Common Birds in Italy
Our list for Italy has 91 common birds recorded regularly there: 62 residents, 15 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Italy in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 91, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 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