Birds in Liechtenstein
Our list for Liechtenstein has 89 bird species recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 22 summer visitors, 48 passage migrants and 17 scarce visitors
The list comes from 4,692 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
- Species on our list
- 89
- In October
- 39
- Common
- 87
- Busiest month
- Jun
This month: October
GBIF · OctMost likely
Share of all bird records in Liechtenstein in October, 2019–2024. “Arriving now” are the birds whose share rises most from last month. Each month links to that month’s page.
The bird calendar for Liechtenstein
Month by monthWhen each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.
| Bird | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Carrion Crow | ||||||||||||
| Blackbird | ||||||||||||
| Chaffinch | ||||||||||||
| House Sparrow | ||||||||||||
| Great Tit | ||||||||||||
| Magpie | ||||||||||||
| Red Kite | ||||||||||||
| Chiffchaff | ||||||||||||
| Mallard | ||||||||||||
| Woodpigeon | ||||||||||||
| Grey Heron | ||||||||||||
| European Robin | ||||||||||||
| Buzzard | ||||||||||||
| Pied Wagtail | ||||||||||||
| European Goldfinch | ||||||||||||
| Blue Tit | ||||||||||||
| Kestrel | ||||||||||||
| Black Redstart | ||||||||||||
| Blackcap | ||||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | ||||||||||||
| House Martin | ||||||||||||
| Common Swift | ||||||||||||
| Coal Tit | ||||||||||||
| Eurasian Wren | ||||||||||||
| Rock Dove | ||||||||||||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | ||||||||||||
| Common Starling | ||||||||||||
| Common Raven | ||||||||||||
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | ||||||||||||
| European Green Woodpecker |
The year in Liechtenstein
Records by month| January | 146 |
|---|---|
| February | 162 |
| March | 224 |
| April | 402 |
| May | 470 |
| June | 786 |
| July | 617 |
| August | 598 |
| September | 315 |
| October | 515 |
| November | 315 |
| December | 142 |
June has the most records (786). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
By family
12 of 21- Old World Flycatchers8
- Finches7
- Crows & Jays6
- Tits & Chickadees6
- Thrushes5
- Ducks, Geese & Swans4
- Hawks & Eagles4
- Pigeons & Doves3
- Rails & Coots3
- Swallows & Martins3
- Sylviid Warblers3
- Wagtails & Pipits3
All 21 families in Liechtenstein
How common
All 89 birds, A to Z
- Alpine Chough
- Alpine Swift
- Barn Swallow
- Black Grouse
- Black Redstart
- Blackbird
- Blackcap
- Blue Tit
- Buzzard
- Carrion Crow
- Chaffinch
- Chiffchaff
- Coal Tit
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Merganser
- Common Raven
- Common Redstart
- Common Snipe
- Common Starling
- Common Swift
- Coot
- Crag Martin
- Crested Tit
- Cuckoo
Show all 89 birds
- Dipper
- Dunnock
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Eurasian Siskin
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Eurasian Wren
- European Goldfinch
- European Green Woodpecker
- European Robin
- Fieldfare
- Firecrest
- Garden Warbler
- Goldcrest
- Golden Eagle
- Golden Oriole
- Great Cormorant
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Great White Egret
- Greenfinch
- Grey Heron
- Grey Wagtail
- Hobby
- House Martin
- House Sparrow
- Jackdaw
- Kestrel
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Linnet
- Little Grebe
- Long-tailed Tit
- Magpie
- Mallard
- Marsh Tit
- Marsh Warbler
- Mistle Thrush
- Moorhen
- Mute Swan
- Nightingale
- Pied Wagtail
- Red Crossbill
- Red Kite
- Red-backed Shrike
- Reed Bunting
- Ring Ouzel
- Rock Dove
- Serin
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Song Thrush
- Sparrowhawk
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Stonechat
- Treecreeper
- Water Pipit
- Water Rail
- Wheatear
- Whinchat
- Willow Tit
- Willow Warbler
- Woodpigeon
- Yellowhammer
Questions
3How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Liechtenstein?
89 species, each recorded regularly in Liechtenstein (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 2 residents, 22 summer visitors, 48 passage migrants and 17 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Liechtenstein, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What birds can I see in Liechtenstein in October?
39 species on our list for Liechtenstein are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, Great Tit, Blackbird and Chaffinch.
What are the most common birds in Liechtenstein?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Liechtenstein are Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Blackbird, Chaffinch and Red Kite.
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













