Sigurjón Einarsson: Iceland Year List 2020 IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 125 of 125 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 06/04/2020 Hliðsnes 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 21/09/2020 Garður 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 09/04/2020 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 06/04/2020 6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 09/04/2020 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Yes 18/06/2020 Reyðarfjörður 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 28/05/2020 Nesjum Hornafjörður 11 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/05/2020 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/04/2020 13 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 06/04/2020 Álftanes 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 16/04/2020 17 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23/04/2020 Hornafjörður Baulutjörn 19 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 29/05/2020 Á tjörn í Neslöndum 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 01/07/2020 Landbrot 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 13/02/2020 Höfn 24 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 24/01/2020 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 17/06/2020 Þvottárskriður 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Grindavík 28 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 21/01/2020 Keflavík 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29/05/2020 30 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 29/05/2020 Þvottá 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 22/04/2020 Stöðvarfjörður 33 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 21/04/2020 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 03/01/2020 Kópavogshöfn 35 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 21/01/2020 38 Rock Dove Columba livia 06/02/2020 39 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 17/01/2020 Akranes 40 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 28/01/2020 Keflavík 41 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 09/05/2020 Brynjudalur 42 Common Crane Grus grus 25/08/2020 Viðborðssel Mýrum. Hornafjörður 43 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 18/04/2020 44 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 03/04/2020 Akranes 46 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 23/09/2020 Keflavík 47 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/04/2020 Hliðsnes 48 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/04/2020 49 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 21/01/2020 Sandgerði 50 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/04/2020 51 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 30/06/2020 Fitjar Njarðvík 52 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/04/2020 Akraned 53 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21/06/2020 54 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 09/05/2020 55 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 12/05/2020 Stokkseyri 56 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 57 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 58 Red Knot Calidris canutus 08/04/2020 59 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/05/2020 60 Dunlin Calidris alpina 16/04/2020 61 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 62 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 28/06/2020 Garður 63 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 30/05/2020 Kelduhvefi 64 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22/04/2020 Höfn 65 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Yes 08/04/2020 Bakkatjörn 66 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 22/04/2020 Höfn 67 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 15/03/2020 68 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 26/05/2020 69 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 70 Common Gull Larus canus 71 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 72 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 73 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 74 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 15/03/2020 75 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 21/01/2020 Fitjar Njarðvík 76 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 77 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 29/05/2020 78 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 17/04/2020 79 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 16/04/2020 80 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 17/04/2020 81 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 82 Razorbill Alca torda 18/04/2020 83 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 09/05/2020 84 Common Murre Uria aalge 24/01/2020 85 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 86 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 87 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 24/01/2020 Njarðvíkurhöfn 88 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 04/08/2020 Suður af Vestmannaeyjum 89 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 06/02/2020 90 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 04/08/2020 Suður af Vestmannaeyjum 91 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 30/06/2020 Garðskagi 92 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 21/01/2020 Garðskaga 93 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 94 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 25/01/2020 95 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 10/02/2020 96 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 18/01/2020 97 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 10/06/2020 98 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/02/2020 99 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 100 Merlin Falco columbarius 21/01/2020 101 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 102 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 21/09/2020 Hvalnes 103 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 23/04/2020 Selfoss 104 Northern Raven Corvus corax 105 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12/02/2020 Höfn 106 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/05/2020 Sílalækur 107 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 108 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 12/02/2020 109 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 110 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 23/09/2020 Sólbrekku 111 Redwing Turdus iliacus 112 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 113 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 13/01/2020 Akranes 114 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 28/01/2020 Þöll 115 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/04/2020 116 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 12/02/2020 Höfn 117 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 17/04/2020 118 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 09/04/2020 119 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens 23/09/2020 Garður 120 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 28/01/2020 Sandgerði 121 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 22/04/2020 Staffelli 122 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 22/04/2020 Stafafelli 123 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 124 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/01/2020 Þöll 125 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis