Birds of Bulgaria

List of Common Birds Found in Bulgaria

Native Birds

• Barred Warbler
• Black-headed Gull
• Black Stork
• Black Tern
• Black-winged Stilt
• Black Woodpecker
• Booted Eagle
• Coal Tit
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chaffinch
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Moorhen
• Common Nightingale
• Common Pheasant
• Common Quail
• Common Redshank
• Common Ringed Plover
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Snipe
• Common Swift
• Common Tern
• Common Wood Pigeon
• Corn Bunting
• Crested Tit
• Dunnock
• Egyptian Vulture
• Eurasian Blackbird
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Blue Tit
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Curlew
• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• Eurasian Golden Plover
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Tree Creeper
• Eurasian Woodcock
• Eurasian Wren
• Eurasian Wryneck
• European Bee-eater
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Herring Gull
• European Honey Buzzard
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Robin
• European Roller
• European Serin
• European Starling
• European Stonechat
• European Turtle Dove
• Fieldfare
• Gray Heron
• Gray Partridge
• Gray Wagtail
• Great Crested Grebe
• Great Reed Warbler
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Great White Egret
• Griffon Vulture
• Hawfinch
• House Sparrow
• Lesser Grey Shrike
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• Levant Sparrowhawk
• Little Egret
• Little Owl
• Little Ringed Plover
• Little Tern
• Long-tailed Tit
• Mallard
• Marsh Tit
• Marsh Warbler
• Masked Shrike
• Middle Spotted Woodpecker
• Moustached Warbler
• Ortolan Bunting
• Red-backed Shrike
• Red-footed Falcon
• Red Kite
• Redwing
• Rock Bunting
• Sandwich Tern
• Savi’s Warbler
• Sedge Warbler
• Short-toed Snake Eagle
• Slender-billed Gull
• Song Thrush
• Syrian Woodpecker
• Tree Sparrow
• Turtle Dove
• Whimbrel
• White Stork
• White-tailed Eagle
• White Wagtail
• White-winged Tern
• Willow Tit
• Yellow-legged Gull

Non-native Birds

• Caspian Plover
• Great Bustard
• Greater Flamingo
• Great Spotted Cuckoo
• Horned Grebe
• Laughing Dove
• Little Swift
• Red-crested Pochard
• Rock Ptarmigan
• Taiga Bean-goose

Some popular Bulgarian birding sites include Srebarna Nature Reserve, Strandzha Nature Park, Central Balkan National Park, and Rila National Park. The last one is notable as it is home to about a third of all nesting birds in the country.

The best time to go birding in Bulgaria is in the Spring when most migratory birds arrive. This period ranges from April to June, peaking in May.