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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Switzerland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 106, most common first
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 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