More than half of all birds belong to this group comprising almost 6,000 species. They are sometimes called songbirds or perching birds and are as diverse  and different in size as the Raven and the Goldcrest. The passerines’ feet are designed for perching in trees and their bill adapted to a diet of insects, seeds or like the Raven’s powerful beak for almost anything that can be had.
Only around nine species were breeding birds in Iceland but with increased forestry in the last decades more species have settled here . Passerine birds make their nest with care, lay several eggs and the chicks leave the nest early.

	Auðnutittlingur – Redpoll – Carduelis flammea	ORNOSK blogs
	Glókollur – Goldcrest – Regulus regulus	ORNOSK blogs
	Gráspör – House sparrow  -Passer domesticus	ORNOSK blogs
	Gráþröstur – Fieldfare – Turdus pilaris	ORNOSK blogs
	Hrafn –  Raven – Corvus corax	ORNOSK blogs
	Maríuerla – White Wagtail – Motacilla alba	ORNOSK blogs
	Músarrindill – Wren – Troglodytes troglodytes	ORNOSK blogs
	Skógarþröstur – Redwing – Turdus iliacus	ORNOSK blogs
	Snjótittlingur – Snow Bunting – Plectrophenax nivalis	ORNOSK blogs
	Stari – Starling – Sturnus vulgaris	ORNOSK blogs
	Steindepill – Wheatear – Oenanthe oenanthe	ORNOSK blogs
	Svartþröstur – Blackbird– Turdus merula	ORNOSK blogs
	Þúfutittlingur – Meadow Pipit – Anthus pratensis	ORNOSK blogs