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
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
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