Birds of Norway
403 species recorded at 27 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Eurasian MagpiePica picaMost recorded
Common GullLarus canus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
European ShagGulosus aristotelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusHotspots with the most records
- Lista FyrVest-Agder295 species
- ØstensjøvannetOslo187 species
- Gressholmen og RambergøyaOslo188 species
- Maridalen – uspesifisertOslo192 species
- UtsiraRogaland245 species
- Hafrsfjord – GrannesbuktaRogaland131 species
- Vardø – HornøyaFinnmark145 species
- Nordre Øyeren NR – ÅrnestangenAkershus194 species
- Nesseby kirke og naturreservatFinnmark150 species
- RøstlandetNordland221 species
- MølenVestfold247 species
- VadsøyaFinnmark151 species
All 27 hotspots
- FrognerparkenOslo128 species
- MosvatnetRogaland127 species
- Runde – uspesifisertMøre og Romsdal168 species
- RevtangenRogaland185 species
- EkkerøyaFinnmark133 species
- Sula – uspesifisertSør-Trøndelag194 species
- Fornebu – StorøykilenAkershus165 species
- HamningbergFinnmark134 species
- Vardø – uspesifisertFinnmark143 species
- SlevdalsvannetVest-Agder189 species
- KvitsøyRogaland162 species
- HerdlaHordaland175 species
- KviljooddenVest-Agder162 species
- KvassheimRogaland162 species
- Orrevatnet – OrreosenRogaland181 species
All species recorded · 403
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
- Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
- Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Grey-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina