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
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
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