Birds of Denmark
Denmark hosts 397 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common MurreUria aalge
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Little AukAlle alle
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Black ScoterMelanitta americana
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Ivory GullPagophila eburnea
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
- Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
- GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegata
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensis