Uncommon Birds in Latvia
Our list for Latvia has 96 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 42 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors, 43 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Latvia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 96, most common first
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
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