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 Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly May–Sep
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May–Aug
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Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
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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