Rare Birds in Poland
Our list for Poland has 38 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 8 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 20 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Poland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare44–51 cmRecorded all year
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorRare23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly May–Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorRare80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May
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