Birds in Switzerland

254 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Switzerland has 254 bird species recorded regularly there: 85 residents, 64 summer visitors, 51 winter visitors, 48 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 1.5 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Switzerland in September

193 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 193 birds in September

Arriving in September: Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Wigeon, European Herring Gull, Great Grey Shrike, Red Knot, Merlin, Eurasian Woodcock, Eurasian Spoonbill and 9 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Switzerland each month: most in April (214), fewest in January (151). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
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Whooper Swan
Whooper SwanLargest · 165cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Whooper Swan (165 cm)57 families

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All 254 birds on the list

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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

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