Common Birds in Estonia
Our list for Estonia has 128 common birds recorded regularly there: 25 residents, 69 summer visitors, 26 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Estonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 128, most common first
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 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