Birds of Bulgaria
Bulgaria hosts 360 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Great TitParus major
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Common GullLarus canus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Common LoonGavia immer
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Pallas's SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxus
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida