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
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
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