Uncommon Birds in Tunisia
Our list for Tunisia has 71 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 4 winter visitors, 50 passage migrants and 17 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tunisia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 71, most common first
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Great TitParus majorPassage migrantUncommonRegularly Feb–Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly May
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–May
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