Uncommon Birds in Slovenia
Our list for Slovenia has 100 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 35 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors, 36 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Slovenia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 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