Birds of Romania
Romania hosts 340 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Italian SparrowPasser italiae
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus