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
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
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