Rare Birds in Austria
Our list for Austria has 42 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors, 29 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Austria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 42, most common first
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Brent GooseBranta berniclaScarceRare55–66 cm
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaScarceRare50–71 cm
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantRare64–79 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep
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