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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Spain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusResidentCommon93–122 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 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