Birds of Norway
Norway hosts 400 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common CraneGrus grus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common SwiftApus apus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Little AukAlle alle
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Siberian JayPerisoreus infaustus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Great EgretArdea alba
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey-headed ChickadeePoecile cinctus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Great Grey OwlStrix nebulosa
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Ivory GullPagophila eburnea
- Pechora PipitAnthus gustavi
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Black ScoterMelanitta americana
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Pallas's SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxus
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanni
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Pallas's Reed BuntingEmberiza pallasi
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Siberian ThrushGeokichla sibirica
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonica
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutila
- Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
- Chinstrap PenguinPygoscelis antarcticus
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus
- Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophus
- Crimson-hooded ManakinPipra aureola
- Adelie PenguinPygoscelis adeliae
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus
- Spectacled EiderSomateria fischeri
- Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis