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
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
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