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
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisPassage migrantUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Jan–May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–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