Birds of Iceland
Iceland hosts 294 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little AukAlle alle
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Black ScoterMelanitta americana
- Ivory GullPagophila eburnea
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- American CootFulica americana
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great TitParus major
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- RedheadAythya americana
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea