Common Birds in Switzerland
Our list for Switzerland has 92 common birds recorded regularly there: 57 residents, 20 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Switzerland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 92, most common first
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 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