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
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
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