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
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–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