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
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–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