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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Tunisia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 97, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–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