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
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
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