Uncommon Birds in Estonia
Our list for Estonia has 70 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 43 summer visitors and 26 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Estonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantUncommon60–87 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
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