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
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
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