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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Belgium in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 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