Birds of Moldova

List of Common Birds Found in Moldova

Native Birds

• Alpine Swift
• Barn Swallow
• Black-headed Bunting
• Black-headed Gull
• Black-necked Grebe
• Black Stork
• Black-winged Kite
• Black Woodpecker
• Blue Tit
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Carrion Crow
• Cirl Bunting
• Coal Tit
• Collared Flycatcher
• Common Blackbird
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chaffinch
• Common Crossbill
• Common Cuckoo
• Common Grasshopper Warbler
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Linnet
• Common Pheasant
• Common Quail
• Common Reed Bunting
• Common Rosefinch
• Common Starling
• Common Swift
• Common Whitethroat
• Common Wood Pigeon 
• Corn Bunting
• Crested Tit
• Dunnock
• Eurasian Blackbird
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Cuckoo
• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Marsh Harrier
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Treecreeper
• Eurasian Wren
• Eurasian Wryneck
• European Bee-eater
• European Collared Dove
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Honey Buzzard
• European Nightjar
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Robin
• European Roller
• European Serin
• European Starling
• European Stonechat
• European Turtle Dove
• Fieldfare
• Garden Warbler
• Great Crested Grebe
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Great White Egret
• Green Woodpecker
• Gray-headed Woodpecker
• Gray Heron
• Gray Partridge
• Hawfinch
• Hazel Grouse
• Hooded Crow
• House Sparrow
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
• Lesser Whitethroat
• Little Bunting
• Little Egret
• Little Grebe
• Long-tailed Tit
• Marsh Tit
• Marsh Warbler
• Melodious Warbler
• Merlin
• Middle Spotted Woodpecker
• Mistle Thrush
• Montagu’s Harrier
• Northern Goshawk
• Northern Lapwing
• Northern Wheatear
• Ortolan Bunting
• Peregrine Falcon
• Purple Heron
• Red-backed Shrike
• Red Crossbill
• Red-footed Falcon
• Red Kite
• Red-necked Grebe
• Redwing
• Reed Bunting
• Reed Warbler
• Rock Bunting
• Rook
• Rough-legged Buzzard
• Sedge Warbler
• Short-toed Treecreeper
• Song Thrush
• Squacco Heron
• Western Osprey
• White Stork
• White-tailed Eagle
• Willow Tit 
• Willow Warbler
• Woodchat Shrike
• Yellowhammer 

Non-native Birds

• Alpine Swift
• Common Eider
• Great Bustard
• Greater Flamingo
• Great Spotted Cuckoo
• Horned Grebe
• Mandarin Duck
• Pallas’s Sandgrouse
• Red Knot
• Red Phalarope
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Temminck’s Stint
• Terek Sandpiper
• Tundra Swan

Some of the best birding sites in Moldova include Lower Dniester National Park, Padurea Domneasca Nature Reserve, and Prut River Valley. The peak birding season in Moldova generally falls during the spring and early summer months.