Birds of Estonia

List of Common Birds Found in Estonia

Native Birds

• Arctic Tern
• Barn Swallow
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black Grouse
• Black-headed Gull
• Black-headed Wagtail
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Black Tern
• Blue Tit
• Caspian Gull
• Coal Tit
• Common Blackbird
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chaffinch
• Common Crane
• Common Crossbill
• Common Cuckoo
• Common Eider
• Common Greenshank
• Common Gull
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Linnet
• Common Magpie
• Common Nightingale
• Common Pheasant
• Common Pochard
• Common Quail
• Common Redpoll
• Common Rook
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Scoter
• Common Snipe
• Common Starling
• Common Tern
• Common Whitethroat
• Common Wood Pigeon 
• Crested Tit
• Dunlin
• Dunnock
• Eurasian Bittern
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Blue Tit
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Curlew
• Eurasian Eagle Owl
• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Eurasian Reed Warbler
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Woodcock
• Eurasian Wren
• European Bee-eater
• European Crested Tit
• European Golden Plover
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Herring Gull
• European Honey Buzzard
• European Nightjar
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Robin
• European Serin
• European Shag
• European Starling
• European Stonechat
• European Turtle Dove
• European White Stork
• Fieldfare
• Glaucous Gull
• Goosander
• Great Cormorant
• Great Egret
• Greater Spotted Eagle
• Great Gray Shrike
• Great Snipe
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Gray Heron
• Gray Partridge
• Gray Wagtail
• Hawfinch
• Hazel Grouse
• Hen Harrier
• Hooded Crow
• House Sparrow
• Lesser Spotted Eagle
• Lesser Whitethroat
• Little Egret
• Little Gull
• Little Tern
• Long-eared Owl
• Long-tailed Duck
• Long-tailed Tit
• Eurasian Magpie
• Marsh Tit
• Montagu’s Harrier
• Mute Swan
• Northern Lapwing
• Northern Raven
• Northern Wheatear
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Peregrine Falcon
• Red-backed Shrike
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Redshank
• Red-throated Pipit
• Redwing
• Ruff
• Sandwich Tern
• Sedge Warbler
• Smew
• Song Thrush
• Tawny Pipit
• Tufted Duck
• Velvet Scoter
• Western Capercaillie
• Western Marsh Harrier
• Western Osprey
• Whimbrel
• White Stork
• White-tailed Eagle
• White Wagtail
• Willow Tit 
• Willow Warbler
• Wood Sandpiper
• Yellowhammer 
• Yellow Wagtail

Non-native Birds

• Canada Goose
• Mandarin Duck
• Wood Duck

Some of Estonia’s best places to go birdwatching include Matsalu National Park, Soomaa National Park, and Lahemaa National Park. The peak season for birding is in spring and autumn, when migratory birds visit the country, allowing visitors to experience greater avian diversity.