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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Croatia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 109, most common first
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
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