Common Birds in Sweden
Our list for Sweden has 118 common birds recorded regularly there: 55 residents, 47 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sweden in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 118, most common first
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
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