Common Birds in Norway
Our list for Norway has 106 common birds recorded regularly there: 44 residents, 45 summer visitors and 17 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Norway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 106, most common first
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
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