Birds of Kosovo
197 species recorded at 11 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Great EgretArdea alba
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Northern RavenCorvus corax
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey HeronArdea cinereaMost recorded
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common PochardAythya ferina
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GarganeySpatula querquedulaHotspots with the most records
- Ligatinat e Henc180 species
- Parku i Gërmisë72 species
- Gazimestan68 species
- Kalaja e Prizrenit40 species
- Parku Kombëtar Malet e Sharrit (Rajoni i Prizrenit) (Shar Mountain NP (Prizren District)) – R11561 species
- Peja Upper River Valley49 species
- Parku i Qytetit Prishtina35 species
- Parku Kombëtar Bjeshkët e Nemuna25 species
- Biblioteka Kombëtare Universitare e Kosovës / National University Library of Kosovo Park17 species
- Drini i Bardhë / Drini Valley30 species
- Parku i Qytetit Prizren15 species
All species recorded · 197
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- 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
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- 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
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- 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
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- 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
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- 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
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- 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
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- 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
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- 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
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus