Birds to See in Slovakia in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Slovakia’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
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.06% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.90% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.72% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.35% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.20% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.97% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.89% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.76% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.59% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.55% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.34% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.28% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon36–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–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