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
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
DotterelEudromias morinellusSummer visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
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