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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Sweden in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 118, most common first
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 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