Birds of Slovenia
Slovenia hosts 304 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Great TitParus major
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common GullLarus canus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Italian SparrowPasser italiae
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos