Uncommon Birds in Sweden
Our list for Sweden has 96 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 41 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
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 96, most common first
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Aug–May
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
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