Site Report: Myvatn Area
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) - Female
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) - Female
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
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Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) - Female
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) - Female
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Big lake
Visits
- 2021-07-10: Continuing the drive around the island, we drove west to Akureyri with a brief stop in Blonduos.
- 2021-07-11:
- 2021-07-12:
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (40 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(40 records)
Class: Birds
(40 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(12 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
- Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
- Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
- Order: Pelicans
(12 records)
- Family: Grebes
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(6 records)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (9 records)
- Family: Plovers
- European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Order: Tubenoses
(1 record)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)