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
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 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