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
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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