Birds to See in Finland in February
87 bird species on our list for Finland are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Greenfinch. New this month: Woodpigeon, Eurasian Skylark and Northern Pintail.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Finland’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 87 birds in February
87 birds
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 9.03% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 7.97% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 7.05% in Feb
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.88% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 4.81% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.50% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 4.46% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.98% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.45% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.40% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.35% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in Feb
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.13% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.10% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.06% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorUncommon60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
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