Buntings in Sweden
Our list for Sweden has 5 buntings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
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 5, most common first
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Reed Bunting 14–16 cm
- Lapland Longspur 15–16 cm
- Yellowhammer 16–17 cm
- Snow Bunting 15–18 cm
- Corn Bunting 16–19 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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