Rare Birds in Sweden
Our list for Sweden has 51 rare birds recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 12 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 28 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
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 51, most common first
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Oct–May
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusResidentRare60–87 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantRare66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Feb
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DotterelEudromias morinellusSummer visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly May–Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly May–Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jun
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
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