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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in France in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 141, most common first
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–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