Common Birds in Faroe Islands
Our list for Faroe Islands has 74 common birds recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 26 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Faroe Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 74, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made