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
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 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