Birds of Austria
Austria hosts 379 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common GullLarus canus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Italian SparrowPasser italiae
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- NeneBranta sandvicensis
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutila
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Chestnut TealAnas castanea
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Lady Amherst's PheasantChrysolophus amherstiae