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
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Aug–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