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
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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