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
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coronePassage migrantUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraScarceUncommon43–54 cm
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
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