Uncommon Birds in Czechia
Our list for Czechia has 100 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 39 summer visitors, 29 winter visitors and 13 passage migrants
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 100, most common first
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–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