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
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–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