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
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 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