Around 400 birds live in Lithuania. These avian species have adapted to the country’s natural environments, like bogs, forests, meadows, and woodlands, as well as manufactured ones, like agricultural and urban habitats.
The national bird of Lithuania is the White Stork. Other notable species include the Barn Swallow, the European Robin, and the Great Cormorant.
List of Common Birds Found in Lithuania
Native Birds
- Aquatic Warbler
- Arctic Tern
- Baillon’s Crake
- Barn Swallow
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Bewick’s Swan
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black Stork
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black Tern
- Black-throated Diver
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue Tit
- Booted Warbler
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Caspian Gull
- Citrine Wagtail
- Coal Tit
- Common Blackbird
- Common Buzzard
- Common Chaffinch
- Common Coot
- Common Crane
- Common Eider
- Common Greenshank
- Common Gull
- Common Kestrel
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Moorhen
- Common Pheasant
- Common Pochard
- Common Quail
- Common Redshank
- Common Ringed Plover
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Scoter
- Common Snipe
- Common Swift
- Common Teal
- Common Tern
- Common Wood Pigeon
- Corn Crake
- Crested Tit
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Dunnock
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Coot
- Eurasian Curlew
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Eurasian Hoopoe
- Eurasian Jackdaw
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Siskin
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eurasian Wren
- European Golden Plover
- European Green Woodpecker
- European Honey Buzzard
- European Robin
- European Roller
- European Spoonbill
- European Starling
- European Turtle Dove
- Gadwall
- Garganey
- European Goldfinch
- Goosander
- Gray Heron
- Graylag Goose
- Gray Partridge
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Egret
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Great Snipe
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Greenfinch
- Green Sandpiper
- Hawfinch
- Hazel Grouse
- Hen Harrier
- Herring Gull
- House Sparrow
- Jack Snipe
- Kentish Plover
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Little Crake
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Gull
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Stint
- Long-tailed Duck
- Long-tailed Tit
- Eurasian Magpie
- Mallard
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Marsh Tit
- Mediterranean Gull
- Merlin
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Mute Swan
- Northern Goshawk
- Northern Lapwing
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Shoveler
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Osprey
- Peregrine Falcon
- Purple Sandpiper
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red Knot
- Red-legged Partridge
- Red-necked Grebe
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Ruff
- Sanderling
- Sandwich Tern
- Slavonian Grebe
- Spotted Crake
- Spotted Redshank
- Stock Dove
- Stone Curlew
- Temminck’s Stint
- Tengmalm’s Owl
- Tree Pipit
- Tufted Duck
- Tundra Swan
- Velvet Scoter
- Water Rail
- Western Capercaillie
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Whimbrel
- Whiskered Tern
- White Stork
- White-tailed Eagle
- White-winged Tern
- Whooper Swan
- Willow Tit
- Wood Sandpiper
- Yellowhammer
- Yellow-legged Gull
Non-native Birds
Some of the best places to go birding in Lithuania include Nemunas Delta Regional Park, Aukštaitija National Park, and Curonian Spit National Park. The last one is notable for being a UNESCO World Heritage site. The peak season for birdwatching in Lithuania generally falls during the spring and autumn months when migration is at its peak.
