Rare Birds in Netherlands
Our list for Netherlands has 79 rare birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 12 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors, 33 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 79, most common first
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Jan
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentRare35–43 cmRecorded all year
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantRare30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusScarceRare16–18 cmRegularly Dec
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
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