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
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusScarceRare120–145 cmRegularly Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly May–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantRare55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantRare38–43 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantRare87–100 cmRegularly Jul
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–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