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
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaWinter visitorUncommon50–58 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRecorded all year
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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