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
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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