Birds of Ukraine
Ukraine hosts 349 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Great TitParus major
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Great Grey OwlStrix nebulosa
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Pallas's SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxus
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalis
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Pallas's RosefinchCarpodacus roseus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Siberian JayPerisoreus infaustus
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- GyrfalconFalco rusticolus