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
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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