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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 104, most common first
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 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