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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Finland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Jun
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantRare53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Apr–May
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Mar–May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Jun
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceRare18–20 cm
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneScarceRare44–51 cm
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorRare43–47 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceRare58–70 cm
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusScarceRare20–22 cm
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusScarceRare15–17 cm
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
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