Guðmundur Hj Falk Johannesson: Iceland Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 288 of 288 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 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 13/04/2016 Sandgerði Found by me 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 13/10/2019 Mosfellsdalur 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 05/06/2015 Sandgerði 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 18/04/2018 Holtahólar 10 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Yes 02/04/2018 Hemrunes við Tungufljót 12 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 06/04/2019 Svínhólar í Lóni 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Wood Duck Aix sponsa Yes 24/06/2020 Breiðavik V - Barðastrandarsýslu 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 20/05/2020 Starmýri álftafirði 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14/06/2015 Sandgerðistjörn 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 10/12/2021 Viking pond Innri Njardvik 19 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall Mareca strepera 21 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 22 American Wigeon Mareca americana 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 24 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 25 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 15/05/2015 Sandgerðistjörn 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 15/05/2016 Vífilstaðavatn 29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 31 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 25/03/2017 Elliðavatn 32 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 33 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 34 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 35 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 14/03/2015 Hraunsvík 36 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 10/02/2015 Víkur Reykjanesi 37 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 03/02/2015 Keflavik 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/10/2015 Víkur Reykjanesi 39 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 07/10/2017 Þvottá í Lóni 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 41 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 09/11/2016 Sandgerðistjörn Found by me 42 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 18/10/2014 Gerðasíki 43 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 06/02/2015 Sogið 44 Smew Mergellus albellus 12/04/2018 Eskifjörður 45 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 09/01/2015 Hrauntúnstjörn 46 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 47 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 48 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 06/04/2019 Þveit Hornafirði 49 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 50 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Yes 27/05/2021 Andakílsvirkjun/neðri hreppur 51 Common Swift Apus apus 52 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 53 Rock Dove Columba livia 54 Stock Dove Columba oenas Yes 18/03/2024 Hvolsvöllur 55 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 56 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 57 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 58 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 59 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 60 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 61 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 06/01/2016 Úlfarsá Reykjavík 62 Common Crane Grus grus 04/10/2017 Kálfá Þjórsárdal 63 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Yes 05/02/2017 Sogið 64 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 22/10/2018 Norðurkot Sandgerði Found by me 65 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 01/02/2018 Selvík Hólmsbergi 66 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 67 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 68 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 20/04/2017 Miðhúsasíki Garði Found by me 69 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Yes 14/05/2017 Höfn í Hornafirði 70 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 71 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 72 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 22/09/2017 Miðhús Garði 73 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 74 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus Yes 30/04/2019 Nesjar Hvalsnes Sandgerði Found by Me 75 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 06/10/2021 Hellnar Snæfellsnes 76 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 77 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 24/09/2021 Reykjanes 78 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 79 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 22/07/2019 Nesjar Hvalsnes Sandgerði Found by me 80 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 81 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 82 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 83 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 84 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 29/06/2020 Njarðvíkurfitjar 85 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 08/01/2016 Lundavegur Mosfellsdal 86 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 04/12/2015 Nesvellir Reykjanesbæ 87 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 88 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 22/08/2021 Breiðabólstaðartjörn Álftanes 89 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 90 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 91 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Yes 15/08/2021 Ásbrú reykjanesbær 92 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 12/05/2020 Stokkseyri 93 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Yes 15/05/2019 Njarðvíkurfitjar Found by me 94 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 08/05/2018 Sandgerðistjörn Found by me fisrt Spring Record for Iceland rare Springrecords in Europe 95 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 31/07/2019 Miðhúsasíki Garði Found by me 96 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 97 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 30/04/2016 Brunnar Grindavík 98 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 26/04/2019 Sandgerðistjörn Found by me 99 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 100 Red Knot Calidris canutus 101 Ruff Calidris pugnax 102 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Miðhúsasíki 103 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 14/10/2016 Bakkatjörn Seltjarnarnes 104 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 26/06/2021 Hólabrekka Garður 105 Sanderling Calidris alba 106 Dunlin Calidris alpina 107 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 108 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 03/09/2016 Bakkatjörn Seltjarnarnes 109 Little Stint Calidris minuta 17/08/2016 Sandgerðisleira Sandgerði 110 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 28/07/2021 Brunnar Grindavik 111 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 07/10/2017 Hörn í Hornafirði 112 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 11/05/2016 Breiðabólstaðatjörn Álftanes 113 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 12/05/2016 Brunnar Grindavík 114 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 26/06/2020 Gardur 115 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Yes 27/05/2022 Ásgardur sudurnesjabær 116 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 18/06/2017 Vík Kelduhverfi 117 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Yes 05/06/2017 Nesjar Hvalsnes Sandgerði Found by me 118 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 119 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Yes 08/04/2020 Bakkatjörn Seltjarnarnes 120 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/08/2015 Bakkatjörn Seltjarnarnesi 121 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea 13/01/2016 Hlíðarvatn Selvogi 122 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 123 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea 13/01/2016 Þorlákshöfn 124 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 09/06/2017 Sandvík Reykjanesi 125 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 15/07/2014 Gerðahöfn Garði 126 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 127 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 28/05/2018 Reykjanesviti 128 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 24/05/2017 Húsavíkurhöfn Húsavík 129 Common Gull Larus canus 130 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 131 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 132 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Yes 11/07/2019 Sandgerðistjörn 133 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 134 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 135 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 136 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 19/01/2020 Fitjar Reykjanesbær Iceland 137 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 31/01/2015 Reykjavíkurhöfn 138 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 139 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 140 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 141 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 142 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 143 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 144 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 145 Razorbill Alca torda 146 Little Auk Alle alle 147 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 148 Common Murre Uria aalge 149 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 150 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Yes 16/07/2016 Miklavatn í Fljótum 151 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 152 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 24/01/2020 Njarðvíkurhöfn (Njarðvik Harbour) Found it swimming among 10 Great Northern Divers 153 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 12/06/2019 Garðskagi Found by me 154 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 155 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 156 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 157 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 158 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 159 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 160 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 161 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 162 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 09/09/2021 Innri Njardvik 163 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yes 26/04/2017 Stafnes 3 together 164 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 18/05/2015 Grindavik 165 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 07/09/2022 Sletta 166 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 17/09/2015 Lækur Ölfusi 167 Great Egret Ardea alba Yes 28/10/2016 Leirá Melasveit 168 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 169 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 08/01/2019 Skaftá Kirkjubæjarklaustur 170 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20/06/2019 Stífilsdalur Kjós 171 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Yes 15/02/2015 Selfoss 172 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 02/10/2021 Sandgerði 173 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 06/05/2017 Stafafell í Lóni 174 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 175 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 01/04/2019 Sólheimasandur Mýrdal 176 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 177 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 178 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 179 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Yes 18/08/2019 Mógilsá Kollafirði 180 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 10/04/2019 Álafosskvos Mosfellsbæ 181 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 26/08/2018 Apavatn 182 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 183 Merlin Falco columbarius 184 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Yes 02/10/2023 Eyrarbakki 185 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 186 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 187 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 21/09/2020 Sólveigarlundur Hvalsnes Sandgerði 188 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 09/10/2017 Stokkseyri 189 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Yes 13/05/2018 Reykjavik 190 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 27/10/2019 Kvísker Öræfum found by me 191 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Yes 18/08/2023 Höfðabrekka 192 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 20/01/2015 Reykjavik 193 Rook Corvus frugilegus 13/03/2024 Þykkvabær 194 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 19/11/2019 Höfn í Hornafirði 195 Northern Raven Corvus corax 196 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 197 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 19/10/2019 Arfadalsvik Grindavik 198 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 10/09/2015 Útskálar Garði 199 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 17/09/2022 Hingbraut Keflavik 200 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 201 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 202 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 12/05/2019 Stokkseyri 203 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 26/08/2019 Útskálar Garði 204 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 205 Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 25/10/2017 Vík í Lóni 206 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 13/10/2016 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbæ 207 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/05/2015 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbæ 208 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 12/09/2014 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbæ 209 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Yes 07/10/2019 Grindavík 210 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 02/10/2020 Hali suðursveit 211 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 19/05/2017 Selvogur 212 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Yes 23/09/2019 Eyrarbakki 213 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 29/10/2020 Reynivellir Suðursveit 214 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/10/2015 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbæ 215 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10/10/2016 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbæ 216 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 27/09/2014 Garðbraut Garði 217 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 14/10/2016 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbær 218 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 03/06/2017 Vík í Lóni 219 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 19/10/2015 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbæ 220 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 12/10/2022 Stokkseyri 221 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 222 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 223 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 23/01/2021 Sólbrekka Seltjörn 224 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus 28/10/2016 Grindavík 225 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 226 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 23/09/2020 Sólbrekka 227 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 03/11/2017 Villingavatn 228 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 05/12/2014 Hvolsvöllur 229 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 20/05/2017 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbæ 230 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 16/01/2015 Kiðafell í Kjós 231 Redwing Turdus iliacus 232 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 233 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 234 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 19/10/2019 Þorbjörn Reykjanesskaga 235 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 27/11/2019 Stöðvarfjörður 236 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 29/10/2018 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbæ 237 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 17/10/2016 Háibjalli Vogar 238 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 22/10/2014 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbæ 239 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 29/09/2019 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbæ Found by me trapped in Mistnet 240 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 21/10/2023 Sólbrekka 241 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 09/10/2016 Lækjarbakki Árborg 242 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 25/10/2017 Höfn í Hornafirði 243 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/11/2018 Vík í Mýrdal 244 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/10/2015 Stokkseyri 245 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/10/2020 Hali suðursveit 246 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 09/04/2020 Jaðar Garði 247 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 248 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 28/10/2023 Garður 249 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 250 Dunnock Prunella modularis 06/02/2018 Nes Hornafjörður 251 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/10/2017 Brunnhól Mýrum Hornafirði 252 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 01/10/2019 Grindavík 253 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 08/11/2016 Vogsós Selvogi 254 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 255 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 256 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 14/10/2019 Sólbrekka 257 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens 24/09/2014 Útskálar Garði 258 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 27/01/2020 Sandgerði 259 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 13/10/2014 Grindavik 260 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 13/10/2014 Grindavik 261 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 08/05/2017 Skógar Rangárþingi eystra 262 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 25/02/2023 Hvolsvöllur 263 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 08/10/2016 Grindavík 264 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris Yes 24/11/2018 Höfn í Hornafirði 265 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 266 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 25/01/2016 Selfoss 267 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 268 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 14/11/2017 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbær American White Winged Crossbill found by me 1st for WP 269 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Yes 25/01/2016 Selfoss 270 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 271 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 272 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 273 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Yes 15/04/2018 Stöðvarfjörður 274 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 26/10/2018 Presthús Reynishverfi 275 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 27/10/2020 Hali Suðursveit 276 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 03/10/2020 miðhús 277 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 28/11/2020 Elliðavatn 278 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 25/01/2019 Elliðahvammur Kópavogi 279 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 11/06/2021 Lagafell Eyja og Miklaholtshreppi 280 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 09/09/2019 Reykjanesviti 281 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 10/10/2022 Stokkseyri 282 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 24/09/2021 Stafnes Found by me 2nd for Iceland 1st a live 283 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 25/09/2021 Eyrarbakki 284 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 12/10/2020 Grindavík 285 American Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 18/09/2021 Þorlákshöfn 286 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 26/09/2018 Hallskot í Flóa 287 Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 02/10/2022 Littla Hlíð Ölfusi 288 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 07/10/2019 Sólbrekka Reykjanesbær Found by me trapped in Mistnet