Uncommon Birds in France
Our list for France has 141 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 49 residents, 43 summer visitors, 40 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in France in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 141, most common first
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
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