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
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Aug
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaScarceRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantRare93–122 cmRegularly Jun
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly May
Pied CrowCorvus albusPassage migrantRare46–52 cmRegularly Dec
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaScarceRare20–23 cm
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisScarceRare68–88 cm
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusScarceRare14–18 cm
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusScarceRare42–75 cm
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