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
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 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