Passerines

This last section includes all passerines, ranging from larks to buntings. The most widespread and common breeding species in Norway are Willow Warblers, Meadow Pipits and Chaffinches. Nearly a hundred passerine species breed regularly within the Norwegian borders, and about eighty other vagrants, migrants or wintering species have been recorded. The avifauna naturally varies a lot with altitude and latitude. Regular breeding species in the far north (e.g. Red-throated Pipit and Arctic Warbler) may be extremely rare in the south. Many common breeding mountain species (e.g. Bluethroat and Lapland Bunting) are scarce along the coast of western Norway, due to their migration routes towards the southeast.

Breeding families represented in Norway are larks (3 species), swallows (3), pipits and wagtails (7), Bohemian Waxwing, White-throated Dipper (the national bird of Norway), Winter Wren, Dunnock, thrushes (14), warblers (15), flycatchers (3), tits (8), Nuthatch, Eurasian Treecreeper, Eurasian Golden Oriole (rare), shrikes (2), crows (8), Common Starling, sparrows and buntings (26). Most of these birds do not spend the winter in Norway, and may only be seen on migration or during the breeding season.

A few of these passerines are caught in mist-nets and ringed before depiction. This bird-ringing activity has mainly been done during autumn migration at Turøy bird observatory in the years 1996-2000 (RIP).

Greater Short-toed Lark *	Dverglerke	Calandrella brachydactyla
Eurasian Skylark	Sanglerke	Alauda arvensis
Horned Lark	Fjellerke	Eremophila alpestris
Barn Swallow	Låvesvale	Hirundo rustica
Red-rumped Swallow *	Amursvale	Hirundo daurica
Richard's Pipit *	Tartarpiplerke	Anthus richardi
Olive-backed Pipit *	Sibirpiplerke	Anthus hodgsoni
Tree Pipit	Trepiplerke	Anthus trivialis
Red-throated Pipit	Lappiplerke	Anthus cervinus
Meadow Pipit	Heipiplerke	Anthus pratensis
Water Pipit *	Vannpiplerke	Anthus spinoletta
Rock Pipit	Skjærpiplerke	Anthus petrosus
Grey Wagtail	Vintererle	Motacilla cinerea
Masked, Pied & White Wagtail	Linerle	Motacilla alba
Bohemian Waxwing	Sidensvans	Bombycilla garrulus
White-throated Dipper	Fossekall	Cinclus cinclus
Winter Wren	Gjerdesmett	Troglodytes troglodytes
European Robin	Rødstrupe	Erithacus rubecula
Common Nightingale *	Sørnattergal	Luscinia megarhynchos
Bluethroat	Blåstrupe	Luscinia svecica
Black Redstart *	Svartrødstjert	Phoenicurus ochruros
Common Redstart	Rødstjert	Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat	Buskskvett	Saxicola rubetra
Stonechat *	Svartstrupe	Saxicola torquata
Ring Ouzel	Ringtrost	Turdus torquatus
Common Blackbird	Svarttrost	Turdus merula
Redwing	Rødvingetrost	Turdus iliacus
Lanceolated Warbler *	Stripesanger	Locustella lanceolata
Savi's Warbler *	Sumpsanger	Locustella luscinioides
Paddyfield Warbler *	Åkersanger	Acrocephalus agricola
Sedge Warbler	Sivsanger	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Icterine Warbler	Gulsanger	Hippolais icterina
Eastern Orphean Warbler *	Sultansanger	Sylvia crassirostris
Barred Warbler *	Hauksanger	Sylvia nisoria
Lesser Whitethroat	Møller	Sylvia curruca
Arctic Warbler *	Lappsanger	Phylloscopus borealis
Pallas's Warbler *	Fuglekongesanger	Phylloscopus proregulus
Yellow-browed Warbler *	Gulbrynsanger	Phylloscopus inornatus
Hume's Leaf Warbler *	Blekbrynsanger	Phylloscopus humei
Chiffchaff	Gransanger	Phylloscopus collybita
Goldcrest	Fuglekonge	Regulus regulus
Firecrest *	Rødtoppfuglekonge	Regulus ignicapilla
Spotted Flycatcher	Gråfluesnapper	Muscicapa striata
Red-breasted Flycatcher *	Dvergfluesnapper	Ficedula parva
Pied Flycatcher	Svarthvit fluesnapper	Ficedula hypoleuca
Siberian Tit	Lappmeis	Poecile cinctus
Crested Tit	Toppmeis	Lophophanes cristatus
Coal Tit	Svartmeis	Periparus ater
Blue Tit	Blåmeis	Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit	Kjøttmeis	Parus major
Eurasian Nuthatch	Spettmeis	Sitta europaea
Brown Shrike *	Brunvarsler	Lanius cristatus
Isabelline Shrike *	Rødhalevarsler	Lanius isabellinus
Great Grey Shrike	Varsler	Lanius excubitor
Siberian Jay	Lavskrike	Perisoreus infaustus
Black-billed Magpie	Skjære	Pica pica
Nutcracker	Nøttekråke	Nucifraga caryocatactes
Jackdaw	Kaie	Corvus monedula
Hooded Crow	Kråke	Corvus cornix
Common Starling	Stær	Sturnus vulgaris
Rose-colored Starling *	Rosenstær	Sturnus roseus
House Sparrow	Gråspurv	Passer domesticus
Tree Sparrow	Pilfink	Passer montanus
Goldfinch	Stillits	Carduelis carduelis
Arctic Redpoll	Polarsisik	Carduelis hornemanni
Two-barred Crossbill *	Båndkorsnebb	Loxia leucoptera
Common Crossbill	Grankorsnebb	Loxia curvirostra
Common Bullfinch	Dompap	Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Hawfinch	Kjernebiter	Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Ovenbird *	Ovnparula	Seiurus aurocapillus
Lapland Bunting	Lappspurv	Calcarius lapponicus
Snow Bunting	Snøspurv	Plectrophenax nivalis
Yellowhammer	Gulspurv	Emberiza citrinella
Ortulan Bunting *	Hortulan	Emberiza hortulana
Rustic Bunting *	Vierspurv	Emberiza rustica
Yellow-breasted Bunting *	Sibirspurv	Emberiza aureola

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