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Birds - Wild Latitudes Iceland Tour

This guide includes all of the bird species that could possibly be seen on the Iceland Birding and Natural History tour run by Wild Latitudes.

Rock Ptarmigan 1
Lagopus muta
Rock Dove 2
Columba livia
Northern Gannet 3
Morus bassanus
Red Knot 4
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 5
Calidris alba
Purple Sandpiper 6
Calidris maritima
Dunlin 7
Calidris alpina
Curlew Sandpiper 6
Calidris ferruginea
Common Redshank 8
Tringa totanus
Whimbrel 6
Numenius phaeopus
Ruddy Turnstone 9
Arenaria interpres
Black-tailed Godwit 6
Limosa limosa
Red-necked Phalarope 10
Phalaropus lobatus
Manx Shearwater 11
Puffinus puffinus
Northern Fulmar 12
Fulmarus glacialis
Horned Grebe 13
Podiceps auritus
Great Cormorant 14
Phalacrocorax carbo
European Shag 15
Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Glaucous Gull 16
Larus hyperboreus
Mew Gull 17
Larus canus
Iceland Gull 18
Larus glaucoides
Great Black-backed Gull 19
Larus marinus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 20
Larus fuscus
Black Guillemot 21
Cepphus grylle
Arctic Tern 15
Sterna paradisaea
Parasitic Jaeger 4
Stercorarius parasiticus
Black-legged Kittiwake 22
Rissa tridactyla
Razorbill 23
Alca torda
Atlantic Puffin 24
Fratercula arctica
Thick-billed Murre 25
Uria lomvia
Common Murre 10
Uria aalge
Common Loon 26
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 27
Gavia stellata
Gyrfalcon 28
Falco rusticolus
Merlin 29
Falco columbarius
Common Ringed Plover 30
Charadrius hiaticula
Eurasian Oystercatcher 6
Haematopus ostralegus
European Golden Plover 31
Pluvialis apricaria
Little Egret 6
Egretta garzetta
White-tailed Eagle 32
Haliaeetus albicilla
Whooper Swan 33
Cygnus cygnus
Mute Swan 34
Cygnus olor
Mallard 35
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 36
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 30
Anas crecca
Common Goldeneye 37
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 37
Bucephala islandica
Red-breasted Merganser 38
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 39
Mergus merganser
Pink-footed Goose 6
Anser brachyrhynchus
Greylag Goose 40
Anser anser
Greater White-fronted Goose 41
Anser albifrons
Common Eider 42
Somateria mollissima
King Eider 6
Somateria spectabilis
White-winged Scoter 43
Melanitta fusca
Scaups and Allies 44
Aythya
Tufted Duck 45
Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup 46
Aythya marila
Common Shelduck 47
Tadorna tadorna
Brant 48
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 49
Branta canadensis
Harlequin Duck 13
Histrionicus histrionicus
Long-tailed Duck 50
Clangula hyemalis
Common Raven 51
Corvus corax
Lincoln's Sparrow 52
Melospiza lincolnii
Brambling 53
Fringilla montifringilla
Red Crossbill 54
Loxia curvirostra
Fieldfare 53
Turdus pilaris
Eurasian Blackbird 55
Turdus merula
Redwing 56
Turdus iliacus
Northern Wheatear 57
Oenanthe oenanthe
White Wagtail 58
Motacilla alba
Meadow Pipit 30
Anthus pratensis
European Starling 59
Sturnus vulgaris
Short-eared Owl 45
Asio flammeus
Snow Bunting 7
Plectrophenax nivalis
Feral Pigeon 60
Columba livia domestica
Eurasian Teal 13
Anas crecca crecca
Common Scoter 61
Melanitta nigra
Great Skua 62
Stercorarius skua
Black-headed Gull 63
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Redpoll 53
Acanthis flammea
Hoary Redpoll 53
Acanthis hornemanni
Eurasian Wren 64
Troglodytes troglodytes
Herring Gull 65
Larus argentatus
Domestic Duck 66
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
Common Snipe 67
Gallinago gallinago
European Herring Gull (argentatus) 31
Larus argentatus argentatus
West Atlantic Lesser Black-backed Gull 68
Larus fuscus graellsii
White Wagtail 58
Motacilla alba alba
Atlantic Brant 6
Branta bernicla hrota
European Whimbrel 69
Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit 70
Limosa limosa islandica
Common Gull 6
Larus canus canus
Audubon's Atlantic Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis auduboni
Nelson's Gull 71
Larus argentatus × hyperboreus
Northern Common Eider 72
Somateria mollissima borealis
Atlantic Black-legged Kittiwake 73
Rissa tridactyla tridactyla
European Herring Gull (argenteus)
Larus argentatus argenteus
Iceland Gull (Iceland)
Larus glaucoides glaucoides

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