Birds of Latvia
Latvia hosts 273 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Great TitParus major
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Black ScoterMelanitta americana
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella