Birds to See in Norway in December
134 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
134 bird species on our list for Norway are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Magpie, Great Tit, Blue Tit and European Herring Gull.
New in December
No new arrivals this month.
Leaving after last month29
- Pied Wagtail
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Meadow Pipit
- Chiffchaff
- Song Thrush
- Redshank
- Wheatear
- Northern Lapwing
- Golden Plover
- Linnet
- Dunnock
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Red Knot
- Grey Plover
- Sanderling
- Lapland Longspur
- Fulmar
- Short-eared Owl
- Gadwall
- Northern Shoveler
- Little Gull
- Mandarin Duck
- Western Capercaillie
- Cattle Egret
- Long-eared Owl
- Firecrest
- Tundra Swan
- European Turtle-dove
- Hoopoe
Residents
(65)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Recorded all year
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Recorded all year
King Eider
Somateria spectabilisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(29)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus mutaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(37)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Little Auk
Alle alleLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Recorded all year
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Recorded all year
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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