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
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly Mar–May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiScarceRare33–41 cm
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusScarceRare40–49 cm
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosScarceRare19–23 cm
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–May
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisScarceRare35–43 cm
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantRare42–75 cmRegularly Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceRare69–84 cm
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusScarceRare18–20 cm
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorScarceRare45–53 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