Birds to See in Croatia in August
179 bird species on our list for Croatia are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, Yellow-legged Gull and House Sparrow. New this month: Tree Pipit, Willow Warbler, Gadwall and Dunlin and 16 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Croatia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 179 birds in August
179 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 4.25% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.64% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.34% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.66% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.32% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.15% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.12% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.12% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.96% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.40% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.32% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.31% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.26% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.23% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.19% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Aug
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantRare48–52 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.02% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Aug
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made