Eyjolfur Vilbergsson: Iceland Year List 2020 IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 133 of 133 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 01/05/2020 Skaftafellssýsla 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Yes 09/06/2020 Reyðarfj 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 18 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29/05/2020 Garður 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 25/06/2020 Vífilstaðavatn 24 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 25 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes ********** ********** 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23/03/2020 Staður 31 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 09/06/2020 Þvottà 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 33 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 22/01/2020 Grindavík 34 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 09/06/2020 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/01/2020 Kópavogur 36 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/06/2020 38 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 39 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 40 Rock Dove Columba livia 41 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 09/06/2020 42 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 43 Corn Crake Crex crex 09/06/2020 44 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 45 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 46 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 26/03/2020 Grindavík 47 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 08/10/2020 Garður 48 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 13/04/2020 Hafró 49 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 08/03/2020 Grindavík 50 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 51 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 52 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/04/2020 53 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 54 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 19/07/2020 55 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 17/05/2020 56 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 12/05/2020 Stokkseyri 57 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 58 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 16/05/2020 Njarðvík 59 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 60 Red Knot Calidris canutus 61 Ruff Calidris pugnax 17/06/2020 Grindavík 62 Sanderling Calidris alba 07/05/2020 63 Dunlin Calidris alpina 20/04/2020 64 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 65 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 09/07/2020 Njarðvík 66 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 26/06/2020 Garður 67 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 10/06/2020 68 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 69 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 06/02/2020 Grindavík 70 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 71 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 72 Common Gull Larus canus 73 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 74 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 75 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 76 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 08/03/2020 77 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 20/01/2020 Njarðvík 78 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 79 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 17/04/2020 Grindavík 80 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 81 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 14/04/2020 Hvalsnes 82 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 83 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 84 Razorbill Alca torda 85 Little Auk Alle alle 03/04/2020 Reykjanes 86 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 21/05/2020 87 Common Murre Uria aalge 88 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 89 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Yes 10/06/2020 Hólkotstjörn 90 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 91 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 24/01/2020 Njarðvík 92 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 93 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 29/05/2020 Garðskagi 94 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 95 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 96 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 97 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 98 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 99 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 21/05/2020 100 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 17/01/2020 Grindavík 101 Merlin Falco columbarius 22/01/2020 Grindavík 102 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 23/01/2020 Grindavík 103 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 23/09/2020 Hvalsnes 104 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 23/04/2020 Selfoss 105 Northern Raven Corvus corax 106 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/05/2020 Garðskagi 107 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 05/10/2020 Sólbrekka 108 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 109 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 16/10/2020 Grindavík 110 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 111 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 112 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus 13/06/2020 Suðursveit 113 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 114 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 23/09/2020 sólbrekka 115 Redwing Turdus iliacus 116 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 117 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 118 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 19/02/2020 119 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 08/04/2020 Garður 120 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 17/04/2020 Garður 121 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 122 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 09/09/2020 Suðurnesjabær 123 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 19/04/2020 124 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 125 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens 29/09/2020 Garður 126 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 27/01/2020 Sandgerði 127 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 128 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 16/10/2020 Grindavík 129 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 130 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 08/05/2020 131 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 24/04/2020 Garður 132 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Yes 01/05/2020 Stöðvarfjörður 133 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 12/10/2020 Grindavík