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
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 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