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
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 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