Birds of Sweden
Sweden hosts 436 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Great TitParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Siberian JayPerisoreus infaustus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Great Grey OwlStrix nebulosa
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Little AukAlle alle
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Grey-headed ChickadeePoecile cinctus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
- Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Black ScoterMelanitta americana
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Ivory GullPagophila eburnea
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanni
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Pallas's Reed BuntingEmberiza pallasi
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Steller's Sea EagleHaliaeetus pelagicus
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegata
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Pallas's SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxus
- White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensis
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
- Lady Amherst's PheasantChrysolophus amherstiae
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonica
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoria
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Chestnut TealAnas castanea
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- Pechora PipitAnthus gustavi
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Eastern Crowned WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectus
- Siberian ThrushGeokichla sibirica
- Pallas's RosefinchCarpodacus roseus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Tufted PuffinFratercula cirrhata
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius