Customized Bird watching Day Tours
 Birds ! Day tours from Reykjavík.Season: End of Mars to end of Agust
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Bird Watching Tours tailored to suit your needs.Super Travel offer customized tours to help bird watchers and wildlife enthusiasts to experience the best of Iceland’s nature.Customized daily or longer tours can be booked by single clients or groups of up to twelve. For a general day’s bird watching you can choose the site or sites you would like to visit or the species you would like to see. When a client is interested in a certain species or group of species we can suggest the best location and best time of year, thus increasing the chances of spotting the bird. Feel free to contact us for further information by e-mail or by filling in our contact form
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| Here is a list of birds that you are likely to see in Iceland in summer. There are some birds that will stay during winter, but most migrate in spring and stay only over the summer for their nesting season. | PASSERINESMeadow Pipit – Anthus Pratensis White Wagtail – Motacilla Alba Wheatear – Oenanthe Oenanthe Redwing – Turdus Iliacus Goldcrest – Regulus RegulusSnow Bunting – Plectrophenax Nivalis Redpoll – Carduelis Flammea Wren – Troglodytes Troglodytes Starling – Sturnus Vulgaris Raven – Corvus Corax |
| PTARMIGAN, BIRDS OF PREY & PIGEONS (MISCELANEOUS SPECIES)Ptarmigan – Lagopus Mutus White-Tailed Eagle or Sea Eagle – Haliaeetus Albicilla Gyrfalcon – Falco Rusticolus Merlin – Falco Columbarius Rock Pigeon or Feral Pigeon – Columba Livia |
AUKS GROUPRazorbill – Alca Torda Common Guillemot or Common Murre – Uria Aalge Brünnichs Guillemot or Thick-Billed Murre – Uria Lomvia Black Guilemot – Cepphus Grylle Puffins – Fratercula Arctica Dovekie or Little Auk – Alle Alle Great Auk – Pinguinus Impennis (Extinct) |
| FULMAR, SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS, SHAGS (CORMORANTS) AND GANNETS Fulmar – Fulmarus Glacialis Manx Shearwater – Puffinus Puffinus Storm Petrel – Hydrobates Pelagicus Leach’s Petrel – Oceanodroma Leucorrhea Shag – Phalacrocorax Aristotelis Gannet – Morus Bassanus |
SKUAS, GULLS AND TERNS Great Skua – Stercorarius Skua Arctic Skua – Stercorarius Parasiticus Black-Headed Gull – Larus Ridibundus Great Black-Backed Gull – Larus Marinus Lesser Black-Backed Gull – Larus Fuscus Glaucus Gull – Larus Hyperboreus Kittywake or Three-Toed Gull – Rissa Tridactyla Arctic Tern – Sterna Paradisaea |
| WADERS AND STILTS 1: SANDPIPERS, PLOVERS, PHALAROPES AND OTHER SMALLER SPECIES Golden Plover – Pluvialis Apricaria Great Ringed Plover – Charadrius Hiaticula Dunlin – Calidris AlpinaRed-Throated Diver – Gavia Stellata Sanderling – Calidris Alba Purple Sandpiper – Calidris Maritima Turnstone – Arenaria Interpres Red-Necked Phalarope – Phalaropus Lobatus Grey Phalarope – Phalaropus Fulicarius |
WADERS AND STILTS 2: OTHER (LARGER) WADER AND STILT SPECIES Redshank – Tringa Totanus Whimbrel – Numenius Phaeopus Black-Tailed Godwit – Limosa Limosa Oyster Catcher – Haematopus Ostralegus Snipe – Gallinago Gallinago |
| WATERFOWL 1: DIVERS AND GREBESRed-Throated Diver – Gavia Stellata Great Northern Diver – Gavia Immer Slavonian Grebe – Podiceps Auritus |
WATERFOWL 2: SWANS, GEESE AND DABBLING DUCKSWhooper Swan – Cygnus Cygnus Whooper Swan – Cygnus Cygnus Greylag Goose – Anser Anser Pink-Footed Goose- Anser Brachyrhynchus Wigeon – Anas Penelope Mallard – Anas Platyrhynchos Gadwell – Anas Strepera Pintail – Anas Acuta Common Teal – Anas Crecca |
| WATERFOWL 3: DIVING DUCKS Tufted Duck – Aythya Fuligula Scaup Duck – Aythya Marila Eider Duck – Somateria Mollissima Harlequin Duck – Histrionicus Histrionicus Long-Tailed Duck – Clangula Hyemalis Common Scoter – Melanitta Nigra Barrow’s Goldeneye – Bucephala Islandica Red-Breasted Merganser – Mergus Serrator |
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