Birds of Croatia

List of Common Birds Found in Croatia

Native Birds

• Alpine Accentor
• Barn Owl
• Barn Swallow
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black-eared Wheatear
• Black-necked Grebe
• Black Redstart
• Black Woodpecker
• Blue Rock Thrush
• Eurasian Blue Tit
• Booted Eagle
• Coal Tit
• Collared Dove
• Common Blackbird
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chaffinch
• Common Cuckoo 
• Common Kestrel
• Common Nightingale
• Common Raven
• Common Redstart
• Common Swift
• Common Wood Pigeon 
• Crested Tit
• Dunnock
• Egyptian Vulture
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Crag Martin
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Linnet
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow 
• Eurasian Wren
• European Bee-eater
• European Cormorant
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Nightjar
• European Robin
• European Roller
• European Shag
• European Starling
• European Stonechat
• Fieldfare
• Garden Warbler
• Glossy Ibis
• Golden Eagle
• Goldfinch
• Gray Heron
• Great Crested Grebe
• Great Egret
• Great Gray Shrike
• Great Spotted Cuckoo
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Griffon Vulture
• Hawfinch
• Hen Harrier
• Hooded Crow
• Horned Lark
• House Martin
• House Sparrow
• Lesser Spotted Eagle
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• Little Crake
• Little Egret
• Little Grebe
• Long-eared Owl
• Long-tailed Tit
• Marsh Harrier
• Marsh Tit
• Meadow Pipit
• Merlin
• Mistle Thrush
• Montagu’s Harrier
• Moorhen
• Northern Wheatear
• Osprey
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pied Flycatcher
• Purple Heron
• Red-backed Shrike
• Red-footed Falcon
• Redwing
• Rock Pigeon
• Rose-ringed Parakeet
• Rosy Starling
• Sand Martin
• Short-eared Owl
• Snow Bunting
• Song Thrush
• Spotted Crake
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Squacco Heron
• Tawny Owl
• Tree Pipit
• Turtle Dove
• Water Pipit
• Water Rail
• Whinchat
• White Stork
• White Wagtail
• Willow Tit 
• Willow Warbler
• Yellowhammer 
• Yellow Wagtail
• Barred Warbler
• Black Kite
• Bluethroat
• Bonelli’s Eagle
• Calandra Lark
• Carrion Crow
• Cattle Egret
• Collared Flycatcher
• Crested Lark
• Eared Grebe
• Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
• Eastern Orphean Warbler
• Eastern Subalpine Warbler
• Eleonora’s Falcon
• Eurasian Green Woodpecker
• Eurasian Griffon
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Kestrel
• Eurasian Marsh-harrier
• Eurasian Nutcracker
• Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
• Eurasian Wryneck
• European Honey-buzzard
• European Pied Flycatcher
• Gray-headed Woodpecker
• Great Bittern
• Great Bustard
• Greater Short-toed Lark
• Greater Spotted Eagle
• Greater Whitethroat
• Imperial Eagle
• Lanner Falcon
• Lesser Kestrel
• Lesser Whitethroat
• Levant Sparrowhawk
• Little Bittern
• Middle Spotted Woodpecker
• Northern Goshawk
• Red-breasted Flycatcher
• Red Kite
• Red-necked Grebe
• Rook
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
• Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin
• Saker Falcon
• Sardinian Warbler
• Short-toed Snake-eagle
• Syrian Woodpecker
• Thrush Nightingale
• Western Black-eared Wheatear
• White-backed Woodpecker
• White-tailed Eagle
• Wood Lark
• Yellow-billed Chough

Non-native Birds

• American Golden-plover
• Bar-headed Goose
• Lesser White-fronted Goose
• Little Bustard
• Northern Fulmar
• Oriental Turtle-dove
• Pallas’s Sandgrouse
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Razorbill
• Red-necked Phalarope
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• Western Swamphen

Some popular birding sites in Croatia include Kopački Rit Nature Park, Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, and Lake Vrana Nature Park. The peak time to go birdwatching is between April and June, as migratory birds make their way to the country during this time.