Birds to See in Iceland in November
71 bird species on our list for Iceland are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Redwing, Common Redpoll, Mallard and Blackbird. New this month: Surf Scoter.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovAt their peak
From Iceland’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 71 birds in November
71 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.85% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 6.63% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 6.30% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 6.28% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 6.19% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 4.60% in Nov
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.58% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentCommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.78% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.25% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.97% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.78% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.71% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaResidentCommon34–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusSummer visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
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