Uncommon Birds in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 115 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 36 summer visitors, 34 winter visitors and 17 passage migrants
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 115, most common first
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxResidentUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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