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
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–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