Birds to See in Slovakia in October
145 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
145 bird species on our list for Slovakia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blackbird, European Robin, Blue Tit and Chaffinch. New this month: Greater White-fronted Goose, Hen Harrier, Brambling and Redwing and 13 more.
New in October17
Leaving after last month42
- House Martin
- Nightingale
- Red-backed Shrike
- European Bee-eater
- European Turtle-dove
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Whitethroat
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Marsh Warbler
- Common Quail
- Yellow Wagtail
- Garganey
- Wood Sandpiper
- Savi's Warbler
- Wryneck
- Common Reed-warbler
- Wood Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Purple Heron
- Sand Martin
- Little Ringed Plover
- Hoopoe
- Black Tern
- European Honey-buzzard
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Little Bittern
- Bluethroat
- Redshank
- Garden Warbler
- Nightjar
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Montagu's Harrier
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Sanderling
- Ring Ouzel
- Temminck's Stint
- Common Shelduck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Squacco Heron
- Grey Partridge
- Red Knot
- Moustached Warbler
Residents
(66)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Summer visitors
(32)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Aug–May
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Passage migrants
(16)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Mar–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