Over 400 avifauna live in the nation of Ukraine. The country is covered with mixed forests, with the most common trees being pine, birch, and oak. This vegetation type supports birds like raptors, songbirds, and passerine birds, who tend to nest in those trees.
The national bird of Ukraine is the Common Nightingale. Other notable avian species include the Common Buzzard, the Common Kestrel, and the Eurasian Sparrowhawk.
List of Common Birds Found in Ukraine
Native Birds
- Alpine Chough
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Warbler
- Bearded Reedling
- Bewick’s Swan
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black Kite
- Black Stork
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-winged Kite
- Black-winged Stilt
- Black Woodpecker
- Blue Tit
- Booted Eagle
- Carrion Crow
- Coal Tit
- Common Blackbird
- Common Buzzard
- Common Chaffinch
- Common Crane
- Common Kestrel
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Nightingale
- Common Pheasant
- Common Pochard
- Common Quail
- Common Raven
- Common Redpoll
- Common Redshank
- Common Rosefinch
- Common Shelduck
- Common Snipe
- Common Whitethroat
- Common Wood Pigeon
- Crested Tit
- Demoiselle Crane
- Dunnock
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Eurasian Blue Tit
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Coot
- Eurasian Curlew
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Eurasian Eagle-owl
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Hoopoe
- Eurasian Jackdaw
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Linnet
- Eurasian Magpie
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Eurasian Siskin
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Eurasian Wren
- European Bee-eater
- European Golden Plover
- European Goldfinch
- European Greenfinch
- European Green Woodpecker
- European Robin
- European Roller
- European Serin
- European Starling
- Ferruginous Duck
- Firecrest
- Gadwall
- Garganey
- Glossy Ibis
- Goldcrest
- Gray-headed Woodpecker
- Gray Heron
- Graylag Goose
- Great Cormorant
- Greater Spotted Eagle
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Great Gray Shrike
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Great White Egret
- Hawfinch
- Hen Harrier
- Hooded Crow
- House Sparrow
- Icterine Warbler
- Imperial Eagle
- Kentish Plover
- Lesser Gray Shrike
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Little Egret
- Little Ringed Plover
- Long-eared Owl
- Long-legged Buzzard
- Long-tailed Tit
- Manx Shearwater
- Marsh Harrier
- Marsh Tit
- Melodious Warbler
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Mute Swan
- Northern Lapwing
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Shoveler
- Osprey
- Pied Avocet
- Purple Heron
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Chough
- Red-breasted Goose
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red Kite
- Rock Sparrow
- Ruff
- Sedge Warbler
- Short-eared Owl
- Short-toed Snake Eagle
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Snow Bunting
- Steppe Eagle
- Syrian Woodpecker
- Tawny Owl
- Tufted Duck
- Twite
- White Stork
- White-tailed Eagle
- Whooper Swan
- Willow Tit
- Yellow-Billed Loon
- Yellowhammer
Non-native Birds
Some of Ukraine’s best places to go birdwatching include Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve, and the Carpathian Mountains. The peak birding season in Ukraine generally corresponds to the spring and autumn months, when migration is at its height.
