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
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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