Uncommon Birds in Croatia
Our list for Croatia has 109 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 40 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Croatia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 109, most common first
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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