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
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 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