Birds of Switzerland
Switzerland hosts 374 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Italian SparrowPasser italiae
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposaca
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensis
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii