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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 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