Rare Birds in Italy
Our list for Italy has 49 rare birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 4 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Italy in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 49, most common first
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantRare66–91 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentRare45–50 cmRecorded all year
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Aug–May
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
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