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
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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