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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Romania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 119, most common first
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–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