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
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentUncommon48–52 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 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