Common Birds in Croatia
Our list for Croatia has 104 common birds recorded regularly there: 47 residents, 28 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Croatia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 104, most common first
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
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