Rare Birds in Switzerland
Our list for Switzerland has 56 rare birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 5 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors, 31 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Switzerland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 56, most common first
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–May
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusScarceRare20–22 cm
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaScarceRare13–14 cm
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriScarceRare38–42 cm
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusScarceRare18–20 cm
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