Birds of Montenegro
Montenegro hosts 275 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.