Birds of Slovenia

List of Common Birds Found in Slovenia

Native Birds

• Alpine Chough
• Barn Swallow
• Blackcap
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black-headed Gull
• Black Kite
• Black Redstart
• Black Tern
• Black Woodpecker
• Blue Tit
• Booted Eagle
• Coal Tit
• Collared Flycatcher
• Common Blackbird
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chaffinch 
• Common Cuckoo
• Common Hoopoe
• Common House Martin
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Moorhen
• Common Nightingale
• Common Redpoll
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Snipe
• Common Swift
• Common Tern
• Common Wood Pigeon
• Corn Bunting
• Crested Tit
• Dunnock
• Egyptian Vulture
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Bullfinch 
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Griffon
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Eurasian Penduline Tit
• Eurasian Reed Warbler
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Teal
• Eurasian Treecreeper
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Eurasian Wren
• European Bee-eater
• European Goldcrest
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Honey Buzzard
• European Nightjar
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Pied Wagtail
• European Robin
• European Serin
• European Starling
• European Stonechat
• European Stone Curlew
• European Turtle Dove
• Fieldfare
• Firecrest
• Golden Eagle
• Gray-headed Woodpecker
• Gray Heron
• Gray Wagtail
• Great Cormorant
• Great Crested Grebe
• Great Gray Shrike
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Green Sandpiper
• Griffon Vulture
• Hawfinch
• House Martin
• House Sparrow
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• Little Bittern
• Little Egret
• Little Grebe
• Little Owl
• Little Ringed Plover
• Long-eared Owl
• Long-legged Buzzard
• Long-tailed Tit
• Mallard
• Marsh Tit
• Marsh Warbler
• Mistle Thrush
• Northern Goshawk
• Northern Harrier
• Ortolan Bunting
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pied Flycatcher
• Red-backed Shrike
• Red-billed Chough
• Red-breasted Flycatcher
• Red Crossbill
• Redwing
• Reed Bunting
• Rock Bunting
• Rock Partridge
• Sardinian Warbler
• Short-toed Snake Eagle
• Short-toed Treecreeper
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Tawny Owl
• Western Bonelli’s Warbler
• Western Marsh Harrier
• White-backed Woodpecker
• White Stork
• White-tailed Eagle
• White-throated Dipper
• White Wagtail
• Willow Tit 
• Yellowhammer 
• Yellow-legged Gull
• Yellow Wagtail

Non-native Birds

• Northern Bald Ibis
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• Wood Duck

Some of the best places to go birding in Slovenia include Lake Cerknica, Škocjan Caves Regional Park, and Sečovlje Salina Nature Park. The peak season for birdwatching in Slovenia typically spans from late April to early June. This period coincides with the spring migration when many bird species return to their European breeding grounds. During this time, you can observe various migratory birds passing through Slovenia or arriving to breed and raise their young.