Common Birds in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 100 common birds recorded regularly there: 61 residents, 23 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belgium in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 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