Bird AlbumIceland · Northeastern Region
Mývatn – Stakhólstjörn
60 species and 5,617 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–July, with up to 42 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 & Laxá4 km80 species
- Kaldbakstjarnir53 km101 species
- Húsavík – Hjartarlundur og nágr.54 km51 species
- Húsavík – skrúðgarður55 km68 species
- Húsavík – hafnarsvæði55 km100 species
- Bakkakrókur58 km68 species
All 60 species recorded here
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mývatn – Stakhólstjörn?
June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 42 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mývatn – Stakhólstjörn?
60 species, from 5,617 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.