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
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–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