Eyjólfur Matthíasson: Iceland Year List 2024 IOC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 307 of 307 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 20 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 0 0 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 0 0 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 0 0 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Yes 0 0 8 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 0 0 9 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Yes 0 0 10 Wood Duck Aix sponsa Yes 0 0 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 0 0 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 0 0 13 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 0 0 14 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 0 0 15 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 4 40 16 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 17 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 18 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 0 0 19 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 0 0 20 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 1 10 21 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 1 10 22 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 2 20 23 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 3 30 25 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 26 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 1 10 28 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 0 0 29 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 30 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Yes 0 0 31 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 32 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Yes 0 0 33 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 34 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 35 Common Swift Apus apus 0 0 36 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 0 0 37 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 38 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 39 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 0 0 40 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 0 0 41 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 0 0 42 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 43 Corn Crake Crex crex 0 0 44 Sora Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 45 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Yes 0 0 46 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 0 0 47 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 48 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 49 Common Crane Grus grus 1 10 50 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Yes 0 0 52 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 53 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 54 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Yes 0 0 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1 10 56 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 57 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 0 0 58 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus Yes 0 0 59 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 60 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 0 0 62 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 1 10 63 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 64 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 65 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 0 0 66 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 1 10 68 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 2 20 69 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 70 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 0 0 71 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 0 0 72 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Yes 0 0 73 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 0 0 74 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Yes 0 0 75 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 76 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 77 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 0 0 78 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Yes 0 0 79 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 0 0 80 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 81 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 82 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 83 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 0 0 84 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 85 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 86 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 0 0 87 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 0 0 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 2 20 89 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 90 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 0 0 91 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 92 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 93 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 94 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 95 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 96 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Yes 0 0 97 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 0 0 98 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 99 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 100 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 0 0 101 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Yes 0 0 102 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 103 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Yes 0 0 104 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Yes 0 0 105 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Yes 0 0 106 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 1 10 107 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea 0 0 108 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea 0 0 109 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 0 0 110 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 2 20 111 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 112 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 113 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Yes 0 0 114 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 115 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Yes 0 0 116 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 117 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 118 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 119 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 0 0 120 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 0 0 121 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 4 40 122 Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella Yes 0 0 123 Little Auk Alle alle 2 20 124 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 3 30 125 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Yes 0 0 126 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 127 Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 0 0 128 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 129 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 0 0 130 Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 0 0 131 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 0 0 132 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 0 0 133 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 134 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 135 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 0 0 136 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Yes 0 0 137 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 138 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 139 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 140 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 141 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yes 0 0 142 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 143 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 144 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 145 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 0 0 146 Great Egret Ardea alba Yes 0 0 147 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 148 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 0 0 149 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 0 0 150 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 151 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Yes 0 0 152 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Yes 1 10 153 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Yes 0 0 154 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Yes 0 0 155 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 156 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 157 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 158 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 0 0 159 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 160 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 161 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Yes 0 0 162 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 163 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 1 10 164 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 0 0 165 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Yes 0 0 166 European Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 167 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Yes 0 0 168 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 169 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 170 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Yes 0 0 171 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 172 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 0 0 173 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 0 0 174 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 175 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Yes 0 0 176 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 0 0 177 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 178 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 179 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Yes 0 0 180 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 181 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 0 0 182 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Yes 0 0 183 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 184 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Yes 0 0 185 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 186 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Yes 0 0 187 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 1 10 188 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Yes 0 0 189 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 190 Great Tit Parus major Yes 0 0 191 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 0 0 192 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 193 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Yes 0 0 194 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 0 0 195 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 196 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 2 20 197 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 0 0 198 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 199 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 200 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 0 0 201 Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 202 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 0 0 203 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 0 0 204 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 0 0 205 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 206 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Yes 0 0 207 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 208 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 209 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Yes 0 0 210 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 211 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 212 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 213 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Yes 0 0 214 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Yes 0 0 215 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 0 0 216 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 0 0 217 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Yes 0 0 218 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 0 0 219 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 0 0 220 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 0 0 221 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 0 0 222 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 223 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 224 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 0 0 225 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 226 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 227 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus 0 0 228 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 229 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 230 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 231 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 232 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 233 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 234 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 1 10 235 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 0 0 236 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 0 0 237 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 238 Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica Yes 0 0 239 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 0 0 240 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 241 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 242 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 243 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 244 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 245 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 0 0 246 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 247 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 0 0 248 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 0 0 249 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 0 0 250 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 251 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 252 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Yes 0 0 253 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 0 0 254 Dunnock Prunella modularis 0 0 255 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 0 0 256 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 0 0 257 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 0 0 258 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 259 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 0 0 260 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 261 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 262 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens 0 0 263 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 1 10 264 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 0 0 265 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 0 0 266 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 267 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris Yes 0 0 268 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina Yes 0 0 269 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 1 10 270 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 0 0 271 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 272 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Yes 0 0 273 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 1 10 274 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 0 0 275 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 276 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana Yes 0 0 277 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 278 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 279 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 280 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 281 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 0 0 282 Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 283 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 284 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 0 0 285 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 286 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Yes 0 0 287 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yes 0 0 288 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 289 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 290 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 291 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 292 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 293 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 294 Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Yes 0 0 295 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 296 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 297 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 298 American Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 299 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 300 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens Yes 0 0 301 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum Yes 0 0 302 Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 303 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens Yes 0 0 304 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 305 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 306 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 307 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 1 10