Uncommon Birds in Romania
Our list for Romania has 119 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 48 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors, 35 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Romania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 119, most common first
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
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