Birds of Finland
348 species recorded at 30 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboMost recorded
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Canada GooseBranta canadensisHotspots with the most records
- Espoo – Laajalahti MaariUusimaa219 species
- Raahe – PattijokisuuNorth Ostrobothnia221 species
- Espoo – LaajalahtiUusimaa242 species
- Helsinki – LauttasaariUusimaa215 species
- Helsinki – VanhankaupunginlahtiUusimaa241 species
- Kirkkonummi – Porkkala PampskatanUusimaa217 species
- Turku – Friskalanlahti lintutorniSouthwest Finland169 species
- Tampere – IidesjärviPirkanmaa186 species
- Kempele – VihiluotoNorth Ostrobothnia183 species
- Espoo – SuomenojaUusimaa185 species
- Espoo – Laajalahti ElfvikUusimaa189 species
- Merikarvia – Kasalan Kalasatama lintutorniSatakunta171 species
All 30 hotspots
- Pyhäjoki – Parhalahti lintutorniNorth Ostrobothnia202 species
- Hamina – Lupinlahti lintutorniKymenlaakso147 species
- Helsinki – TöölönlahtiUusimaa143 species
- Espoo – Iso HuopalahtiUusimaa173 species
- Liminka – VirkkulaNorth Ostrobothnia188 species
- Helsinki – SuomenlinnaUusimaa160 species
- Kaarina – Kuusistonlahti S lintutorniSouthwest Finland163 species
- Liminka – Virkkula N lintutorniNorth Ostrobothnia187 species
- Raahe – Pitkäkari lintutorniNorth Ostrobothnia180 species
- Helsinki – Vanhankaupunginlahti, LammassaariUusimaa182 species
- Helsinki – HietaniemiUusimaa129 species
- Kirkkonummi – Saltfjärdenin lintutorniUusimaa155 species
- Pori – Yyterin LietteetSatakunta197 species
- Raahe – Aittalahti lintutorniNorth Ostrobothnia177 species
- Inari – Kaamanen, Neljän Tuulen TupaLapland134 species
- Helsinki – ViikkiUusimaa198 species
- Kirkkonummi – Porkkala LuotsikärkiUusimaa171 species
- Kaarina – Järvelän kosteikkoSouthwest Finland134 species
All species recorded · 348
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
- Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
- Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
- Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Grey-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus