Birds of Kosovo
Kosovo hosts 176 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca