Bird Species Listing for Iceland Birding Trip - June 13-23, 2009

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Here is the list of 57 bird species we saw while birding in Iceland from June 13-23, 2009. Main birding areas visited were: Reykjanes Peninsula, Reykjavik, Golden Circle Route (Thingvellir, Geysir, Gulfoss and Selfoss), Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Breidafjörder, West Fjords Region (Látrabjarg, Patreksfjördur and Tálknafjördur), Akureyri and Myvatn.

Should you be planning a birding trip to Iceland please feel free to ask us questions!

Below is the AOU name followed by the scientific name. Parenthetical names are the Icelandic common name.

Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus

Greylag Goose - Anser anser

Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope

Gadwall - Anas strepera

Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos

Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula

Greater Scaup - Aythya marila

Common Eider - Somateria mollissima
Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus

Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalis

Black Scoter - Melanitta nigra

Barrow's Golden-eye - Bucephala islandica

Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator

Common Merganser - Mergus merganser (Goosander)

Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata (Red-throated Diver)

Common Loon - Gavia immer (Great Northern Diver)

Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus (Slavonian Grebe)

Northern Fulmar - Fulmaris glacialis

Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus

Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo

European Shag - Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Eurasian Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus

Common Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula (Ringed Plover)

European Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria

Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima

Dunlin - Calidris alpina

Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago gallinago (Common Snipe)

Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica

Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus

Common Redshank - Tringa totanus

Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres

Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus

Red Phalarope - Phalaropus fulicarius (Grey Phalarope)

Parasitic Jaeger - Stercorarius parasiticus (Arctic Skua)

Long-tailed Jaeger - Stercorarius longicaudus (Long-tailed Skua)

Black-headed Gull - Larus ridibundus

Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus

Herring Gull - Larus argentatus

Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides

Glaucous Gull - Larus hyperboreus

Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus

Black-legged Kittiwake - Risa tridactyla

Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea

Common Murre - Uria aalge (Common Guillemot)

Thick-billed Murre - Uria lomvia (Brunnich's Guillemot)

Razorbill - Alca torda

Black Guillemot - Cepphus grylle

Atlantic Puffin - Fratercula arctica

Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis

White Wagtail - Motacilla alba

Winter Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes

Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe

Redwing - Turdus iliacus

Common Raven - Corvus corax

European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris (Common Starling)

Common Redpoll - Carduelis flammea (Mealy Redpoll)

Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis