Rare Birds in Norway
Our list for Norway has 53 rare birds recorded regularly there: 8 summer visitors, 34 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors
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 53, most common first
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantRare55–65 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorScarceRare17–19 cm
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaScarceRare28–38 cm
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