Uncommon Birds in Greece
Our list for Greece has 110 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 30 residents, 29 summer visitors, 40 winter visitors and 11 passage migrants
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 110, most common first
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 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