Common Birds in Latvia
Our list for Latvia has 105 common birds recorded regularly there: 33 residents, 50 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Latvia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 105, most common first
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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