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.
Hooded Crow
Resident
Great Tit
Winter visitor
Pied Wagtail
Summer visitor
Blue Tit
Winter visitor
Chaffinch
Summer visitor
Eurasian Siskin
Resident
Woodpigeon
Summer visitor
Jackdaw
Resident
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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Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
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European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
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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