Birds of Belgium
Belgium hosts 354 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Little AukAlle alle
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Upland GooseChloephaga picta
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
- Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- American White IbisEudocimus albus
- Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopis
- Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
- NeneBranta sandvicensis
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Silver TealSpatula versicolor
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
- Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposaca
- Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Red-rumped ParrotPsephotus haematonotus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Greater RheaRhea americana
- Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
- Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegans
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis
- Silver PheasantLophura nycthemera
- Lady Amherst's PheasantChrysolophus amherstiae
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoria
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
- Crested DuckLophonetta specularioides
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Puna IbisPlegadis ridgwayi
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensis
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea
- Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonica
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- California QuailCallipepla californica
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis