Birds of Switzerland

374 species recorded at 27 public birding hotspots.

Most recorded in November

Great CormorantGreat CormorantPhalacrocorax carboCarrion CrowCarrion CrowCorvus coroneMallardMallardAnas platyrhynchosGrey HeronGrey HeronArdea cinereaYellow-legged GullYellow-legged GullLarus michahellisCommon BlackbirdCommon BlackbirdTurdus merulaEuropean RobinEuropean RobinErithacus rubeculaBlack-headed GullBlack-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusEurasian Blue TitEurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusGreat TitGreat TitParus majorEurasian CootEurasian CootFulica atraEurasian ChaffinchEurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebsGreat Crested GrebeGreat Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusEurasian MagpieEurasian MagpiePica pica

Most recorded

White WagtailWhite WagtailMotacilla albaMute SwanMute SwanCygnus olorCommon Wood PigeonCommon Wood PigeonColumba palumbusCommon StarlingCommon StarlingSturnus vulgarisRed KiteRed KiteMilvus milvusCommon BuzzardCommon BuzzardButeo buteoCommon MoorhenCommon MoorhenGallinula chloropusGadwallGadwallMareca streperaCommon ChiffchaffCommon ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaHouse SparrowHouse SparrowPasser domesticusEurasian TealEurasian TealAnas creccaTufted DuckTufted DuckAythya fuligulaCommon Reed BuntingCommon Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusEurasian BlackcapEurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla

Hotspots with the most records

  1. Klingnauer StauseeCanton of Aargau245 species
  2. KatzenseeCanton of Zurich218 species
  3. NeeracherriedCanton of Zurich216 species
  4. FlachseeCanton of Aargau214 species
  5. Marais de SionnetCanton of Geneva205 species
  6. Sempach – SchlichtiCanton of Lucerne211 species
  7. Fanel* general (use more precise loc.)Canton of Neuchâtel232 species
  8. Île de PréverengesCanton of Vaud224 species
  9. Kaltbrunner RiedCanton of St. Gallen199 species
  10. Ergolzmündung Augst-KaiseraugstCanton of Basel-Landschaft121 species
  11. Fanel – Chablais de CudrefinCanton of Vaud242 species
  12. Fanel – Inseln und LagunenCanton of Berne220 species
All 27 hotspots
  1. Promenade Robert HainardCanton of Vaud218 species
  2. Jona StampfCanton of St. Gallen225 species
  3. Stille ReussCanton of Aargau167 species
  4. Hegmatten gesamtCanton of Zurich167 species
  5. Nuolener RiedCanton of Schwyz216 species
  6. Rapperswil – HolzbrückeCanton of St. Gallen151 species
  7. Jetée et Port des PâquisCanton of Geneva166 species
  8. Pfäffikersee – RobenhuserriedCanton of Zurich212 species
  9. Greifensee – Stocklen, Stritgfenn und SuelenCanton of Zurich169 species
  10. Ermatinger Becken – TriboltingenCanton of Thurgau184 species
  11. Allmend ChatzenseeCanton of Zurich169 species
  12. Le Creux de TerreCanton of Vaud189 species
  13. GirenmoosCanton of St. Gallen112 species
  14. Klettgau – Kerngebiet WidenCanton of Schaffhausen137 species
  15. Les Grangettes – Lagune des SaviezCanton of Vaud188 species

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All species recorded · 374