Birds of Greece
Greece hosts 390 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Italian SparrowPasser italiae
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Krüper's NuthatchSitta krueperi
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatus
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni