Uncommon Birds in Italy
Our list for Italy has 133 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 38 residents, 48 summer visitors, 39 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 133, most common first
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
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