Birds to See in Norway in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Norway’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 134 birds in December
134 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 6.08% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.44% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.41% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.95% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.92% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.60% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusResidentUncommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Dec
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisResidentUncommon68–88 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Dec
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
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