Birds to See in Norway in February
132 bird species on our list for Norway are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Magpie, European Herring Gull and Blue Tit. New this month: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian Skylark, Ringed Plover and Northern Lapwing and 5 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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.
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All 132 birds in February
132 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 6.33% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.52% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.05% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.94% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.80% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.06% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.32% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.24% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.18% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.17% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.14% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusResidentUncommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.11% in Feb
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisResidentUncommon68–88 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Feb
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Feb
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Feb
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Feb
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
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