Birds to See in Tunisia in October
85 bird species on our list for Tunisia are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Great Grey Shrike, Eurasian Collared Dove, Blackbird and Sardinian Warbler. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Black Redstart and Common Shelduck and 15 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Tunisia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 85 birds in October
85 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.01% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.88% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.63% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.50% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.24% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.20% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.20% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.07% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.07% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.03% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.98% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.94% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.94% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.94% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.94% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.90% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.86% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.77% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.77% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.77% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.73% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.73% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.73% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.68% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.68% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.64% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.60% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.51% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.51% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.51% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.47% in Oct
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.47% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.43% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.43% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.38% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.34% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.34% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Oct
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.30% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.26% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.21% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.21% in Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraePassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.17% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.17% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in 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