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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Finland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 91, most common first
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–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