Rare Birds in Denmark
Our list for Denmark has 49 rare birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 5 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 30 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Denmark in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 49, most common first
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaScarceRare28–34 cm
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Apr
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Nov
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantRare93–122 cmRegularly May–Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceRare48–60 cm
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Apr–May
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataScarceRare65–72 cmRegularly May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May
Little OwlAthene noctuaScarceRare21–23 cm
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusScarceRare20–27 cmRegularly May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisScarceRare52–68 cm
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusScarceRare14–18 cm
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