Birds of Croatia
Croatia hosts 319 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Italian SparrowPasser italiae
- Common LoonGavia immer
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus