Common Birds in Iceland
Our list for Iceland has 66 common birds recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 25 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Iceland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 66, most common first
RedwingTurdus iliacusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year
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