Birds of Kosovo

Kosovo has high mountains, deciduous forests, and multiple rivers and lakes. These are excellent habitats for birds that live here, including the Common Blackcap, the White Stork, and the Levant Sparrowhawk.

List of Common Birds Found in Kosovo

Native Birds

• Barn Swallow
• Barred Warbler
• Blackcap
• Black-headed Gull
• Black Redstart
• Black-winged Stilt
• Black Woodpecker
• Blue Tit
• Cetti’s Warbler
• Coal Tit
• Collared Flycatcher
• Common Blackbird
• Common Blackcap
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chaffinch 
• Common Chiffchaff
• Common Crane
• Common Crossbill
• Common Cuckoo
• Common Firecrest
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Linnet
• Common Moorhen
• Common Myna
• Common Nightingale
• Common Raven
• Common Redshank
• Common Redstart
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Snipe
• Common Starling
• Common Swift
• Common Whitethroat
• Common Wood Pigeon 
• Corn Bunting
• Crested Lark
• Crested Tit
• Dunnock
• Eurasian Blackbird
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Blue Tit
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Eurasian Reed Warbler
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Treecreeper
• Eurasian Wren
• Eurasian Wryneck
• European Bee-eater
• European Golden Oriole
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Honey Buzzard
• European Nightjar
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Reed Warbler
• European Robin
• European Roller
• European Serin
• European Siskin
• European Starling
• European Stonechat
• European Turtle Dove
• Firecrest
• Garden Warbler
• Goldcrest
• Great Reed Warbler
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Green Sandpiper
• Green Woodpecker
• Grey Wagtail
• Hawfinch
• Hooded Crow
• Icterine Warbler
• Lesser Kestrel
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• Lesser Whitethroat
• Levant Sparrowhawk
• Little Owl
• Little Ringed Plover
• Long-eared Owl
• Long-tailed Tit
• Marsh Tit
• Marsh Warbler
• Meadow Pipit
• Mistle Thrush
• Montagu’s Harrier
• Northern House Martin
• Northern Lapwing
• Northern Wheatear
• Pied Flycatcher
• Red-billed Chough
• Red-breasted Flycatcher
• Red-footed Falcon
• Red-rumped Swallow
• Reed Bunting
• Rock Pigeon
• Rock Pipit
• Saker Falcon
• Sardinian Warbler
• Sedge Warbler
• Short-toed Snake Eagle
• Short-toed Treecreeper
• Song Thrush
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Syrian Woodpecker
• Tawny Owl
• Thrush Nightingale
• Tree Pipit
• Water Rail
• Western Marsh Harrier
• Whinchat
• White Stork
• Whitethroat
• White Wagtail
• Willow Tit 
• Willow Warbler
• Woodlark
• Wood Sandpiper
• Wood Warbler
• Wren
• Yellowhammer 
• Yellow-legged Gull
• Yellow Wagtail
• Zitting Cisticola

Non-native Birds

• Common Myna
• Common Pheasant
• Common Starling
• Egyptian Goose
• House Sparrow
• Mallard
• Monk Parakeet
• Red-crested Pochard
• Ring-necked Parakeet

Some of the best birding sites in Kosovo include Mirusha Waterfalls, Lake Badovc, and Sharr Mountains National Park. The peak season for birdwatching in Kosovo typically falls between late spring and early summer.