Common Birds in Russia
Our list for Russia has 99 common birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 56 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 99, most common first
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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