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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in France in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 98, most common first
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 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