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
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly May–Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusSummer visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly May–Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixWinter visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–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