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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Slovenia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
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