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
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 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