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
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Oct–May
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusSummer visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–May
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
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