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
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 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