Common Birds in Tunisia
Our list for Tunisia has 97 common birds recorded regularly there: 19 residents, 13 summer visitors, 40 winter visitors, 24 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tunisia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 97, most common first
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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