Uncommon Birds in Switzerland
Our list for Switzerland has 106 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 23 residents, 39 summer visitors, 29 winter visitors and 15 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Switzerland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 106, most common first
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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