Buntings in Norway
Our list for Norway has 5 buntings recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Norway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Reed Bunting 14–16 cm
- Lapland Longspur 15–16 cm
- Yellowhammer 16–17 cm
- Snow Bunting 15–18 cm
- Corn Bunting 16–19 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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