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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Italy in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 91, most common first
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 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