List of French birds: passerines

532 bird species have been recorded in France. This page lists the French bird species in the non-passerine families. See List of French birds: non-passerines for the rest of the list.

Passeriformes

• Alaudidae
  • Calandra Lark - Melanocorypha calandra
  • Greater Short-toed Lark - Calandrella brachydactyla
  • Lesser Short-toed Lark - Calandrella rufescens
  • Dupont's Lark - Chersophilus duponti
  • Crested Lark - Galerida cristata
  • Thekla Lark - Galerida theklae
  • Wood Lark - Lullula arborea
  • Skylark - Alauda arvensis
  • Shore Lark - Eremophila alpestris

• Hirundinidae
  • Sand Martin - Riparia riparia
  • Plain Martin - Riparia paludicola Rare/Accidental
  • Crag Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris
  • Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
  • Red-rumped Swallow - Hirundo daurica
  • House Martin - Delichon urbicum

• Motacillidae
  • Citrine Wagtail - Motacilla citreola - Rare/Accidental
  • White Wagtail - Motacilla alba
  • Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea
  • Blue-headed Wagtail - Motacilla flava
  • Richard's Pipit - Anthus richardi
  • Tawny Pipit - Anthus campestris
  • Blyth's Pipit - Anthus godlewskii Rare/Accidental
  • Tree Pipit - Anthus trivialis
  • Olive-backed Pipit - Anthus hodgsoni Rare/Accidental
  • Pechora Pipit - Anthus gustavi Rare/Accidental
  • Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis
  • Red-throated Pipit - Anthus cervinus
  • Water Pipit - Anthus spinoletta
  • Rock Pipit - Anthus petrosus

• Regulidae
  • Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
  • Firecrest - Regulus ignicapillus

• Bombycillidae
  • Bohemian Waxwing - Bombycilla garrulus

• Cinclidae
  • European Dipper - Cinclus cinclus

• Troglodytidae
  • Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes

• Prunellidae
  • Dunnock - Prunella modularis
  • Black-throated Accentor - Prunella atrogularis Rare/Accidental
  • Alpine Accentor - Prunella collaris

• Turdidae
  • Rock Thrush - Monticola saxatilis
  • Blue Rock-Thrush - Monticola solitarius
  • Siberian Thrush - Zoothera sibirica - Rare/Accidental
  • White's Thrush or Scaly Thrush - Zoothera dauma - Rare/Accidental
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush - Catharus minimus - Rare/Accidental
  • Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus - Rare/Accidental
  • Ring Ouzel - Turdus torquatus
  • Blackbird - Turdus merula
  • Eyebrowed Thrush - Turdus obscurus Rare/Accidental
  • Ring Ouzel - Turdus torquatus
  • Dark-throated Thrush - Turdus atrogularis - Rare/Accidental
  • Dusky Thrush - Turdus naumanni - Rare/Accidental
  • Fieldfare - Turdus pilaris
  • Redwing - Turdus iliacus
  • Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos
  • Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus

• Cisticolidae
  • Zitting Cisticola - Cisticola juncidis

• Sylviidae
  • Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti
  • Lanceolated Warbler - Locustella lanceolata Rare/Accidental
  • Grasshopper Warbler - Locustella naevia
  • Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler - Locustella certhiola Rare/Accidental
  • River Warbler - Locustella fluviatilis - Rare/Accidental
  • Savi's Warbler - Locustella luscinioides
  • Gray's Grasshopper Warbler - Locustella fasciolata
  • Moustached Warbler - Acrocephalus melanopogon
  • Aquatic Warbler - Acrocephalus paludicola - Rare/Accidental
  • Sedge Warbler - Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
  • Paddyfield Warbler - Acrocephalus agricola - Rare/Accidental
  • Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Blyth's Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus dumetorum - Rare/Accidental
  • Marsh Warbler - Acrocephalus palustris
  • Great Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus arundinaceus
  • Booted Warbler - Hippolais caligata - Rare/Accidental
  • Eastern Olivaceous Warbler - Hippolais pallida - Rare/Accidental
  • Melodious Warbler - Hippolais polyglotta
  • Icterine Warbler - Hippolais icterina
  • Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus
  • Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita
  • Iberian Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus brehmii
  • Western Bonelli's Warbler - Phylloscopus bonelli
  • Wood Warbler - Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Dusky Warbler - Phylloscopus fuscatus Rare/Accidental
  • Radde's Warbler - Phylloscopus schwarzi Rare/Accidental
  • Pallas's Warbler - Phylloscopus proregulus Rare/Accidental
  • Yellow-browed Warbler - Phylloscopus inornatus
  • Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei Rare/Accidental
  • Arctic Warbler - Phylloscopus borealis - Rare/Accidental
  • Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides Rare/Accidental
  • Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla
  • Garden Warbler - Sylvia borin
  • Whitethroat - Sylvia communis
  • Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca
  • Barred Warbler - Sylvia nisoria
  • Orphean Warbler - Sylvia hortensis
  • Rueppell's Warbler - Sylvia rueppelli Rare/Accidental
  • Subalpine Warbler - Sylvia cantillans
  • Sardinian Warbler - Sylvia melanocephala
  • Spectacled Warbler - Sylvia conspicillata
  • Dartford Warbler - Sylvia undata
  • Marmora's Warbler Sylvia sarda

• Muscicapidae
  • Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata
  • Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
  • Collared Flycatcher - Ficedula albicollis Rare/Accidental
  • Semi-collared Flycatcher - Ficedula semitorquata Rare/Accidental
  • Red-breasted Flycatcher - Ficedula parva
  • European Robin - Erithacus rubecula
  • Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica
  • Thrush Nightingale - Luscinia luscinia Rare/Accidental
  • Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos
  • Red-flanked Bluetail - Tarsiger cyanurusr Rare/Accidental
  • Rufous Bush Robin - Cercotrichas galactotes Rare/Accidental
  • Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
  • Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
  • Moussier's Redstart - Phoenicurus moussieri Rare/Accidental
  • Whinchat - Saxicola rubetra
  • European Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola
  • Siberian Stonechat - Saxicola maura Rare/Accidental
  • Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucura Rare/Accidental
  • Pied Wheatear - Oenanthe pleschanka Rare/Accidental
  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe
  • Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina Rare/Accidental
  • Desert Wheatear - Oenanthe deserti Rare/Accidental
  • Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica

• Paradoxornithidae
  • Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus

• Aegithalidae
  • Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos longicaudus

• Paridae
  • Marsh Tit - Parus palustris
  • Coal Tit - Parus ater
  • Crested Tit - Parus cristatus
  • Great Tit - Parus major
  • Blue Tit - Parus caeruleus
  • Azure Tit - Parus cyanus Rare/Accidental

• Sittidae
  • Eurasian Nuthatch - Sitta europaea
  • Corsican Nuthatch - Sitta whiteheadi

• Tichodromidae
  • Wallcreeper - Tichodroma muraria

• Certhiidae
  • Common Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris
  • Short-toed Treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla

• Remizidae
  • Penduline Tit - Remiz pendulinus

• Oriolidae
  • Golden Oriole - Oriolus oriolus

• Laniidae
  • Great Grey Shrike - Lanius excubitor
  • Southern Grey Shrike - Lanius meridionalis
  • Lesser Grey Shrike - Lanius minor
  • Red-backed Shrike - Lanius collurio
  • Isabelline Shrike - Lanius isabellinus
  • Woodchat Shrike - Lanius senator
  • Masked Shrike - Lanius nubicus

• Corvidae
  • Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius
  • European Magpie - Pica pica
  • Spotted Nutcracker - Nucifraga caryocatactes
  • Chough - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
  • Alpine Chough - Pyrrhocorax graculus
  • Jackdaw - Corvus monedula
  • Daurian Jackdaw - Corvus dauuricus Rare/Accidental
  • Rook - Corvus frugilegus
  • Carrion Crow - Corvus corone
  • Common Raven - Corvus corax
  • Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix

• Sturnidae
  • Rosy Starling - Sturnus roseus Rare/Accidental
  • Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
  • Spotless Starling - Sturnus unicolor

• Vireonidae
  • Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus Rare/Accidental

• Parulidae
  • Northern Parula - Parula americana Rare/Accidental
  • Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata Rare/Accidental
  • American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla Rare/Accidental
  • Northern Waterthrush - Seiurus noveboracensis Rare/Accidental

• Emberizidae
  • Yellowhammer - Emberiza citrinella
  • Pine Bunting - Emberiza leucocephalos Rare/Accidental
  • Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
  • Rock Bunting - Emberiza cia
  • Ortolan Bunting - Emberiza hortulana
  • Cretzschmar's Bunting - Emberiza caesia Rare/Accidental
  • Little Bunting - Emberiza pusilla Rare/Accidental
  • Rustic Bunting - Emberiza rustica Rare/Accidental
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting - Emberiza aureola Rare/Accidental
  • Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala Rare/Accidental
  • Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus
  • Corn Bunting - Miliaria calandra
  • Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis
  • Lapland Bunting - Calcarius lapponicus

• Cardinalidae
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus, Rare/Accidental

• Icteridae
  • Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus Rare/Accidental

• Fringillidae
  • Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
  • Brambling - Fringilla montifringilla
  • Pine Grosbeak - Pinicola enucleator Rare/Accidental
  • Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus
  • Parrot Crossbill - Loxia pytyopsittacus Rare/Accidental
  • Common Crossbill - Loxia curvirostra
  • Two-barred Crossbill - Loxia leucoptera
  • European Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris
  • Common Redpoll - Carduelis flammea
  • Arctic Redpoll - Carduelis hornemanni Rare/Accidental
  • Eurasian Siskin - Carduelis spinus
  • European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
  • Twite - Carduelis flavirostris
  • Eurasian Linnet - Carduelis cannabina
  • European Serin - Serinus serinus
  • Citril Finch - Serinus citrinella
  • Corsican Finch - Serinus corsicana
  • Eurasian Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula
  • Hawfinch - Coccothraustes coccothraustes
  • Trumpeter Finch - Rhodopechys githaginea

• Passeridae
  • House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
  • Spanish Sparrow - Passer hispaniolensis
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus
  • Rock Sparrow - Petronia petronia
  • White-winged Snowfinch - Montifringilla nivalis