Uncommon Birds in Russia
Our list for Russia has 132 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 87 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors, 13 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 132, most common first
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 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