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
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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