Rare Birds in Serbia
Our list for Serbia has 30 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 5 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 18 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Serbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 30, most common first
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusScarceRare21–23 cm
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Jun
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusScarceRare30–33 cm
DotterelEudromias morinellusScarceRare20–22 cm
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusScarceRare86–230 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Willow Tit 11–12 cm
- Grasshopper Warbler 12–13 cm
- Cetti's Warbler 13–14 cm
- Common Rosefinch 13–15 cm
- Short-toed Lark 14–17 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush 16–19 cm
- Woodchat Shrike 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Spotted Crake 19–23 cm
- Dotterel 20–22 cm
- Blue Rock-thrush 21–23 cm
- Little Tern 21–25 cm
- Ring Ouzel 23–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Golden Plover 26–29 cm
- Cockatiel 30–33 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Alpine Chough 36–39 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Mandarin Duck 41–49 cm
- Booted Eagle 42–51 cm
- Wood Duck 47–54 cm
- Rough-legged Hawk 46–59 cm
- Red-crested Pochard 53–57 cm
- European Herring Gull 55–67 cm
- Great Black-backed Gull 64–79 cm
- Black Swan 110–142 cm
- Indian Peafowl 86–230 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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