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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Italy in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 49, most common first
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Dec
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusScarceRare15–16 cm
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesScarceRare23–27 cm
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantRare66–94 cmRegularly Jan
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jul
Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesiiScarceRare100–210 cmRegularly 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