Birds to See in Faroe Islands in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Faroe Islands’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 46 birds in December
46 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 6.88% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.38% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 6.38% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 4.88% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.88% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 4.69% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.63% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 4.25% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Dec
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.25% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.19% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.13% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.88% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.81% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.81% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.63% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.63% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.50% in Dec
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.38% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.38% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Dec
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Dec · 0.25% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.25% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.19% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusSummer visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.19% in Dec
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