Birds and Other Wildlife
during the 
Focus On Nature Tour 
in Iceland

in June  2009


List compiled by Armas Hill

A Complete List of Iceland Birds 

Cumulative List of Birds during FONT European Tours (with some photos)

Icelandic Wildflowers (with some photos)

A Directory of Photos in this Website

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature tours in Iceland   

1. Red-throated Loon  (or Red-throated Diver)  _____
   Gavia stellata
   
   
2. Common Loon  (or Great Northern Diver)  _____
   Gavia immer
   
   
3. Horned Grebe  (or Slavonian Grebe)  _____
   Podiceps a. auritus
   
   
4. Northern Fulmar  _____
   Fulmarus glacialis auduboni
   
   
5. Manx Shearwater  _____
   Pufinus puffinus
   
   
6. European Shag  _____
   Leucocarbo a. aristotelis
   
   
7. Great Cormorant  _____    
   Phalacrocorax c. carbo 
   
   
8. Northern Gannet  _____
   Morus (formerly Sula) bassens
   
   
9. Whooper Swan  _____  
   Cygnus cygnus
   
   
10. Greylag Goose  _____ 
    Anser a. a. anser
    
    
11. Mallard  _____
    Anas platyrhynchos
    
    
12. Eurasian Wigeon  _____
    Anas penelope
    
    
13. Eurasian Teal  _____
    Anas crecca
    
    
14. Tufted Duck  _____
    Aythya fuligula
    
    
15. Greater Scaup  _____
    Aythya m. marita
    
    
16. Barrow's Goldeneye  _____   
    Bucephala islandica
    
    
17. Harlequin Duck _____
    Histrionicus histrionicus
    
    
18. Common Eider  _____
    Somateria m. mollissima 
    
    
19. King Eider  (ICr)  _____
    Somateria spectabilis
    
    
20. Common Merganser (or Goosander) _____
    Mergus m. merganser
    
    
21. Red-breasted Merganser _____ 
    Mergus serrator
    
    
22. White-tailed Eagle _____ 
    Haliaeetus albicilla
    
    
23. Merlin  _____
    Falco columbarius subaesalon  (endemic Icelandic subspecies)
    
    
24. Rock Ptarmigan  _____
    Lagopus muta islandorum  (endemic Icelandic subspecies; 1 of 24 subspecies worldwide)
    
    
25. Eurasian Oystercatcher  _____ 
    Haematopus o. ostralegus 
    
    
26. European Golden Plover  _____ 
    Pluvialis apricaria altifrons
    
     
27. Ringed Plover _____
    Charadrius h. hiaticula
    
    
28. "Eurasian" Whimbrel _____
    Numenius p. phaeopus
    
    
29. Black-tailed Godwit  _____
    Limosa limosa icelandica  (endemic breeding Icelandic subspecies) 
    
    
30. Common Redshank _____
    Tringa totanus robusta
    
    
31. Purple Sandpiper  _____ 
    Calidris maritima littoralis  (endemic Icelandic subspecies) 
    
    
32. Common Snipe _____ 
    Gallinago gallinago faeroeensis
    
    
33. Red-necked Phalarope _____  
    Phalaropus lobatus
    
    
34. Parasitic Jaeger (or Arctic Skua) _____
    Stercorarius parasiticus
    
    
35. Great Skua   _____
    Stercorarius skua
    
    
36. Black-headed Gull  _____ 
    Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) ridibundus
    
    
37. Common Gull  _____
    Larus c. canus
    
    
38. Iceland Gull  _____
    Larus g. glaucoides 
    
    
39. Glaucous Gull _____
    Larus h. hyperboreus
    
    
40. Herring Gull  _____   
    Larus argentatus argentatus
    
    
41. Lesser Black-backed Gull  _____
    larus fuscus
    
    
42. Great Black-backed Gull  _____
    Larus marinus
    
    
43. Black-legged Kittiwake _____
    Rissa tridactyla
    
     
44. Arctic Tern  _____  
    Sterna paradisaea
    
    
45. Black Guillemot  _____
    Cepphus g. grylle
    
    
46. Common Murre  (also called Guillemot)  _____
    Uria a. aalge
    
    
47. Razorbill  _____ 
    Uria torda islandica
    
    
48. Atlantic Puffin  _____
    Fratercula a. arctica
    
    
49. Commonl (or Feral) Pigeon _____
    Columba livia
    
    
50. Short-eared Owl  _____
    Asio f. flammeus
    
    
51. Meadow Pipit  _____ 
    Anthus p. pratensis
    
    
52. White Wagtail  _____ 
    Motacilla a. alba
    
    
53. "Icelandic" Northern (or Winter) Wren  _____ 
    Troglodytes troglodytes islandicus  (endemic subspecies in Iceland)
    
    
54. Northern Raven  _____
    Corvus corax varius
    
    
55. Northern Wheatear  _____   
    Oenanthe oenanthe leucorrha   
    
    
56. Redwing  _____
    Turdus iliacus coburni
    
    
57. Common Blackbird _____
    Turdus m. merula
    
    
58. Common Starling  _____ 
    Sturnus v. vulgaris
    
    
59. "Icelandic" Common Redpoll  _____
    Carduelis flammea islandica  (endemic subspecies in Iceland)
    
    
60. Snow Bunting  _____   
    Plectrophenax nivalis insulae  

Harbor Seal  _____

European Rabbit (introduced)  _____