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
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 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