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
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–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