Uncommon Birds in Slovakia
Our list for Slovakia has 101 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 36 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors, 29 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Slovakia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 101, most common first
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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