Rare Birds in Spain
Our list for Spain has 84 rare birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 8 summer visitors, 32 winter visitors, 24 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Spain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRecorded all year
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusScarceRare52–71 cm
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorRare23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
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