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 Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–15 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