Birds of the Netherlands
The Netherlands hosts 296 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common SwiftApus apus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Little AukAlle alle
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
- Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Black ScoterMelanitta americana
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Ivory GullPagophila eburnea
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Spectacled EiderSomateria fischeri
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegata
- Blue-winged GooseCyanochen cyanoptera
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Silver TealSpatula versicolor
- NeneBranta sandvicensis
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Upland GooseChloephaga picta
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata
- Eastern Crowned WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Scarlet MacawAra macao
- Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
- Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Iago SparrowPasser iagoensis
- Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
- Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea
- Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
- Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Italian SparrowPasser italiae
- Cape Barren GooseCereopsis novaehollandiae
- Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleri
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita