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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Iceland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 50, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusScarceUncommon30–38 cm
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaScarceUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniSummer visitorUncommon27–33 cmRegularly May–Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
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