Common Birds in France
Our list for France has 98 common birds recorded regularly there: 66 residents, 19 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in France in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 98, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 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