Bird AlbumSwitzerland · Canton of Zurich
Katzensee
218 species and 40,471 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 129 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Great TitParus major
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Eurasian MagpiePica picaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Allmend Chatzensee1 km169 species
- Neeracherried8 km216 species
- Greifensee – Stocklen, Stritgfenn und Suelen14 km169 species
- Flachsee15 km214 species
- Stille Reuss16 km167 species
- Hegmatten gesamt23 km167 species
All 218 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Katzensee?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 129 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Katzensee?
218 species, from 40,471 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Katzensee in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Cormorant, Red Kite, Carrion Crow, Great Crested Grebe and Grey Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.