Birds of Finland

List of Common Birds Found in Finland

Native Birds

• Arctic Skua
• Arctic Tern
• Black Grouse
• Black-headed Gull
• Black Kite
• Black-throated Diver
• Black Woodpecker
• Blue Tit
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Boreal Owl
• Caspian Tern
• Coal Tit
• Common Blackbird
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chaffinch
• Common Crane
• Common Eider
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Linnet
• Common Pochard
• Common Raven
• Common Redstart
• Common Rosefinch
• Common Snipe
• Common Tern
• Common Wood Pigeon
• Crested Tit
• Dunnock
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Eurasian Reed Warbler
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Teal
• Eurasian Treecreeper
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Eurasian Wren
• European Crested Tit
• European Goldcrest
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Herring Gull
• European Honey Buzzard
• European Nightjar
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Pied Wagtail
• European Robin
• European Serin
• European Shag
• European Starling
• European Stonechat
• European Turtle Dove
• Glaucous Gull
• Gray-headed Woodpecker
• Gray Heron
• Great Crested Grebe
• Great Gray Owl
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Hawfinch
• Hazel Grouse
• Horned Grebe
• House Sparrow
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• Little Bunting
• Little Gull
• Little Owl
• Long-tailed Tit
• Mute Swan
• Northern Bullfinch
• Northern Gannet
• Northern Goshawk
• Northern Harrier
• Northern Hawk-owl
• Northern Lapwing
• Northern Shrike
• Northern Wheatear
• Osprey
• Pied Avocet
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Red Crossbill
• Red Kite
• Red-necked Grebe
• Red-throated Diver
• Red-throated Pipit
• Redwing
• Rock Ptarmigan
• Ruff
• Slavonian Grebe
• Taiga Bean Goose
• Tawny Owl
• Ural Owl
• Velvet Scoter
• White Wagtail
• Whooper Swan
• Willow Tit 
• Willow Warbler
• Yellowhammer

Non-native Birds

• American Wigeon
• Black Scoter
• Cackling Goose
• Canada Goose
• Collared Pratincole
• Ferruginous Duck
• Great Skua
• Great Spotted Cuckoo
• Great White Pelican
• Harlequin Duck
• Iceland Gull
• Lesser Scaup
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Mandarin Duck
• Pallas’s Sandgrouse
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• Rock Pigeon
• Ruddy Duck
• Stejneger’s Scoter

Some of the best sites in Finland to see birds include Oulu region and Liminka Bay, Kuusamo and Oulanka National Park, and Nuuksio National Park. The spring months of April to June are an excellent time to witness the arrival of migratory birds as many species return from their wintering grounds down south during this period.