Finches in Iceland
Our list for Iceland has 7 finches recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 4 passage migrants
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 7, most common first
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Common Rosefinch 13–15 cm
- Brambling 14–16 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Hawfinch 17–18 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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