Birds in Finland

238 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Finland has 238 bird species recorded regularly there: 32 residents, 135 summer visitors, 35 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 1.9 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Finland in September

184 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 184 birds in September

Arriving in September: Long-tailed Duck, Greater White-fronted Goose, Taiga Bean Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Eurasian Nuthatch, Pink-footed Goose, Tundra Swan, Brent Goose and 8 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Finland each month: most in May (210), fewest in February (87). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
to
Whooper Swan
Whooper SwanLargest · 165cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Whooper Swan (165 cm)53 families

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All 238 birds on the list

Showing 231–238 of 238 species

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollisVU

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Carrion Crow

Carrion Crow

Corvus coroneLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Montagu's Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargusLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly May–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Ruddy Shelduck

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferrugineaLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grey Phalarope

Grey Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicariusLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Short-toed Lark

Short-toed Lark

Calandrella brachydactylaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover

Charadrius alexandrinusLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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