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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Sweden in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 51, most common first
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantRare52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly May–Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusScarceRare27–30 cm
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesScarceRare52–60 cm
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantRare55–65 cmRegularly May–Jun
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorRare80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisScarceRare46–56 cm
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly May
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly May
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantRare63–73 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
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