Rare Birds in Germany
Our list for Germany has 68 rare birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 19 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 68, most common first
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentRare33–39 cmRecorded all year
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorRare68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusScarceRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesScarceRare23–27 cm
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Aug–May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantRare93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–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