Birds of Estonia
Estonia hosts 288 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common GullLarus canus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Great Grey OwlStrix nebulosa
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Black ScoterMelanitta americana
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii