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
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 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