Yann Kolbeinsson: Iceland Year List 2024 IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 108 of 108 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 22/04/2024 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 09/05/2024 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 20/01/2024 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2024 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 20/01/2024 6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 23/04/2024 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2024 8 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 20/01/2024 9 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 20/01/2024 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20/01/2024 11 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2024 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 19/01/2024 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2024 14 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 21/01/2024 15 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2024 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 21/01/2024 17 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 20/04/2024 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 05/01/2024 19 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 20/01/2024 20 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 25/02/2024 Vestarivík, Langanesströnd 21 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 10/01/2024 22 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2024 23 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 03/01/2024 24 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 20/01/2024 25 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 21/01/2024 Örfirisey 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25/02/2024 Buðlungahöfn 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2024 28 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 05/01/2024 29 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 02/01/2024 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 11/05/2024 31 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 02/01/2024 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2024 33 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 02/01/2024 34 Rock Dove Columba livia 19/01/2024 35 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 21/01/2024 36 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 27/02/2024 37 Common Crane Grus grus 09/05/2024 38 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Yes 19/01/2024 Grafarvogur 39 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 20/01/2024 40 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 19/01/2024 41 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 20/04/2024 42 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 22/04/2024 43 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 24/03/2024 44 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 23/04/2024 45 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 20/01/2024 46 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 21/01/2024 47 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 22/04/2024 48 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 04/05/2024 49 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 24/03/2024 50 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 21/01/2024 51 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 03/05/2024 52 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 20/01/2024 53 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 18/01/2024 54 Red Knot Calidris canutus 20/01/2024 55 Sanderling Calidris alba 20/01/2024 56 Dunlin Calidris alpina 23/04/2024 57 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 17/01/2024 58 Little Stint Calidris minuta 14/05/2024 59 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 11/05/2024 60 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 04/05/2024 61 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 09/05/2024 62 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 20/01/2024 63 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 13/05/2024 64 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 03/01/2024 65 Common Gull Larus canus 10/01/2024 66 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 67 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 68 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 03/01/2024 69 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 27/03/2024 70 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 01/01/2024 71 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 23/04/2024 72 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 13/04/2024 73 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 16/04/2024 74 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 01/01/2024 75 Razorbill Alca torda 01/01/2024 76 Little Auk Alle alle 06/01/2024 77 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 03/01/2024 78 Common Murre Uria aalge 01/01/2024 79 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 03/01/2024 80 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 06/01/2024 81 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 10/01/2024 82 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 23/04/2024 83 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 20/01/2024 84 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 85 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 10/01/2024 86 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 25/02/2024 87 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 02/01/2024 88 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/05/2024 89 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/01/2024 90 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 09/01/2024 91 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 24/03/2024 92 Northern Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2024 93 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 01/01/2024 94 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2024 95 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2024 96 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 18/01/2024 97 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 17/04/2024 98 Redwing Turdus iliacus 18/01/2024 99 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 100 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 101 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 27/03/2024 Keflavík 102 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 28/01/2024 103 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 04/05/2024 104 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 23/04/2024 105 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 23/04/2024 106 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 01/01/2024 107 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/02/2024 108 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2024