Birds to See in Czechia in October
169 bird species on our list for Czechia are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Eurasian Jay and Great Spotted Woodpecker. New this month: Common Merganser, Goldeneye, Brambling and Greater White-fronted Goose and 14 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Czechia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 169 birds in October
169 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.55% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.87% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.69% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.60% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.64% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.60% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.48% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.05% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesiiPassage migrantRare100–210 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Oct
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% 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