Birds of Luxembourg

List of Common Birds Found in Luxembourg

Native Birds

• Barn Swallow
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black-headed Gull
• Black Stork
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Black Woodpecker
• Blue Tit
• Brambling
• Coal Tit
• Common Blackbird
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chaffinch
• Common Crossbill
• Common Cuckoo
• Common Gull
• Common House Martin
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Linnet
• Common Magpie
• Common Moorhen
• Common Pochard
• Common Quail
• Common Raven
• Common Redstart
• Common Reed Bunting
• Common Rosefinch
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Shelduck
• Common Snipe
• Common Starling
• Common Swift
• Common Tern
• Common Whitethroat
• Common Wood Pigeon 
• Crested Tit
• Dunnock
• Eurasian Bittern
• Eurasian Blackbird
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Curlew
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Teal
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Eurasian Wren
• European Bee-eater
• European Crested Tit
• European Golden Plover
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Honey Buzzard
• European Nightjar
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Pied Wagtail
• European Robin
• European Serin
• European Starling
• European Stonechat
• European Treecreeper
• European Turtle Dove
• Gadwall
• Goldcrest
• Great Crested Grebe
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Green Sandpiper
• Green Woodpecker
• Gray Heron
• Gray Wagtail
• Hawfinch
• Herring Gull
• House Sparrow
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Little Grebe
• Little Ringed Plover
• Long-tailed Tit
• Eurasian Magpie
• Marsh Tit
• Meadow Pipit
• Mediterranean Gull
• Montagu’s Harrier
• Northern Lapwing
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Wheatear
• Peregrine Falcon
• Purple Heron
• Red-backed Shrike
• Red-footed Falcon
• Red Kite
• Short-toed Treecreeper
• Spotted Redshank
• Tawny Pipit
• Tree Pipit
• Tufted Duck
• Water Rail
• Western Jackdaw
• Western Marsh Harrier
• White Stork
• Willow Tit 
• Willow Warbler
• Woodlark
• Wood Sandpiper
• Yellow-legged Gull

Non-native Birds

• Blyth’s Reed Warbler
• Canada Goose
• Egyptian Goose
• European Roller
• Lesser Gray Shrike
• Mute Swan
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• Rock Pigeon
• Rose-ringed Parakeet

There are several places to go birdwatching in Luxembourg, including Haff Réimech Nature Reserve, Upper Sûre Lake, and Remerschen Pond Nature Reserve. The peak season for birding in Luxembourg generally falls within the spring and autumn months when bird migration is at its peak.