Birds to See in Slovenia in October
145 bird species on our list for Slovenia are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Hooded Crow and Blackbird. New this month: Common Shelduck, Common Gull, Brambling and Redwing and 9 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Slovenia’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
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.00% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.17% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.15% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.99% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.84% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.82% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.79% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.78% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.57% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.49% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.46% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.36% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.25% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.18% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.15% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Oct
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonScarceUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantRare63–73 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% 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