Rare Birds in Czechia
Our list for Czechia has 49 rare birds recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 8 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors, 22 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Czechia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 49, most common first
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
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