Common Birds in Denmark
Our list for Denmark has 111 common birds recorded regularly there: 56 residents, 34 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Denmark in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 111, most common first
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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