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
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Nov
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