Uncommon Birds in Ukraine
Our list for Ukraine has 113 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 50 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors and 22 passage migrants
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 113, most common first
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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