Birds of Netherlands

List of Common Birds Found in the Netherlands

Native Birds

• Arctic Tern
• Barnacle Goose
• Barn Owl
• Barn Swallow
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• Bearded Reedling
• Black Grouse
• Black-headed Gull
• Black-legged Kittiwake
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Black Tern
• Black Woodpecker
• Blue Tit
• Brent Goose
• Carrion Crow
• Coal Tit
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chaffinch 
• Common Crane
• Common Cuckoo
• Common Eider
• Common Goldeneye
• Common Greenshank
• Common Gull
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Linnet
• Common Magpie
• Common Merganser
• Common Moorhen
• Common Pheasant
• Common Pochard
• Common Redshank
• Common Reed Warbler
• Common Ringed Plover
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Shelduck
• Common Snipe
• Common Swift
• Common Tawny Owl
• Common Teal
• Common Tern
• Common Whitethroat
• Common Wood Pigeon
• Crested Tit
• Dunlin
• Dunnock
• Eurasian Blackbird
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Curlew
• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Moorhen
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Eurasian Penduline Tit
• Eurasian Reed Warbler
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Teal
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Eurasian Wren
• Eurasian Wryneck
• European Goldcrest
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Herring Gull
• European Pied Avocet
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Robin
• European Serin
• European Shag
• European Starling
• European Turtle Dove
• Gadwall
• Garden Warbler
• Gray Heron
• Great Black-backed Gull
• Great Cormorant
• Great Crested Grebe
• Great Egret
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Green Sandpiper
• Green Woodpecker
• Gray Heron
• Graylag Goose
• Gray Plover
• Grey Wagtail
• Hawfinch
• Hen Harrier
• Herring Gull
• House Sparrow
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• Lesser Whitethroat
• Little Egret
• Little Grebe
• Little Owl
• Little Ringed Plover
• Little Tern
• Long-eared Owl
• Long-tailed Duck
• Long-tailed Tit 
• Mallard
• Marsh Harrier
• Marsh Tit
• Meadow Pipit
• Mediterranean Gull
• Mute Swan
• Northern Fulmar
• Northern Gannet
• Northern Lapwing
• Northern Raven
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Wheatear
• Pink-footed Goose
• Purple Sandpiper
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Red Knot
• Redwing
• Reed Bunting 
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Ruff
• Sandwich Tern
• Sedge Warbler
• Short-eared Owl
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Stock Dove
• Stonechat
• Tawny Pipit
• Tufted Duck
• Velvet Scoter
• Whimbrel
• White Stork
• White Wagtail
• Willow Tit 
• Willow Warbler
• Wood Sandpiper
• Yellowhammer 

Non-native Birds

• African Sacred Ibis
• Alexandrine Parakeet
• Ashy-throated Parrotbill
• Bar-headed Goose
• Black Swan
• Chilean Flamingo
• Egyptian Goose
• House Crow
• Mandarin Duck
• Northern Bald Ibis
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• Rock Pigeon
• Rose-ringed Parakeet
• Ruddy Duck
• Vinous-throated Parrotbill

Some of the best places to go birding in the Netherlands include Oostvaardersplassen Reserve, Lauwersmeer National Park, and the island of Texel. The best time for birding in the Netherlands generally occurs during the spring and autumn months when migration is at its peak.