Uncommon Birds in Denmark
Our list for Denmark has 103 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 42 summer visitors, 24 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
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 103, most common first
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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