Eyjólfur Matthíasson: Europe Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 249 of 249 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus Yes 25/04/2020 Paradisvika, Biri Norway 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 15/12/2019 Lækurinn Hafnafirði 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 28/07/2022 Bessastaðir Álftanes 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 25/09/2021 Åkersvika Hamar 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 22/11/2020 Hundorp Naturreservat Norway 11 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 20/06/2018 Givskud zoo Denmark 15 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 21/04/2018 Langvannet, Lørenskog Norway 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13/05/2021 Dokkadelta 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 29/12/2021 Víkingasafnið Njarðvík Iceland 19 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana Yes 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 12/04/2019 Hornborgasjön Sweden 25 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 13/05/2021 Hundorp 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 16/04/2021 Mengshol, Vika Norway 28 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20/04/2023 Vifilsstadavatn 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 04/06/2023 Rif Snæfellsbær 33 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 34 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 35 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 22/07/2023 Þvottá sjór 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 38 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 23/02/2014 Iceland 39 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 40 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 25/03/2023 Akranes 41 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 42 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 43 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 44 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2020 Fossvogur Kópavogur Iceland 45 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 01/02/2014 Helluvatn Reykjavík 46 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 47 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 48 Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia 25/09/2022 Dovre Norway 49 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 12/05/2018 Dovrefjell Norway 50 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 51 Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 52 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 53 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 15/06/2018 Denmark 54 Common Swift Apus apus 55 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 56 Rock Dove Columba livia 57 Stock Dove Columba oenas 58 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 59 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 14/04/2018 Tretten Norway 60 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 14/01/2023 Lambhagi Reykjavík Iceland 61 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 29/04/2017 Østensjøvannet Oslo Norway 62 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 29/04/2017 Østensjøvannet Oslo Norway 63 Common Crane Grus grus 64 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 15/06/2018 Jægersborg Dyrehave Denmark 65 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/03/2024 Þorlákshöfn Iceland 66 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 29/04/2017 Østensjøvannet Oslo Norway 67 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 68 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 69 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 13/05/2021 Dokkadelta 70 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 71 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 12/07/2019 Garður Iceland 72 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 12/09/2019 Garður Iceland 73 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 74 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 75 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Voll Nord-Fron Norway 76 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 77 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii 22/07/2019 Hvalsnes 78 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 79 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 80 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 28/12/2018 Sandgerði Iceland 81 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 82 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 10/09/2023 Bessastaðatjörn, Álftanes 83 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 29/12/2021 Víkingasafnið Njarðvík Iceland 84 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 23/05/2021 Nord-fron Norway 85 Great Snipe Gallinago media 08/06/2021 Nord-fron Norway 86 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 87 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 25/05/2023 Bakkatjörn 88 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 89 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 90 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 18/04/2020 Lillehammer Norway 91 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 92 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 93 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 09/05/2020 Lillehammer Norway 94 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 19/05/2018 Tautra Norway 95 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 96 Red Knot Calidris canutus 97 Ruff Calidris pugnax 26/05/2019 Fokstumyra Dovrefjell 98 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 01/07/2023 Stokkseyri Iceland 99 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 20/05/2020 Hundorp Norway 100 Sanderling Calidris alba 101 Dunlin Calidris alpina 102 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 103 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/07/2020 Giske Norway 104 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 12/09/2018 Garðskagi 105 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 24/09/2023 Bakkatjörn 106 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 21/07/2023 Lón kelduhverfi 107 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 02/06/2023 Sandgerði 108 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 109 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 08/06/2019 Rekdal 110 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 25/05/2023 Kasthústjörn 111 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 112 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 21/07/2018 Á sjó vestur af Reykjanesi 113 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 10/09/2019 Tjörnin Reykjavík 114 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 115 Common Gull Larus canus 13/09/2018 Bakkatjörn 116 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 12/09/2018 Elliðaárdalur Reykjavík 117 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 118 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 119 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 120 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 121 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 122 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 123 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 04/05/2018 Runde Norway 124 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 125 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 126 Razorbill Alca torda 127 Little Auk Alle alle 05/01/2019 Akranes Iceland 128 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 19/07/2018 Svörtuloft Snæfellsnes Iceland 129 Common Murre Uria aalge 130 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 131 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 132 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 133 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 21/07/2018 Garðasjór Iceland 134 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 135 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 18/09/2023 Út af Garðskagavita 136 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 21/07/2018 Garðasjór 137 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 138 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 139 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 140 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 12/05/2013 Ástjörn í Hafnarfirði Iceland 141 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 25/09/2015 Lækur Ölfusi Iceland 142 Great Egret Ardea alba 21/08/2021 Rykkhussumpene Sør-Fron Norway. 143 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 144 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 25/05/2019 Åkersvika Hamar Norway 145 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 05/09/2017 Kuhmo Finland 146 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/09/2017 Kuhmo Finland 147 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Norway 148 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 28/08/2021 Hundorp Naturreservat Norway 149 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12/05/2018 Norway 150 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Iceland 151 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 23/09/2017 Dovrefjell Norway 152 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 15/06/2018 Denmark 153 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus 08/06/2021 Nord-fron Norway 154 Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula 155 Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum 26/03/2022 Dovre 156 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 157 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 158 Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa 23/02/2020 Kapp Norway 159 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 29/04/2017 Sandvika Norway 160 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 11/07/2020 Sikkilsdalen 161 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 25/04/2021 Hundorp 162 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 163 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius 164 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 20/10/2019 Sel komme Rustvegen fv 438 165 Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus 166 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 167 Merlin Falco columbarius 168 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 169 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 14/05/2019 Gålåvegen Sør-Fron 170 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 171 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 10/05/2018 Hunderfossen Norway 172 Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus 173 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 174 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 175 Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes 176 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 177 Rook Corvus frugilegus 178 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 179 Northern Raven Corvus corax 180 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 181 Coal Tit Periparus ater 182 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 183 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 184 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 185 Great Tit Parus major 186 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 15/06/2018 Jægersborg Dyrehave Denmark 187 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 24/07/2020 Valdresflya Norway 188 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 189 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 190 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 191 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 30/08/2023 Innri Njarðvík Iceland 192 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 06/06/2018 Liadalen Nord-Fron Norway 193 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 194 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 25/04/2020 Lillemammer 195 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/05/2021 Hamar 196 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 29/05/2021 Vinstra 197 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 198 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 199 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 200 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 201 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 202 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 203 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 15/10/2023 Eyrabakki Iceland 204 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 27/04/2018 Voll Nord-Fron Norway 205 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Voll Nord-Fron Norway 206 Redwing Turdus iliacus 207 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 208 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 209 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 04/05/2018 Runde Norway 210 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 10/02/2024 Keflavik Iceland 211 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 212 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 213 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 214 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 22/10/2023 Sólbrekka 215 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 216 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 22/10/2023 Sólbrekka 217 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 218 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 219 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 09/03/2024 Við Brimketilinn á Reykjanesi 220 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 221 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 28/10/2023 222 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 223 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 224 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 225 Dunnock Prunella modularis 226 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 227 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 228 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 229 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 230 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 15/05/2020 Ruste Vinstra 231 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 05/05/2018 Runde Norway 232 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 233 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 234 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 235 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 10/11/2019 Dombås 236 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 237 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 29/05/2021 Vinstra 238 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 239 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 31/01/2020 Vinstra 240 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 241 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 242 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 243 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 12/09/2018 Garðskagi 244 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 245 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 15/06/2018 Denmark 246 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 247 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 248 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Yes 15/12/2013 Gróðarstöðin Þöll í Hafnarfirði Iceland 249 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 09/09/2019 Reykjanesviti Iceland