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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Switzerland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 92, most common first
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 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