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The 100 most popular bird species searched by CootDB visitors. Statistics have been collected since 14 April 2026.

# Common name Scientific name Lookups
1 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13
2 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 12
3 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 12
4 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 12
5 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11
6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 11
7 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 11
8 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 11
9 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 11
10 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 11
11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11
12 Great Egret Ardea alba 10
13 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 10
14 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 10
15 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10
16 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 10
17 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 10
18 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 10
19 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 10
20 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 9
21 Common Swift Apus apus 9
22 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 9
23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 9
24 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 9
25 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 9
26 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 9
27 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 9
28 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9
29 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 9
30 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 9
31 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 9
32 Common Gull Larus canus 9
33 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 9
34 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 9
35 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 9
36 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 9
37 Great Tit Parus major 9
38 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 9
39 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 9
40 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 9
41 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 9
42 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 8
43 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 8
44 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 8
45 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 8
46 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8
47 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 8
48 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 8
49 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 8
50 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 8
51 Smew Mergellus albellus 8
52 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 8
53 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 8
54 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 8
55 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 8
56 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 7
57 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 7
58 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 7
59 Red Kite Milvus milvus 7
60 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 7
61 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 7
62 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 7
63 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 6
64 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 6
65 Ornate Sunbird Cinnyris ornatus 6
66 Rook Corvus frugilegus 6
67 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 6
68 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 6
69 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 6
70 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 6
71 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 6
72 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 6
73 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 5
74 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 5
75 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 5
76 Great Eared Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis 5
77 Coal Tit Periparus ater 5
78 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 5
79 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 5
80 Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii 4
81 Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa 4
82 White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus 4
83 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 4
84 Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus 3
85 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 3
86 Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis 3
87 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 3
88 Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides 3
89 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 3
90 Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea 3
91 Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala 3
92 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 3
93 Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus 3
94 Malaysian Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica 3
95 Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris 3
96 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa 3
97 Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela 3
98 Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris 3
99 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 2
100 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 2