Birds to See in Serbia in October
145 bird species on our list for Serbia are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Rock Dove, Magpie and Rook. New this month: Fieldfare, Brambling, Tufted Duck and Great Grey Shrike and 9 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Serbia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 145 birds in October
145 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.74% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.49% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.05% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.90% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.50% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.45% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Oct
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.21% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.15% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Oct
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in 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