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Birds in Germany

Our list for Germany has 292 bird species recorded regularly there: 101 residents, 95 summer visitors, 53 winter visitors, 37 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors

The list comes from 5.9 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Species on our list
292
In October
226
Common
100
Busiest month
May

This month: October

GBIF · Oct

Most likely

  1. Great TitGreat Tit3.14%
  2. Carrion CrowCarrion Crow3.06%
  3. BlackbirdBlackbird2.74%
  4. Blue TitBlue Tit2.67%
  5. European RobinEuropean Robin2.66%
  6. WoodpigeonWoodpigeon2.53%

Arriving now

  1. RedwingRedwingWinter visitorSep 0.02% → Oct 0.76%
  2. Horned LarkHorned LarkWinter visitorSep 0.00% → Oct 0.22%
  3. Black GuillemotBlack GuillemotPassage migrantSep 0.00% → Oct 0.08%
  4. Long-tailed DuckLong-tailed DuckWinter visitorSep 0.00% → Oct 0.05%
  5. TwiteTwiteWinter visitorSep 0.00% → Oct 0.04%
  6. Whooper SwanWhooper SwanWinter visitorSep 0.01% → Oct 0.03%

Share of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. “Arriving now” are the birds whose share rises most from last month. Each month links to that month’s page.

The bird calendar for Germany

Month by month

When each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.

The year in Germany

Records by month
Bird records in Germany by month, 2019–2024
January360,160
February360,857
March550,913
April755,722
May894,530
June513,932
July420,828
August406,362
September409,428
October546,736
November331,306
December354,987

May has the most records (895,000). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.

By family

12 of 38
All 38 families in Germany

How common

All 292 birds, A to Z

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Questions

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How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Germany?

292 species, each recorded regularly in Germany (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 101 residents, 95 summer visitors, 53 winter visitors, 37 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Germany, and rarer vagrants are not listed.

What birds can I see in Germany in October?

226 species on our list for Germany are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Blue Tit and European Robin.

What are the most common birds in Germany?

Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Germany are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon.

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

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