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
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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