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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Norway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 106, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 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