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
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorUncommon60–87 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 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