Common Birds in Monaghan
Our list for Monaghan has 64 common birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 14 passage migrants and 23 scarce visitors
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Monaghan than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Ulster.
All 64, most common first
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneScarceCommon45–47 cm
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumScarceCommon13–15 cm
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaScarceCommon17–18 cm
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–May
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