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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Belgium in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 61, most common first
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusScarceRare16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorRare43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Sabine's GullXema sabiniScarceRare27–33 cm
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusScarceRare93–122 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