Birds to See in Croatia in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Croatia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 162 birds in October
162 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.63% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.06% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.68% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.64% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.61% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.61% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.60% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.55% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.55% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.45% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Oct
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.39% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.14% in Oct
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in 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