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
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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