Uncommon Birds in Faroe Islands
Our list for Faroe Islands has 44 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 28 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Faroe Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 44, most common first
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly May–Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Dec
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
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