🇫🇮Animals recorded in Finland

Which animals have been recorded in Finland? 57,497 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include ringed seal, Hen Harrier, Actinocyclus octonarius.

• 57,497 records
• 1,200+ species
• 37 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include ringed seal, Hen Harrier, Actinocyclus octonarius. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Finland

	Animal	Group	Records
	ringed seal Pusa hispida	Mammalia Phocidae	5,333
	Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	Aves Accipitridae	2,806
	Actinocyclus octonarius	Gastropoda Actinocyclidae	544
	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Insecta Nymphalidae	388
	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Insecta Pieridae	309
	Ground-moss Grey Eudonia truncicolella	Insecta Crambidae	269
	common adder Vipera berus	Squamata Viperidae	256
	Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris	Insecta Apidae	251
	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Insecta Apidae	248
	White-footed Furrow Bee Lasioglossum leucopus	Insecta Halictidae	233
	Eurytemora affinis	Copepoda Temoridae	221
	Siberian Flying Squirrel Pteromys volans	Mammalia Sciuridae	215
	Blackfly Hunter Rhyacophila nubila	Insecta Rhyacophilidae	212
	Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola	Insecta Hesperiidae	210
	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Insecta Nymphalidae	206
	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Insecta Pieridae	206
	Peacock Aglais io	Insecta Nymphalidae	204
	Polycentropus flavomaculatus	Insecta Polycentropodidae	200
	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Insecta Nymphalidae	191
	Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi	Insecta Lycaenidae	181
	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Insecta Lycaenidae	180
	western honey bee Apis mellifera	Insecta Apidae	174
	Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum	Insecta Apidae	172
	Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia	Insecta Nymphalidae	169
	Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lapidarius	Insecta Apidae	165
	Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina	Insecta Pentatomidae	164
	Common Heath Ematurga atomaria	Insecta Geometridae	163
	Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	Aves Anatidae	163
	Bay barnacle Amphibalanus improvisus	Maxillopoda Balanidae	161
	Plectrocnemia conspersa	Insecta Polycentropodidae	157
	Mew Gull Larus canus	Aves Laridae	154
	Lichen Running-spider Philodromus margaritatus	Arachnida Philodromidae	151
	Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata	Insecta Geometridae	151
	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	146
	Mourningcloak Nymphalis antiopa	Insecta Nymphalidae	142
	Bronze Furrow Bee Halictus tumulorum	Insecta Halictidae	138
	Dotted Clay Xestia baja	Insecta Noctuidae	138
	Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata	Insecta Coccinellidae	133
	Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata	Insecta Geometridae	131
	Broken-belted Bumble Bee Bombus soroeensis	Insecta Apidae	130
	Mottled Sedge Glyphotaelius pellucidus	Insecta Limnephilidae	129
	Early Bumble Bee Bombus pratorum	Insecta Apidae	128
	Italian Striped-Bug Graphosoma italicum	Insecta Pentatomidae	128
	Limnephilus coenosus	Insecta Limnephilidae	127
	Limnephilus borealis	Insecta Limnephilidae	126
	Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum	Gastropoda Helicidae	126
	Comma Polygonia c-album	Insecta Nymphalidae	125
	Acartia bifilosa	Copepoda Acartiidae	125
	Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata	Insecta Geometridae	124
	Common Toad Bufo bufo	Amphibia Bufonidae	124
	Neureclipsis bimaculata	Insecta Polycentropodidae	123
	Alder leaf beetle Agelastica alni	Insecta Chrysomelidae	123
	Map Araschnia levana	Insecta Nymphalidae	122
	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Insecta Pieridae	120
	European Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara	Squamata Lacertidae	118
	Square Caddisfly Lepidostoma hirtum	Insecta Lepidostomatidae	114
	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammalia Sciuridae	114
	Small Garden Bumble Bee Bombus hortorum	Insecta Apidae	113
	Clossiana euphrosyne	Insecta Nymphalidae	113
	Stictoleptura rubra	Insecta Cerambycidae	109