Uncommon Birds in Iceland
Our list for Iceland has 50 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 12 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors, 21 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
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 50, most common first
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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