Common Birds in Austria
Our list for Austria has 110 common birds recorded regularly there: 56 residents, 35 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Austria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 110, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
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