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
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusSummer visitorRare120–145 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly May–Jul
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentRare69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly May
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaScarceRare28–34 cm
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonScarceRare12–13 cm
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Jun
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusScarceRare42–51 cm
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Pied CrowCorvus albusScarceRare46–52 cmRegularly Dec
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