Birds of Russia
444 species recorded at 22 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Great TitParus major
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Rock DoveColumba livia
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Eurasian MagpiePica picaMost recorded
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common GullLarus canus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusHotspots with the most records
- Lotoshino Fish FarmMoscow Oblast227 species
- Muravyevka ParkAmur Oblast238 species
- Biserovo Fish FarmMoscow Oblast213 species
- Izmailovsky ParkMoscow148 species
- Vinogradovo FloodplainsMoscow Oblast203 species
- Moscow Main Botanical GardenMoscow117 species
- KaracharovoMoscow Oblast187 species
- Academy of Forestry parkSaint Petersburg72 species
- Yelagin IslandSaint Petersburg100 species
- Sludge sites of treatment facilitiesSaint Petersburg138 species
- Kuzminki ParkMoscow126 species
- Kanonerskiy IslandSaint Petersburg144 species
All 22 hotspots
- Bolshaya IzhoraLeningrad Oblast174 species
- Dedinovo FloodplainsMoscow Oblast182 species
- Field Near ShishkovoMoscow Oblast150 species
- MeynypilgynoChukotka Autonomous District117 species
- Izhevsk Pond Near Proezd DeryabinaUdmurtia112 species
- Nizhniy Tzaritzinskiy PrudMoscow139 species
- KolomenskoeMoscow131 species
- Shukinskiy PeninsulaMoscow139 species
- Fili ParkMoscow105 species
- Sergievka ParkSaint Petersburg116 species
All species recorded · 444
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- 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
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
- 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
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
- Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
- Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Swinhoe's Rail Coturnicops exquisitus
- Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- White-naped Crane Antigone vipio
- Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Hooded Crane Grus monacha
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- 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
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
- 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
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- 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
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Least Auklet Aethia pusilla
- Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
- Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula
- Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- 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
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- 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
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- 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
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- 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
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- 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
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- 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
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus