Birds to See in Faroe Islands in December
46 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
46 bird species on our list for Faroe Islands are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, European Herring Gull, Hooded Crow, Great Black-backed Gull and Rock Dove. New this month: Glaucous Gull, Eurasian Teal, Water Rail and Snow Bunting and 1 more.
New in December5
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Sep–Jun
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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