Rare Birds in Greece
Our list for Greece has 36 rare birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 19 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Greece in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 36, most common first
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentRare98–120 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantRare39–56 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Jan
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Oct
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
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