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
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
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