Birds to See in Romania in October
161 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
161 bird species on our list for Romania are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Magpie, Blue Tit, Rook and Chaffinch. New this month: Greater White-fronted Goose, Brambling, Long-eared Owl and Arctic Loon and 10 more.
New in October14
Leaving after last month43
- House Martin
- Cuckoo
- European Bee-eater
- Golden Oriole
- Hoopoe
- Common Tern
- Common Swift
- Glossy Ibis
- Whitethroat
- Common Sandpiper
- Sand Martin
- Black Tern
- Savi's Warbler
- European Turtle-dove
- Little Bittern
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Marsh Warbler
- Garden Warbler
- Wood Warbler
- Temminck's Stint
- Booted Eagle
- Alpine Swift
- Red-crested Pochard
- Common Quail
- Montagu's Harrier
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Wryneck
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Little Tern
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- European Shag
- Horned Lark
- Greater Flamingo
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Whimbrel
- Cattle Egret
- Kentish Plover
- Nightjar
- Red Knot
- Golden Eagle
Residents
(62)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(54)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Dec
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–Oct
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