Uncommon Birds in Finland
Our list for Finland has 91 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 57 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 91, most common first
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
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