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
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 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