Guðmundur Hj Falk Johannesson: Iceland Year List 2019 Icelandic Bird List, All records Record(s) 1 to 180 of 180 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 06/04/2019 2 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/04/2019 Melaberg 4 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 13/10/2019 7 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 13/10/2019 Mosfellsdalur 8 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 22/04/2019 Grindavik 9 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 07/04/2019 10 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/04/2019 11 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 26/03/2019 hvalsnes 12 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 13 American Wigeon Anas americana 22/02/2019 Nylenda Stafnes 14 Gadwall Anas strepera 08/01/2019 Nylenda Stafnes 15 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 06/11/2019 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 19 Garganey Anas querquedula 20 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 09/04/2019 21 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 19/05/2019 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 25 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 01/05/2019 Árbæjarlón 26 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 06/02/2019 Merkines 28 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra 26/10/2019 Hvalnesskriður 31 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26/02/2019 Stekkjarnef Grindavík 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 26/02/2019 Gerðistangi Grindavík 33 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 02/01/2019 keflavik 34 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 20/04/2019 ljósavatn 35 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 11/01/2019 Hlíðarvatn Selvogi 36 Smew Mergus albellus Yes 31/12/2019 Kópavogur North west from Harbor 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 08/01/2019 Skaftá 39 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 06/04/2019 40 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 41 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 42 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Yes 01/01/2019 grindavik 44 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 45 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 12/06/2019 Garðskagaviti 46 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 47 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 13/06/2019 48 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 21/05/2019 Garðsjór 49 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 04/07/2019 50 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 51 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 52 European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 53 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Yes 30/04/2019 Hliðarvatn 54 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 08/01/2019 Skaftá 55 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 08/01/2019 Skaftá sat á Skerjum sem heita Heimsendi og eru á móts við bæinn Ásgarð með honum var Gráhegrinn og 2 skarfar og var verið að slást um Sjóbirting 56 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 10/05/2019 Ósabotnar 57 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Yes 25/01/2019 Elliðahvammur Kópavogur 58 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 01/04/2019 Sólheimasandur South Iceland 59 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20/06/2019 Stíflisdalsvatn 60 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 28/04/2019 Sandgerði 61 Merlin Falco columbarius 05/01/2019 Bursthús Stafnes 62 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus 02/01/2019 Utskálar 63 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Yes 01/04/2019 Hvolsvöllur 64 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 20/01/2019 Hvalsnestjörn 65 Common Coot Fulica atra 13/04/2019 Sandgerðistjörn 66 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/04/2019 Sandgerði 68 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Yes 22/07/2019 Nesjar Hvalsnes Sandgerði 69 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus Yes 30/04/2019 Nesjar/Melaberg 70 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Yes 09/06/2019 miðhús 71 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 12/07/2019 Útskálar garður 72 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 05/01/2019 Sandgerði Hafnir Garðskagi 73 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 17/03/2019 Ósabotnar Hafnir 74 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/11/2019 Miðhús Garði 75 Red Knot Calidris canutus 11/02/2019 Sandgerði 76 Sanderling Calidris alba 09/04/2019 garðskagi 77 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 19/05/2019 78 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 10/05/2019 Garður 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 80 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/02/2019 Sandvik Reykjanes 81 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 82 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 83 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 04/10/2019 Seltjörn 84 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/04/2019 85 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 86 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/04/2019 87 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 88 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 89 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Yes 26/04/2019 Sandgerði 90 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 29/04/2019 Sandgerði 91 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Yes 15/05/2019 Njarðvíkurfitjar 92 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 31/07/2019 Miðhúsasíki 93 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 15/05/2019 94 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 95 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 96 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 15/04/2019 Stafnes 3 á flugi frá hafi inn yfir skagann 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 15/04/2019 2 á Sandgerðistjörn og 4 í Ósabotnum 98 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 13/08/2019 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 06/04/2019 100 Little Gull Larus minutus 101 Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 13/06/2019 Garðskagi 102 Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia Yes 12/09/2019 Bakkatjörn Seltjarnarnes 103 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 104 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 25/04/2019 105 Mew Gull Larus canus 106 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 21/02/2019 Miðhús Garður 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Yes 11/07/2019 Sandgerði 109 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 110 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 111 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 112 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 113 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 114 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Yes 02/06/2019 Miðhús 115 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 116 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia 05/01/2019 Ósabotnar 117 Razorbill Alca torda 118 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 119 Little Auk Alle alle 120 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 24/04/2019 121 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 122 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 22/04/2019 Sólbrekka 123 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 124 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 26/10/2019 Húsavík 125 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 01/04/2019 Hallskot Flói 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 24/01/2019 Norðurkot 127 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Yes 18/08/2019 Mógilsá Mosfellsbær 128 Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Yes 10/04/2019 Álafosskvos Mosfellsbær 129 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis 19/10/2019 Arfadalsvík Grindavík 130 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 15/04/2019 Sandgerði 131 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica Yes 12/05/2019 Stokkseyri 132 Cliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota Yes 26/08/2019 Miðhús Garður 133 House Martin Delichon urbicum 134 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Yes 14/10/2019 Sólbrekka 135 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 09/04/2019 136 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 30/08/2019 Sandvík 137 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 01/10/2019 Grindavík 138 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 13/04/2019 Sandgerði 139 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 24/10/2019 Sólbrekka 140 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 141 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 25/01/2019 Eliiðahvanmmur 142 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 29/09/2019 Sólbrekka 143 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 14/10/2019 Sólbrekka 144 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/04/2019 145 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 19/10/2019 Þorbjörn Grindavík 146 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 147 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 27/11/2019 Stöðvarfjörður 148 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 149 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 11/04/2019 Sólbrekka 150 Redwing Turdus iliacus 151 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 27/09/2019 Sólbrekka 152 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Yes 07/10/2019 Grindavík 153 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Yes 23/09/2019 Eyrarbakki 154 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/01/2019 155 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 20/09/2019 156 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 04/09/2019 157 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 29/09/2019 158 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/04/2019 Sólbrekka 159 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 28/04/2019 160 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 161 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 12/10/2019 Sólbrekka 162 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 28/09/2019 163 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 27/10/2019 Kvísker Öræfum 164 Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix 19/11/2019 165 Common Raven Corvus corax 166 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 167 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/02/2019 sandgerði 168 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 04/09/2019 Skógar 169 European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris Yes 27/10/2019 Kvísker öræfum 170 Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus 06/01/2019 171 Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea 172 Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni 28/10/2019 Sólbrekka 173 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 09/08/2019 Laugardalur Reykjavík 174 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 04/01/2019 Sólbrekka 175 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 28/05/2019 Keflavik 176 Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina Yes 09/09/2019 Reykjanes Iceland 177 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 25/01/2019 Elliðahvammur Kópavogur 178 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 04/11/2019 Sandgerði 179 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 180 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 07/10/2019 Sólbrekkur Seltjörn