Birds of Latvia

List of Common Birds Found in Latvia

Native Birds

• Black-headed Gull
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Black Stork 
• Black Woodpecker
• Blue Tit
• Brambling
• Carrion Crow
• Coal Tit
• Common Blackbird
• Common Blackcap
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chaffinch
• Common Chiffchaff
• Common Crane
• Common Cuckoo
• Common Goldeneye
• Common Grasshopper Warbler
• Common Greenshank
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Merganser
• Common Pochard
• Common Redpoll
• Common Redstart
• Common Reed Bunting
• Common Rosefinch
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Snipe
• Common Swift
• Common Tern
• Common Woodpecker
• Common Wood Pigeon
• Corn Crake
• Crested Tit
• Dunnock
• Eurasian Blackbird
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Blue Tit
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Curlew
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Teal
• Eurasian Treecreeper
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Eurasian Wren
• European Bee-eater
• European Crested Tit
• European Goldcrest
• European Golden Plover
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Herring Gull
• European Linnet
• European Nightjar
• European Penduline Tit
• European Pied Avocet
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Robin
• European Roller
• European Serin
• European Starling
• European Stonechat
• European Turtle Dove
• Fieldfare
• Garden Warbler
• Gray-headed Woodpecker
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Greenfinch
• Hawfinch
• Hooded Crow
• House Sparrow
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Lesser Spotted Eagle
• Little Stint
• Long-tailed Tit
• Mallard
• Marsh Tit
• Middle Spotted Woodpecker
• Mistle Thrush
• Northern Lapwing
• Northern Shoveler
• Osprey
• Red-backed Shrike
• Redwing
• Reed Bunting
• Ruff
• Sedge Warbler
• Short-toed Treecreeper
• Song Thrush
• Spotted Redshank
• Stock Dove
• Tawny Owl
• Tufted Duck
• Western Marsh Harrier
• Whimbrel
• White Stork
• White-backed Woodpecker
• White-tailed Eagle
• White Wagtail
• Willow Tit
• Willow Warbler
• Wood Sandpiper
• Wood Warbler
• Yellowhammer 

Non-native Birds

• Baillon’s Crake
• Canada Goose
• Collared Pratincole
• Macqueen’s Bustard
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Red Phalarope
• Ring-Necked Pheasant
• Ross’s Gull
• Wilson’s Phalarope
• Wood Duck

Some of Latvia’s best places for birdwatching include Pape Nature Park, Kemeri National Park, and Engure Nature Park. The peak birding season in Latvia generally occurs during the spring and early summer months. The prime time for birdwatching in Latvia is from April to June. During this period, many bird species are migrating back to their breeding grounds or nesting and raising their young.