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
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Sep–May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Jan–May
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantUncommon60–87 cmRegularly Feb–May
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
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