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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Greece in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 110, most common first
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiSummer visitorUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
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