Mats Hjelte: Iceland Life List 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 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Yes 17/06/2004 Hólskrókur 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Yes 14/06/2004 Höfn 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 18 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 19 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 21 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 25 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 26 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 28 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 04/03/2016 Keflavik harbour 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 01/05/2017 Fuglavikurtjörn 32 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 35 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 06/03/2016 Ellidavatn 36 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 38 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 39 Rock Dove Columba livia 40 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 21/04/2024 Hafnarfjördur 42 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 43 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 44 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 01/05/2017 Gardur 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 47 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 48 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 49 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 50 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 51 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 52 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 54 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 18/07/2011 Njardvik 55 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 56 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 57 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 58 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 59 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 60 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 12/06/2004 Eyrarbakki 61 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 62 Red Knot Calidris canutus 63 Ruff Calidris pugnax 64 Sanderling Calidris alba 65 Dunlin Calidris alpina 66 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 67 Little Stint Calidris minuta 68 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 69 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 70 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Yes 03/06/2019 Sandgerdistjörn 71 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 72 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 73 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea 74 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 75 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 76 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 77 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 78 Common Gull Larus canus 79 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 28/12/1997 Tjörnin 80 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 81 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 82 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 83 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 84 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 85 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 86 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 87 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 88 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 89 Razorbill Alca torda 90 Little Auk Alle alle 91 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 92 Common Murre Uria aalge 93 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 94 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 95 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 96 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 97 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 98 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 99 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 100 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 101 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 102 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yes 03/05/2017 Stafnes 103 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 104 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 14/06/2004 Gerdi Öraefum 105 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 106 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 107 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 108 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Yes 29/08/2019 Mógilsá 109 Merlin Falco columbarius 110 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 111 Northern Raven Corvus corax 112 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 113 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 114 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 22/05/2023 Sólbrekka 115 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 116 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 117 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 118 Redwing Turdus iliacus 119 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 120 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 121 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 122 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 123 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 124 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 125 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 126 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 127 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 128 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 129 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 130 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 131 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 132 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 133 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 09/09/2019 Reykjanesviti