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
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
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