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
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jan
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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