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
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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