Rails & Coots in Finland
Our list for Finland has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Finland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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