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 BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorRare60–75 cmRegularly Oct–May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Balearic WarblerCurruca balearicaResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentRare44–51 cmRecorded all year
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesScarceRare54–59 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jan
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
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