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
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentUncommon48–52 cmRecorded all year
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
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