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
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–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