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
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–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