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
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
SmewMergellus albellusResidentUncommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisResidentUncommon68–88 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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