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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Iceland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 66, most common first
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentCommon62–68 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusSummer visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 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