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
KestrelFalco tinnunculusScarceCommon31–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusScarceCommon14–16 cm
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisScarceCommon12–14 cm
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusScarceCommon11–13 cm
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisScarceCommon23–29 cm
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaScarceCommon34–38 cm
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusScarceCommon53–89 cm
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusScarceCommon32–35 cm
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisScarceCommon12–13 cm
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboScarceCommon80–100 cm
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisScarceCommon14–15 cm
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorScarceCommon22–23 cm
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar
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