Birds to See in Czechia in October
169 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October18
Leaving after last month42
- House Martin
- Red-backed Shrike
- Whitethroat
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Common Reed-warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Garden Warbler
- Little Ringed Plover
- Sedge Warbler
- Wood Sandpiper
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Common Tern
- European Turtle-dove
- Sand Martin
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Montagu's Harrier
- Wryneck
- Savi's Warbler
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Common Quail
- European Bee-eater
- Bluethroat
- Whinchat
- Black Tern
- European Pied Flycatcher
- European Honey-buzzard
- Little Bittern
- Hoopoe
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Red Knot
- Temminck's Stint
- Purple Heron
- Black-tailed Godwit
- White-winged Tern
- Whimbrel
- Cattle Egret
- Dotterel
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Black Swan
- Cockatiel
Residents
(71)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(40)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(40)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Oct–Jun
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(18)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Reeves's Pheasant
Syrmaticus reevesiiVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatusLC
Regularly Jun–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