Birds of Netherlands
394 species recorded at 34 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great TitParus majorMost recorded
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GadwallMareca strepera
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusHotspots with the most records
- OostvaardersplassenFlevoland240 species
- VondelparkNorth Holland156 species
- Wageningse BovenpolderGelderland180 species
- BiesboschNorth Brabant215 species
- MeijendelSouth Holland236 species
- De Hooge Kampse PlasUtrecht208 species
- SchiermonnikoogFriesland243 species
- De Nieuwe Driemanspolder, ZoetermeerSouth Holland188 species
- Amsterdam – SarphatiparkNorth Holland126 species
- HeidesteinUtrecht147 species
- Texel – De SlufterNorth Holland188 species
- Nationaal Park TexelNorth Holland257 species
All 34 hotspots
- Haren – OnnerpolderGroningen178 species
- IJmuiden – ZuidpierNorth Holland211 species
- Amsterdamse WaterleidingduinenNorth Holland208 species
- De Groene JonkerSouth Holland172 species
- Amsterdam – Schipol AirportNorth Holland140 species
- Amsterdam – AlgemeenNorth Holland153 species
- Zouweboezem – ZouwendijkSouth Holland143 species
- Oostvaardersplassen-Pad naar de 'Zeearend'Flevoland187 species
- Vogelplas StarrevaartSouth Holland192 species
- BrakkensteinGelderland90 species
- ZouweboezemSouth Holland155 species
- Kleine PraambultFlevoland176 species
- Ezumakeeg – NoordFriesland173 species
- Sint-Oedenrode – DommelparkNorth Brabant86 species
- NP Zuid-KennemerlandNorth Holland192 species
- Polders of StrijenSouth Holland137 species
- BrouwersdamSouth Holland177 species
- Park Lingezegen – OostGelderland165 species
- LauwersmeerGroningen213 species
- Zuidlaardermeer – OostpolderGroningen164 species
- Zevenhuizerplas – PopulierenbosjeSouth Holland147 species
- De Blauwe KamerGelderland167 species
All species recorded · 394
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
- 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
- Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Silver Teal Spatula versicolor
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- 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
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- 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
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- 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
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- 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
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- 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
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- 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
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- 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
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- 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
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- 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
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- 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
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- 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
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Green-cheeked Parakeet Pyrrhura molinae
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- 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
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- 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
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- 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
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- 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
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- 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
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- 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
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata