Uncommon Birds in Norway
Our list for Norway has 103 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 21 residents, 56 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
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 103, most common first
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorUncommon48–58 cmRegularly May–Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
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