Rare Birds in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 61 rare birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors, 37 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belgium in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 61, most common first
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
SerinSerinus serinusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Sep–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly Apr–May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Jun
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