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
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaResidentCommon34–36 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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