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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Sweden in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 96, most common first
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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