Rare Birds in Ukraine
Our list for Ukraine has 33 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 21 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ukraine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantRare50–71 cmRegularly Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusScarceRare15–16 cm
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Mar–May
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantRare120–145 cmRegularly Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov
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