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 TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 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