Uncommon Birds in Germany
Our list for Germany has 124 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 30 residents, 52 summer visitors, 33 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
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 124, most common first
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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