Common Birds in Greece
Our list for Greece has 111 common birds recorded regularly there: 52 residents, 29 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Greece in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 111, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 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