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
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorUncommon48–58 cmRegularly May–Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
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