Common Birds in Netherlands
Our list for Netherlands has 104 common birds recorded regularly there: 61 residents, 27 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 104, most common first
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 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