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
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 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