Sigurður Bjarnason: Iceland Life List Icelandic Bird List, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 209 of 209 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 20 2 Bean Goose Anser fabalis 14 25 3 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 6 10 4 Wood Duck Aix sponsa Yes 7 12 5 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 10 18 6 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Yes 10 18 7 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 4 7 8 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 9 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 2 3 10 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 9 16 11 American/Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 10 18 12 Smew Mergus albellus Yes 14 25 13 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 12 21 14 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Yes 2 3 15 Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica Yes 15 27 16 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 7 12 17 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Yes 2 3 18 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 14 25 19 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 1 1 20 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 8 14 21 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 20 36 22 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 3 5 23 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 19 34 24 Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 18 32 25 Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 6 10 26 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 27 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 28 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 4 7 29 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 3 5 30 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 31 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 3 5 32 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 6 10 33 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 1 1 34 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 2 3 35 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Yes 8 14 36 European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 37 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 2 3 38 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 1 1 39 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 33 60 40 Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Yes 9 16 41 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Yes 9 16 42 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 1 1 43 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 2 3 44 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Yes 6 10 45 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Yes 0 0 46 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 7 12 47 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Yes 0 0 48 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11 20 49 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 5 9 50 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Yes 2 3 51 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Yes 0 0 52 Sora Porzana carolinensis Yes 2 3 53 Corn Crake Crex crex 3 5 54 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 55 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Yes 4 7 56 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 57 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 9 16 59 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 9 16 60 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 9 16 61 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus Yes 5 9 62 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 1 1 63 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 9 16 64 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 7 12 65 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 12 21 66 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 67 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Yes 1 1 68 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Yes 13 23 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 18 32 70 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 3 5 71 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 6 10 72 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 22 40 73 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Yes 0 0 75 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 76 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Yes 0 0 77 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 10 18 78 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus Yes 0 0 79 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Yes 7 12 80 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Yes 6 10 81 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 3 5 82 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 83 Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri Yes 6 10 84 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 10 18 85 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea 15 27 86 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Yes 1 1 87 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Yes 15 27 88 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Yes 2 3 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Yes 0 0 90 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 91 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata Yes 0 0 92 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Yes 5 9 93 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 1 1 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 19 34 95 Stock Dove Columba oenas Yes 8 14 96 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 97 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 2 3 98 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 99 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 100 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 101 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 21 38 102 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 19 34 103 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Yes 0 0 104 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 105 Alpine Swift Apus melba Yes 2 3 106 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 3 5 107 European Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 108 Hoopoe Upupa epops Yes 9 16 109 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Yes 2 3 110 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 6 10 111 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 112 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Yes 3 5 113 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Yes 0 0 114 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 115 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 7 12 116 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica Yes 9 16 117 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 2 3 118 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Yes 3 5 119 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 120 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 18 32 121 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 1 1 122 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 26 47 123 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 2 3 124 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 6 10 125 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 7 12 126 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 7 12 127 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 13 23 128 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 13 23 129 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 3 5 130 Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 9 16 131 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 3 5 132 White's Thrush Zoothera dauma Yes 1 1 133 Varied Thrush Zoothera naevia Yes 3 5 134 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 135 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 8 14 136 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 6 10 137 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 3 5 138 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 18 32 139 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 12 21 140 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 9 16 141 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 3 5 142 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Yes 3 5 143 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 2 3 144 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Yes 8 14 145 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Yes 3 5 146 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 4 7 147 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 7 12 148 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 7 12 149 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida Yes 2 3 150 Sykes's Warbler Hippolais rama Yes 3 5 151 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Yes 3 5 152 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Yes 3 5 153 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 16 29 154 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria 11 20 155 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 19 34 156 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 7 12 157 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans Yes 4 7 158 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 1 1 159 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 4 7 160 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 14 25 161 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Yes 4 7 162 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15 27 163 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 9 16 164 Great Tit Parus major Yes 9 16 165 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 166 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Yes 8 14 167 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Yes 6 10 168 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 169 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 1 1 170 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Yes 0 0 171 Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula 19 34 172 Rook Corvus frugilegus 8 14 173 Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix 13 23 174 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 18 32 175 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Yes 1 1 176 European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris Yes 5 9 177 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Yes 11 20 178 Linnet Carduelis cannabina Yes 2 3 179 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 2 3 180 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 17 30 181 Common Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 10 18 182 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 16 29 183 Northern Parula Parula americana Yes 6 10 184 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Yes 8 14 185 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 5 9 186 Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea Yes 1 1 187 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens Yes 3 5 188 Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens Yes 3 5 189 Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Yes 0 0 190 Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Yes 1 1 191 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Yes 9 16 192 Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum Yes 1 1 193 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 7 12 194 Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis Yes 0 0 195 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 196 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Yes 12 21 197 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 198 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 6 10 199 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 200 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Yes 7 12 201 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana Yes 1 1 202 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 2 3 203 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 9 16 204 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 205 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 6 10 206 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 207 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0 208 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yes 0 0 209 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 3 5