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
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
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