Bjarni Saemundsson: Iceland Life List Icelandic Bird List, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 156 of 156 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 20 2 Wood Duck Aix sponsa Yes 7 12 3 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 10 18 4 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 4 7 5 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 6 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 2 3 7 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 9 16 8 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 12 21 9 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Yes 2 3 10 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Yes 2 3 11 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 1 1 12 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 8 14 13 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 3 5 14 Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 6 10 15 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 16 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 17 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 4 7 18 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 3 5 19 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 20 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 3 5 21 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 6 10 22 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 1 1 23 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 2 3 24 European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 25 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 2 3 26 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 1 1 27 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 1 1 28 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 2 3 29 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Yes 6 10 30 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Yes 0 0 31 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 7 12 32 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Yes 0 0 33 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11 20 34 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 5 9 35 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Yes 2 3 36 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Yes 0 0 37 Sora Porzana carolinensis Yes 2 3 38 Corn Crake Crex crex 3 5 39 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 40 Common Crane Grus grus 11 20 41 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Yes 4 7 42 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 43 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 44 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus Yes 5 9 45 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 1 1 46 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 7 12 47 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 48 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Yes 1 1 49 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 3 5 50 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 51 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Yes 0 0 52 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 53 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Yes 0 0 54 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 10 18 55 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus Yes 0 0 56 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Yes 7 12 57 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Yes 6 10 58 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 3 5 59 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 60 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Yes 1 1 61 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Yes 2 3 62 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Yes 0 0 63 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 64 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata Yes 0 0 65 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 1 1 66 Stock Dove Columba oenas Yes 8 14 67 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 68 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 2 3 69 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 70 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 71 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 72 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 21 38 73 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Yes 0 0 74 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 75 Alpine Swift Apus melba Yes 2 3 76 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 3 5 77 European Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 78 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Yes 2 3 79 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 80 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Yes 3 5 81 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Yes 0 0 82 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 83 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica Yes 9 16 84 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 2 3 85 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Yes 3 5 86 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 87 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 1 1 88 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 2 3 89 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 6 10 90 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 7 12 91 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 13 23 92 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 3 5 93 Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 9 16 94 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 3 5 95 White's Thrush Zoothera dauma Yes 1 1 96 Varied Thrush Zoothera naevia Yes 3 5 97 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 98 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 11 20 99 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 8 14 100 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 6 10 101 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 3 5 102 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 3 5 103 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Yes 3 5 104 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 2 3 105 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Yes 8 14 106 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Yes 3 5 107 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 4 7 108 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 7 12 109 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 7 12 110 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida Yes 2 3 111 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Yes 3 5 112 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Yes 3 5 113 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 7 12 114 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans Yes 4 7 115 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 1 1 116 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 4 7 117 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 14 25 118 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Yes 4 7 119 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 9 16 120 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 121 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Yes 8 14 122 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Yes 6 10 123 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 124 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 1 1 125 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Yes 0 0 126 Rook Corvus frugilegus 8 14 127 Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix 13 23 128 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Yes 1 1 129 European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris Yes 5 9 130 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Yes 11 20 131 Linnet Carduelis cannabina Yes 2 3 132 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 2 3 133 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 10 18 134 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Yes 8 14 135 Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea Yes 1 1 136 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens Yes 3 5 137 Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens Yes 3 5 138 Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Yes 0 0 139 Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Yes 1 1 140 Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum Yes 1 1 141 Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata Yes 11 20 142 Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis Yes 0 0 143 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 144 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 145 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 6 10 146 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 147 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Yes 7 12 148 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana Yes 1 1 149 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 2 3 150 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 9 16 151 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 152 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 6 10 153 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 154 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0 155 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yes 0 0 156 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 3 5