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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Tunisia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 71, most common first
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusScarceUncommon23–28 cm
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesScarceUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoScarceUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraePassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsScarceUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar
DotterelEudromias morinellusScarceUncommon20–22 cm
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusScarceUncommon41–52 cm
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceUncommon58–70 cm
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataScarceUncommon65–72 cm
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusScarceUncommon24–28 cm
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisScarceUncommon53–63 cm
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusScarceUncommon26–29 cm
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