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
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 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