Bird AlbumIceland · Northeastern Region
Mývatn & Laxá
80 species and 10,991 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–August, with up to 54 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mývatn – Stakhólstjörn4 km60 species
- Kaldbakstjarnir50 km101 species
- Húsavík – Hjartarlundur og nágr.52 km51 species
- Húsavík – skrúðgarður52 km68 species
- Húsavík – hafnarsvæði52 km100 species
- Bakkakrókur55 km68 species
All 80 species recorded here
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Murre Uria aalge
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mývatn & Laxá?
May–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 54 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mývatn & Laxá?
80 species, from 10,991 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.