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
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorCommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–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