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
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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