Greece · Central Macedonia Region
Kitros Saltpans
225 species and 11,206 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 125 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Axios NP – Axios Delta25 km232 species
- Axios NP – Gallikos River Estuary35 km238 species
- Axios NP – Kalochori Lagoon36 km211 species
All 225 species recorded here
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Great Tit Parus major
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kitros Saltpans?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 125 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kitros Saltpans?
225 species, from 11,206 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kitros Saltpans in November?
The most recorded in November: Corn Bunting, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Magpie and Western Marsh Harrier.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.