An American Varied Thrush was spotted in the so-called “Búgarðabyggð” south of Selfoss on October 25 – 26. This is the second bird recorded in Iceland. The first one was recorded in Northeast Iceland in May 2004.

The American Varied Thrush is a breeding bird in  western North America, from Northern California to Alaska, with wintergrounds on the west coast of the United States. In other parts of North America it as a rare vagrant and very rare in Europe.

I wasn’t very successful in photographing the bird 🙂