Birds of Croatia
304 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusMost recorded
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock DoveColumba livia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great EgretArdea alba
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisHotspots with the most records
- Mirna River mouthIstria County231 species
- Zagreb – Retencija BlatoGrad Zagreb211 species
- PP Vransko jezero – BoardwalkZadar County214 species
- Park Maksimir – ZagrebGrad Zagreb98 species
- Velo Blato ReserveZadar County187 species
- Savica lakes – ZagrebGrad Zagreb149 species
- NP Plitvice Lakes – General area around lakesLika-Senj County152 species
- Bundek ParkGrad Zagreb112 species
- Nin – SaltpanZadar County173 species
- Neretva Delta – river mouthDubrovnik-Neretva County186 species
- Zagreb – Jezero JarunGrad Zagreb115 species
- Crna Mlaka Ornithological ReserveZagreb County177 species
All 15 hotspots
- River Mirna Valley – Novigrad, IstriaIstria County171 species
- Pantan Special reserve – DivuljeSplit-Dalmatia County163 species
- Pisarovina fish pondZagreb County181 species
All species recorded · 304
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- 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
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- 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
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- 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
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- 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
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- 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
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- 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
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- 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
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
- 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
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- 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
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Italian Sparrow Passer italiae
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus