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
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaScarceRare18–21 cm
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Jul
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly May
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaScarceRare16–20 cmRegularly May
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Jun
DotterelEudromias morinellusScarceRare20–22 cm
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly 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