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
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
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