Common Birds in Spain
Our list for Spain has 84 common birds recorded regularly there: 52 residents, 15 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Spain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–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