Birds of Moldova
Moldova hosts 260 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Great TitParus major
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Great EgretArdea alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Forest FodyFoudia omissa
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Malagasy White-eyeZosterops maderaspatanus
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Souimanga SunbirdCinnyris sovimanga
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Malagasy Brush WarblerNesillas typica
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Malagasy Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone mutata
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Nelicourvi WeaverPloceus nelicourvi
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Madagascar Magpie-RobinCopsychus albospecularis
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Long-billed BernieriaBernieria madagascariensis
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Velvet AsityPhilepitta castanea
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Dark NewtoniaNewtonia amphichroa
- Grey-crowned TetrakaXanthomixis cinereiceps
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Spectacled TetrakaXanthomixis zosterops
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Malagasy Green SunbirdCinnyris notatus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Common NewtoniaNewtonia brunneicauda
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Common Sunbird-AsityNeodrepanis coruscans
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- White-throated OxylabesOxylabes madagascariensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Madagascar NightjarCaprimulgus madagascariensis
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- Red-tailed VangaCalicalicus madagascariensis
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Tylas VangaTylas eduardi
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Madagascar WagtailMotacilla flaviventris
- Ward's VangaPseudobias wardi
- Madagascar StarlingHartlaubius auratus
- Wedge-tailed JeryHartertula flavoviridis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Malagasy Turtle DoveNesoenas picturatus
- Madagascar Blue PigeonAlectroenas madagascariensis
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Malagasy KestrelFalco newtoni
- Mascarene MartinPhedina borbonica
- Madagascar CisticolaCisticola cherina
- Madagascar Blue VangaCyanolanius madagascarinus
- Forest Rock ThrushMonticola sharpei
- Madagascar Pygmy KingfisherCorythornis madagascariensis