Birds to See in Austria in October
160 bird species on our list for Austria are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow and Blackbird. New this month: Brambling, Greater White-fronted Goose, Corn Bunting and Redwing and 12 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Austria’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 160 birds in October
160 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.23% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.06% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.40% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.02% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.28% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantRare64–79 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Oct
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made