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
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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