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 TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 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