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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 132, most common first
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentUncommon37–60 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
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