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
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
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