Birds of the Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands hosts 161 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.

Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Common MurreUria aalge
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Common GullLarus canus
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Northern RavenCorvus corax
European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common RedshankTringa totanus
European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
RazorbillAlca torda
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Common LoonGavia immer
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Little AukAlle alle
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
DunlinCalidris alpina
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
MerlinFalco columbarius
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
SanderlingCalidris alba
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
RedpollAcanthis flammea
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
GadwallMareca strepera
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Common SwiftApus apus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
American WigeonMareca americana
RuffCalidris pugnax
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common TernSterna hirundo
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
King EiderSomateria spectabilis
DunnockPrunella modularis
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Common PochardAythya ferina
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
OspreyPandion haliaetus
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
SmewMergellus albellus
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Ashy-throated WarblerPhylloscopus maculipennis
Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.