Uncommon Birds in Lithuania
Our list for Lithuania has 86 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 43 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors and 33 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Lithuania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 86, most common first
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–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