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
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–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