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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Greece in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 111, most common first
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 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