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
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Aug
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Nov–May
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaScarceRare28–34 cm
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Jun
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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