Birds to See in Lithuania in October
153 bird species on our list for Lithuania are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Mallard, Blue Tit and Common Starling. New this month: Common Redpoll, Rough-legged Hawk, Bohemian Waxwing and Long-tailed Duck and 13 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Lithuania’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 153 birds in October
153 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.43% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.32% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.12% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.08% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.02% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.99% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.96% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.79% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.77% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.63% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.61% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.57% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.44% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.43% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.42% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Oct
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.23% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.20% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coronePassage migrantRare45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantRare50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in 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