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
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Jun
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantRare98–120 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusScarceRare20–22 cm
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusScarceRare41–46 cm
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Jun
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiScarceRare53–76 cm
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusScarceRare18–19 cmRegularly May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesScarceRare81–94 cm
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