Birds to See in Romania in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Romania’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 161 birds in October
161 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.05% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.66% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.92% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.59% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.43% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.43% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.38% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.08% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.06% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Oct
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in 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