Birds of Finland
Finland hosts 262 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Great TitParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Siberian JayPerisoreus infaustus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey-headed ChickadeePoecile cinctus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- SmewMergellus albellus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Great Grey OwlStrix nebulosa
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- American WigeonMareca americana
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Little AukAlle alle
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanni
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- Pallas's SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella
- Pallas's Reed BuntingEmberiza pallasi
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Black ScoterMelanitta americana
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Kamchatka Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus examinandus
- Scarce SwiftSchoutedenapus myoptilus
- Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
- Güldenstädt's RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutila
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Steller's Sea EagleHaliaeetus pelagicus
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug