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
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jan
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
SmewMergellus albellusScarceRare38–44 cm
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusSummer visitorRare30–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Pied CrowCorvus albusSummer visitorRare46–52 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
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