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
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusPassage migrantUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May
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