Rare Birds in Russia
Our list for Russia has 57 rare birds recorded regularly there: 16 summer visitors, 34 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorRare26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesScarceRare52–60 cm
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousScarceRare18–21 cmRegularly May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantRare21–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantRare52–71 cmRegularly Feb
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantRare39–43 cmRegularly Sep–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarPassage migrantRare32–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
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