Common Birds in Romania
Our list for Romania has 105 common birds recorded regularly there: 49 residents, 36 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Romania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 105, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
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