Calidris pusilla (A) Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus (A) Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola Common snipe (mýrisnípa), Gallinago gallinago Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata (A) Red-necked phalarope (hálsareyði), Phalaropus lobatus Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos (A) Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus (A) Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus (A) Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca (A) Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia (A) Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola (A) Common redshank (stelkur), Tringa totanus Skuas and jaegers Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Stercorariidae The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large sea birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. Great skua (skúgvur), Stercorarius skua South Polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki (A) Pomarine jaeger (jói), Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic jaeger (kjógvi), Stercorarius parasiticus Long-tailed jaeger (snældukjógvi), Stercorarius longicaudus Auks, murres, and puffins Alcidae are a family of seabirds which are superficially similar to penguins with their black-and-white colors, their upright posture, and some of their habits, but which are able to fly. Dovekie (fulkubbi), Alle alle Common murre (lomvigi/a), Uria aalge Thick-billed murre (íslandslomvigi/a), Uria lomvia Razorbill (álka), Alca torda Great auk (gorfuglur), Pinguinus impennis - extinct Black guillemot (teisti), Cepphus grylle Atlantic puffin (lundi), Fratercula arctica Tufted puffin, Fratercula cirrhata (A) Gulls, terns, and skimmers Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, terns, and skimmers. Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish, bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with gray or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Black-legged kittiwake (rita), Rissa tridactyla Ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea (A) Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (A) Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia (A) Black-headed gull (fransaterna), Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus (A) Ross's gull, Rhodostethia rosea (A) Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan (A) Mediterranean gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (A) Common gull (skatumási, skata, gneggjus), Larus canus Short-billed gull, Larus brachyrhynchus (A) Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis (A) Herring gull (fiskimási), Larus argentatus Iceland gull (lítil valmási), Larus glaucoides Lesser black-backed gull (likka), Larus fuscus Glaucous gull (valmási), Larus hyperboreus Great black-backed