Birds to See in Croatia in October
162 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
162 bird species on our list for Croatia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Great Tit, Blackbird and Rock Dove. New this month: Reed Bunting, Hen Harrier, Water Pipit and Arctic Loon and 12 more.
New in October16
Leaving after last month41
- House Martin
- Common Swift
- Red-backed Shrike
- Golden Oriole
- European Turtle-dove
- European Bee-eater
- Hoopoe
- Wood Warbler
- Common Tern
- Wood Sandpiper
- Whitethroat
- Little Ringed Plover
- Wryneck
- Squacco Heron
- Montagu's Harrier
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Sand Martin
- Woodchat Shrike
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Nightjar
- Common Quail
- Glossy Ibis
- Black Tern
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Little Bittern
- White-winged Tern
- Short-toed Lark
- Kentish Plover
- Avocet
- Wood Duck
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Temminck's Stint
- Red Knot
- Muscovy Duck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Indian Peafowl
- Sanderling
- Red Crossbill
- Spotted Crake
- Barn Owl
Residents
(62)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(35)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(48)Present outside the breeding season
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Oct–Feb
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(17)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly 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