Birds of Estonia
297 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Mute SwanCygnus olor
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Great TitParus major
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusMost recorded
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GadwallMareca strepera
Common TernSterna hirundo
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great EgretArdea alba
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbusHotspots with the most records
- Põõsaspea neemLääne-Viru County212 species
- Ilmatsalu kalatiigidTartu County187 species
- Haeska linnuvaatlustorn ja ümbrusLääne-Viru County193 species
- Paljassaare hoiualaHarju County171 species
- Sõrve Bird ObservatorySaare County208 species
- Puise, Lääne maakond, EE (58,765, 23,451)Lääne-Viru County144 species
- Pikla tiigidPärnu County163 species
- Ristna lõunaneemHiiu County163 species
- Põgari-Sassi rannaniitLääne-Viru County184 species
- Audru polderPärnu County175 species
- HirveparkHarju County102 species
- Puise vaateplatvormLääne-Viru County182 species
All 15 hotspots
- Aardla järv ja polderTartu County166 species
- Hotell PromenaadiLääne-Viru County151 species
- Vergi sadamLääne-Viru County176 species
All species recorded · 297
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
- Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
- Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus