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
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorCommon13–14 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