Birds of Slovakia
Slovakia hosts 303 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Great TitParus major
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Common GullLarus canus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus