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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Faroe Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 74, most common first
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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