Common Birds in Finland
Our list for Finland has 109 common birds recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 65 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Finland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 109, most common first
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made