Uncommon Birds in Spain
Our list for Spain has 138 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 61 residents, 31 summer visitors, 37 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
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 138, most common first
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
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