Common Birds in Germany
Our list for Germany has 100 common birds recorded regularly there: 61 residents, 24 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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