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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Poland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaScarceRare14–17 cm
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiScarceRare48–52 cmRegularly Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–May
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaScarceRare50–58 cm
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly May
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusPassage migrantRare30–33 cmRegularly Jul
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