List of birds of Iceland
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Iceland is an island and country in the north Atlantic. Its birds are typical of northwestern Europe, but there are few breeding landbirds because the hard winters make it difficult for resident species, and the remoteness limits the range of summer migrants. However, the island has recorded an impressive array of American vagrants, due to its location. Iceland has recorded 370 bird species as listed below. These include one extinct species, one globally threatened species, and one introduced species.
[edit] Anatidae
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor Rare/Accidental
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Rare/Accidental
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Bean Goose Anser fabalis Rare/Accidental
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Rare/Accidental
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis Rare/Accidental
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Rare/Accidental
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Brent Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Rare/Accidental
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Rare/Accidental
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Rare/Accidental
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa Rare/Accidental
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- American Wigeon Anas americana Rare/Accidental
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis Rare/Accidental
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes Rare/Accidental
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula Rare/Accidental
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Rare/Accidental
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Rare/Accidental
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina Rare/Accidental
- Redhead Aythya americana Rare/Accidental
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria Rare/Accidental
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Rare/Accidental
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Rare/Accidental
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis Rare/Accidental
- Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Rare/Accidental
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Rare/Accidental
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Rare/Accidental
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Rare/Accidental
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Rare/Accidental
- Smew Mergellus albellus Rare/Accidental
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Goosander Mergus merganser
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Rare/Accidental
[edit] Tetraonidae
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
[edit] Phasianidae
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Rare/Accidental
[edit] Gaviidae
- Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata
- Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
[edit] Podicipedidae
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Rare/Accidental
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Rare/Accidental
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Rare/Accidental
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Rare/Accidental
- Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
[edit] Diomedeidae
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Rare/Accidental
[edit] Procellariidae
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis Rare/Accidental
- Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
[edit] Hydrobatidae
- Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus Rare/Accidental
- European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
[edit] Sulidae
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
[edit] Phalacrocoracidae
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
[edit] Ardeidae
- Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris Rare/Accidental
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Rare/Accidental
- Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Rare/Accidental
- Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Rare/Accidental
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Rare/Accidental
- Green Heron Butorides virescens Rare/Accidental
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Rare/Accidental
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Rare/Accidental
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula Rare/Accidental
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta Rare/Accidental
- Great White Egret Ardea alba Rare/Accidental
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Rare/Accidental
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Rare/Accidental
[edit] Ciconiidae
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra Rare/Accidental
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia Rare/Accidental
[edit] Threskiornithidae
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Rare/Accidental
[edit] Accipitridae
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Rare/Accidental
- Black Kite Milvus migrans Rare/Accidental
- Red Kite Milvus milvus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Rare/Accidental
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Rare/Accidental
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo Rare/Accidental
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Rare/Accidental
- Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Pandionidae
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Falconidae
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Rare/Accidental
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Rare/Accidental
- Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Rallidae
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Rare/Accidental
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Rare/Accidental
- Corn Crake Crex crex Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rare/Accidental
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Rare/Accidental
- Common Coot Fulica atra Rare/Accidental
- American Coot Fulica americana Rare/Accidental
[edit] Gruidae
- Common Crane Grus grus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Haematopodidae
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
[edit] Recurvirostridae
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Rare/Accidental
[edit] Burhinidae
- Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Glareolidae
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Rare/Accidental
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
[edit] Charadriidae
- Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Rare/Accidental
- Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus Rare/Accidental
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Rare/Accidental
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Scolopacidae
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Rare/Accidental
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Rare/Accidental
- Little Stint Calidris minuta Rare/Accidental
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Rare/Accidental
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Rare/Accidental
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Rare/Accidental
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Rare/Accidental
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Rare/Accidental
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Rare/Accidental
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Rare/Accidental
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
- Ruff Philomachus pugnax Rare/Accidental
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Rare/Accidental
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Rare/Accidental
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Near-threatened
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Rare/Accidental
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Rare/Accidental
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Rare/Accidental
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Rare/Accidental
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Rare/Accidental
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Rare/Accidental
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Rare/Accidental
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Rare/Accidental
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Rare/Accidental
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Rare/Accidental
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Rare/Accidental
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Rare/Accidental
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Rare/Accidental
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
[edit] Stercorariidae
- Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Rare/Accidental
- Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
- Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Rare/Accidental
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
[edit] Laridae
- Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Rare/Accidental
- Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Rare/Accidental
- Little Gull Larus minutus Rare/Accidental
- Sabine's Gull Larus sabini Rare/Accidental
- Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia Rare/Accidental
- Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Rare/Accidental
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Rare/Accidental
- Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri Rare/Accidental
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Rare/Accidental
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
[edit] Sternidae
- Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Rare/Accidental
- Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Rare/Accidental
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo Rare/Accidental
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Rare/Accidental
- Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata Rare/Accidental
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus Rare/Accidental
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger Rare/Accidental
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Alcidae
- Common Guillemot Uria aalge
- Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Great Auk Pinguinus impennis Extinct
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella Rare/Accidental
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
[edit] Columbidae
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Stock Pigeon Columba oenas Rare/Accidental
- Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Rare/Accidental
- Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Rare/Accidental
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Rare/Accidental
[edit] Cuculidae
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Rare/Accidental
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Rare/Accidental
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Strigidae
- European Scops Owl Otus scops Rare/Accidental
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Rare/Accidental
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus Rare/Accidental
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
[edit] Caprimulgidae
- Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Rare/Accidental
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Rare/Accidental
[edit] Apodidae
- Common Swift Apus apus Rare/Accidental
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Rare/Accidental
[edit] Cerylidae
- Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Rare/Accidental
[edit] Meropidae
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Rare/Accidental
[edit] Coraciidae
- European Roller Coracias garrulus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
[edit] Upupidae
- Hoopoe Upupa epops Rare/Accidental
[edit] Picidae
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Rare/Accidental
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Rare/Accidental
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Rare/Accidental
[edit] Tyrannidae
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Rare/Accidental
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Rare/Accidental
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Rare/Accidental
[edit] Alaudidae
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Rare/Accidental
- Sky Lark Alauda arvensis Rare/Accidental
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Rare/Accidental
[edit] Hirundinidae
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia Rare/Accidental
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Rare/Accidental
- Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Rare/Accidental
- Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Rare/Accidental
- House Martin Delichon urbica Rare/Accidental
[edit] Motacillidae
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Rare/Accidental
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Rare/Accidental
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Rare/Accidental
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Rare/Accidental
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Rare/Accidental
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Rare/Accidental
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens Rare/Accidental
- Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Rare/Accidental
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Rare/Accidental
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Rare/Accidental
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
[edit] Bombycillidae
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Rare/Accidental
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Troglodytidae
- Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
[edit] Prunellidae
- Dunnock Prunella modularis Rare/Accidental
[edit] Turdidae
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula Rare/Accidental
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Rare/Accidental
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Rare/Accidental
- Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope Rare/Accidental
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Rare/Accidental
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Rare/Accidental
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Rare/Accidental
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Rare/Accidental
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Rare/Accidental
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- White's Thrush Zoothera dauma Rare/Accidental
- Varied Thrush Zoothera naevia Rare/Accidental
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Rare/Accidental
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Rare/Accidental
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Rare/Accidental
- Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Rare/Accidental
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Rare/Accidental
- Blackbird Turdus merula
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Rare/Accidental
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Rare/Accidental
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Rare/Accidental
- American Robin Turdus migratorius Rare/Accidental
[edit] Sylviidae
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Rare/Accidental
- Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Rare/Accidental
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Rare/Accidental
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Rare/Accidental
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Rare/Accidental
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Rare/Accidental
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Rare/Accidental
- Sykes's Warbler Hippolais rama Rare/Accidental
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Rare/Accidental
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Rare/Accidental
- Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Rare/Accidental
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Rare/Accidental
- Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria Rare/Accidental
- Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Rare/Accidental
- Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Rare/Accidental
- Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans Rare/Accidental
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Rare/Accidental
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Rare/Accidental
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Rare/Accidental
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Rare/Accidental
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Regulidae
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Rare/Accidental
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Muscicapidae
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Rare/Accidental
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Rare/Accidental
- Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Rare/Accidental
[edit] Paridae
- Great Tit Parus major Rare/Accidental
[edit] Sittidae
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Rare/Accidental
[edit] Oriolidae
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Laniidae
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Rare/Accidental
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Rare/Accidental
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Rare/Accidental
[edit] Corvidae
- Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula Rare/Accidental
- Rook Corvus frugilegus Rare/Accidental
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Rare/Accidental
- Common Raven Corvus corax
[edit] Sturnidae
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Passeridae
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Vireonidae
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Rare/Accidental
[edit] Fringillidae
- Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Rare/Accidental
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Rare/Accidental
- European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris Rare/Accidental
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus Rare/Accidental
- Linnet Carduelis cannabina Rare/Accidental
- Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
- Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni Rare/Accidental
- Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Rare/Accidental
- Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Rare/Accidental
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Rare/Accidental
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Rare/Accidental
[edit] Parulidae
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Rare/Accidental
- Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina Rare/Accidental
- Northern Parula Parula americana Rare/Accidental
- Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Rare/Accidental
- Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens Rare/Accidental
- Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
- Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Rare/Accidental
- Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Rare/Accidental
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Rare/Accidental
- Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum Rare/Accidental
- Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata Rare/Accidental
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Rare/Accidental
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Rare/Accidental
- Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis Rare/Accidental
[edit] Thraupidae
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Rare/Accidental
[edit] Emberizidae
- Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Rare/Accidental
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Rare/Accidental
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Rare/Accidental
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Rare/Accidental
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Rare/Accidental
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Rare/Accidental
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Rare/Accidental
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana Rare/Accidental
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Rare/Accidental
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Rare/Accidental
- Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
- Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Rare/Accidental
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Rare/Accidental
[edit] Cardinalidae
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Rare/Accidental
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Rare/Accidental
[edit] Icteridae
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Rare/Accidental
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Rare/Accidental
