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Vestmannaeyjar

This checklist includes all bird species found in Vestmannaeyjar , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

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Country or region: Vestmannaeyjar [map]

Other names: Vestmannaeyjabær

Number of species: 195
Number of globally threatened species: 6
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2022-10-22

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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Graylag Goose	Anser anser
Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons
Pink-footed Goose	Anser brachyrhynchus
Brant	Branta bernicla
Barnacle Goose	Branta leucopsis
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	Rare/Accidental
Whooper Swan	Cygnus cygnus
Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	Rare/Accidental
Wood Duck	Aix sponsa	Rare/Accidental
Mandarin Duck	Aix galericulata	Rare/Accidental
Garganey	Spatula querquedula	Rare/Accidental
Blue-winged Teal	Spatula discors	Rare/Accidental
Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	Rare/Accidental
Gadwall	Mareca strepera
Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope
American Wigeon	Mareca americana	Rare/Accidental
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca
Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup	Aythya marila
King Eider	Somateria spectabilis	Rare/Accidental
Common Eider	Somateria mollissima	Near-threatened
Harlequin Duck	Histrionicus histrionicus
Surf Scoter	Melanitta perspicillata	Rare/Accidental
Velvet Scoter	Melanitta fusca	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
White-winged Scoter	Melanitta deglandi	Rare/Accidental
Common Scoter	Melanitta nigra
Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	Vulnerable
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	Rare/Accidental
Common Merganser	Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Rock Ptarmigan	Lagopus muta
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Horned Grebe	Podiceps auritus	Vulnerable
Red-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena	Rare/Accidental
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia
Common Wood-Pigeon	Columba palumbus	Rare/Accidental
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	Rare/Accidental
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	Rare/Accidental
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Alpine Swift	Apus melba	Rare/Accidental
Common Swift	Apus apus	Rare/Accidental
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus
Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae
Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	Near-threatened
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
European Golden-Plover	Pluvialis apricaria
American Golden-Plover	Pluvialis dominica	Rare/Accidental
Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	Rare/Accidental
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Near-threatened
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Red Knot	Calidris canutus	Near-threatened
Ruff	Calidris pugnax	Rare/Accidental
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Dunlin	Calidris alpina
Purple Sandpiper	Calidris maritima
White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	Rare/Accidental
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	Rare/Accidental
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Calidris pusilla	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Eurasian Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	Rare/Accidental
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius
Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca	Rare/Accidental
Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
Great Skua	Stercorarius skua
Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	Rare/Accidental
Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae
Dovekie	Alle alle
Common Murre	Uria aalge
Thick-billed Murre	Uria lomvia
Razorbill	Alca torda
Black Guillemot	Cepphus grylle
Atlantic Puffin	Fratercula arctica	Vulnerable
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	Vulnerable
Ivory Gull	Pagophila eburnea	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	Rare/Accidental
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	Rare/Accidental
Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	Rare/Accidental
Common Gull	Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis	Rare/Accidental
Herring Gull	Larus argentatus
Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahellis	Rare/Accidental
Iceland Gull	Larus glaucoides
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus
White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Rare/Accidental
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea
Forster's Tern	Sterna forsteri	Rare/Accidental
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae
Red-throated Loon	Gavia stellata
Common Loon	Gavia immer
Yellow-billed Loon	Gavia adamsii	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae
Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	Rare/Accidental
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae
Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	Rare/Accidental
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
European Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus
Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	Vulnerable
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Northern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis
Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	Rare/Accidental
Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus
SULIFORMES: Sulidae
Northern Gannet	Morus bassanus
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
European Shag	Gulosus aristotelis
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
American Bittern	Botaurus lentiginosus	Rare/Accidental
Least Bittern	Ixobrychus exilis	Rare/Accidental
Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	Rare/Accidental
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Rare/Accidental
Snowy Egret	Egretta thula	Rare/Accidental
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus	Rare/Accidental
Hen Harrier	Circus cyaneus	Rare/Accidental
Northern Harrier	Circus hudsonius	Rare/Accidental
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
Eurasian Scops-Owl	Otus scops	Rare/Accidental
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	Rare/Accidental
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Rare/Accidental
Merlin	Falco columbarius
Gyrfalcon	Falco rusticolus
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae
Red-eyed Vireo	Vireo olivaceus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	Rare/Accidental
Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Common Raven	Corvus corax
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Greater Short-toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
Blyth's Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus dumetorum	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia	Rare/Accidental
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Rare/Accidental
Common House-Martin	Delichon urbicum	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	Rare/Accidental
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	Rare/Accidental
Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Eurasian Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	Rare/Accidental
Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin	Rare/Accidental
Barred Warbler	Curruca nisoria	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Whitethroat	Curruca curruca	Rare/Accidental
Greater Whitethroat	Curruca communis	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Corthylio calendula	Rare/Accidental
Goldcrest	Regulus regulus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae
Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta canadensis	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae
Eurasian Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Swainson's Thrush	Catharus ustulatus	Rare/Accidental
Hermit Thrush	Catharus guttatus	Rare/Accidental
Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	Rare/Accidental
Redwing	Turdus iliacus	Near-threatened
Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula
American Robin	Turdus migratorius	Rare/Accidental
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris
Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Rare/Accidental
European Robin	Erithacus rubecula	Rare/Accidental
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	Rare/Accidental
European Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca	Rare/Accidental
Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Rare/Accidental
Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	Rare/Accidental
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	Rare/Accidental
European Stonechat	Saxicola rubicola	Rare/Accidental
Siberian Stonechat	Saxicola maurus	Rare/Accidental
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae
Bohemian Waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus	Rare/Accidental
Cedar Waxwing	Bombycilla cedrorum	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae
Dunnock	Prunella modularis	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	Rare/Accidental
Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	Rare/Accidental
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba
Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis
Rock Pipit	Anthus petrosus	Rare/Accidental
American Pipit	Anthus rubescens	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	Rare/Accidental
Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla	Rare/Accidental
Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes	Rare/Accidental
Common Rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus	Rare/Accidental
Common Redpoll	Acanthis flammea
Hoary Redpoll	Acanthis hornemanni	Rare/Accidental
European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Siskin	Spinus spinus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae
Lapland Longspur	Calcarius lapponicus	Rare/Accidental
Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
Black-headed Bunting	Emberiza melanocephala	Rare/Accidental
Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae
White-crowned Sparrow	Zonotrichia leucophrys	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae
Black-and-white Warbler	Mniotilta varia	Rare/Accidental
Common Yellowthroat	Geothlypis trichas	Rare/Accidental
Northern Parula	Setophaga americana	Rare/Accidental
Blackpoll Warbler	Setophaga striata	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-throated Blue Warbler	Setophaga caerulescens	Rare/Accidental
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Setophaga coronata	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae
Scarlet Tanager	Piranga olivacea	Rare/Accidental

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