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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Norway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantRare53–57 cmRegularly Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantRare37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniScarceRare27–33 cm
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Apr–May
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantRare43–47 cmRegularly May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaScarceRare23–26 cm
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantRare23–27 cmRegularly May–Jun
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly May
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusScarceRare27–30 cm
SerinSerinus serinusScarceRare11–12 cmRegularly May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Jun
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceRare69–84 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