Rare Birds in Finland
Our list for Finland has 38 rare birds recorded regularly there: 13 summer visitors, 17 passage migrants and 8 scarce 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 38, most common first
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
DotterelEudromias morinellusSummer visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusScarceRare37–40 cmRegularly Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common LoonGavia immerScarceRare66–91 cm
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Jul
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisScarceRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Mar–May
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