List of birds of Metropolitan France

This list of birds of Metropolitan France includes a total of 635 species according to oiseaux.net with supplemental additions from Avibase.[1] Of them, 250 are accidental and 12 have been introduced by humans. One is endemic to the island of Corsica.

Metropolitan France is the French mainland, adjacent islands, and Corsica. There is also a specific list for the birds of Corsica. For the birds in the French Overseas territories, see: List of birds of French Guiana, List of birds of French Polynesia, List of birds of Guadeloupe, List of birds of Martinique, List of birds of Réunion, and List of birds of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.[2] French names are from oiseaux.net.

The following tags have been used to highlight some categories of occurrence; the tags are from Bird Checklists of the World[3] and the Clements taxonomy[2].

  • (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in France
  • (I) Introduced - a species introduced to France as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions, and has become established


  1. ^ "List of birds of Metropolitan France". oiseaux.net. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  3. ^ Lepage, Denis (July 25, 2021). "Checklist of Birds of France". Bird Checklists of the World. Avibase. Retrieved July 25, 2021.