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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Faroe Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 44, most common first
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisScarceUncommon23–29 cm
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug
CootFulica atraPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousScarceUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaScarceUncommon12–14 cm
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarceUncommon15–17 cm
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisScarceUncommon16–18 cm
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixScarceUncommon11–13 cm
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioScarceUncommon16–18 cm
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