Rare birds in Røst
Røstlandet is actually one of the best island rarity hotspots in Norway. Rare birds are reported continuously, and even Siberian and American species show up—particularly in the autumn. Several of the rare birds registered in Røst hold the record of first observation in Norway.
Here are a few examples of rare birds seen in Røst:
Northern Harrier, Red-breasted Goose, Ring-necked Duck, Great Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cory’s Shearwater, Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel, Black Kite, Montagu’s Harrier, Eurasian Thick-knee, Caspian Plover, Pacific Golden-Plover, American Golden-Plover, Oriental Plover, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marsh Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Baird’s Sandpiper, Red Phalarope, Lesser Yellowlegs, Hudsonian Godwit, Black-winged Stilt, Ivory Gull, Ross’s Gull, Franklin’s Gull, Sabine’s Gull, Thick-billed Murre, European Turtle-Dove, Snowy Owl, Olive-backed Pipit, Pechora Pipit, Citrine Wagtail, Red-flanked Bluetail, Pied Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Barred Warbler, Arctic Warbler, Radde’s Warbler, Pallas’s Grasshopper-Warbler, Booted Warbler, Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Rosy Starling, White-winged Crossbill, Black-headed Bunting and Little Bunting.