Birds of Faroe Islands

191 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.

Most recorded in November

Common StarlingCommon StarlingSturnus vulgarisMallardMallardAnas platyrhynchosEuropean Herring GullEuropean Herring GullLarus argentatusHooded CrowHooded CrowCorvus cornixRock DoveRock DoveColumba liviaRuddy TurnstoneRuddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresGreat Black-backed GullGreat Black-backed GullLarus marinusCommon EiderCommon EiderSomateria mollissimaHouse SparrowHouse SparrowPasser domesticusCommon BlackbirdCommon BlackbirdTurdus merulaGreylag GooseGreylag GooseAnser anserRed-breasted MerganserRed-breasted MerganserMergus serratorEuropean Rock PipitEuropean Rock PipitAnthus petrosusBlack-headed GullBlack-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus

Most recorded

Eurasian OystercatcherEurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusLesser Black-backed GullLesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusNorthern FulmarNorthern FulmarFulmarus glacialisBlack GuillemotBlack GuillemotCepphus grylleEurasian WrenEurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesEuropean RobinEuropean RobinErithacus rubeculaEuropean ShagEuropean ShagGulosus aristotelisCommon GullCommon GullLarus canusNorthern RavenNorthern RavenCorvus coraxBlack-legged KittiwakeBlack-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaArctic TernArctic TernSterna paradisaeaEurasian Collared DoveEurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoCommon SnipeCommon SnipeGallinago gallinagoRedwingRedwingTurdus iliacus

Hotspots with the most records

  1. Kirkjubøur84 species
  2. Viðareiði127 species
  3. Tórshavn – Viðarlundin61 species
  4. Eiði – lake93 species
  5. Sandsvatn89 species
  6. Sandavágur – shore and bay60 species
  7. Sumba109 species
  8. Tórshavn – Sandagerð69 species
  9. Tórshavn – Skansin to Hotel Havgrim53 species
  10. Syðrugøta – bay, shore and village93 species
  11. Gjógv59 species
  12. Miðvágur – shore and bay67 species
All 15 hotspots
  1. Sørvágur – inner bay and clay area62 species
  2. Mykines56 species
  3. Famjin71 species

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All species recorded · 191