017 Seltjörn Subspecies leucoptera, 1st for WP 269 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 270 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 271 Common Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 272 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 08/04/2002 Vogar 273 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 11/06/2021 Syðra-Lágafell 274 Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina Yes 09/09/2019 Reykjanes 275 Northern Parula Parula americana Yes 20/09/2011 Reykjavik 276 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Yes 11/09/2003 Grindavik 277 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 26/09/2021 Eyrarbakki 278 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens Yes 18/10/2003 Heimaey 279 Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens Yes 27/10/2003 Grindavik 280 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Yes 10/10/1999 Miðnes 281 Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata Yes 17/10/2005 Þorlákshöfn 282 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 24/09/2021 Stafnes 283 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 26/10/2011 Miðnes 284 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Yes 07/12/2013 Hafnarfjörður 1st for Iceland 285 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 21/03/2008 Höfn 286 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 287 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 288 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Yes 25/02/2024 Höfn 289 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 07/11/2003 Reykjavik 290 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 30/04/2005 Smyrlabjörg 291 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 21/10/2001 Þorlákshöfn 1st for Iceland 292 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 08/10/2003 Eyrarbakki