Birds to See in Croatia in February
138 bird species on our list for Croatia are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Blackbird, House Sparrow and Rock Dove. New this month: Blackcap, Serin, Blue Rock-thrush and Cetti's Warbler and 10 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 138 birds in February
138 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.13% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.56% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.93% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.78% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.76% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.72% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.53% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.49% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.46% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.45% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.45% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.44% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.30% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.21% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.16% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Feb · 0.16% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.15% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Feb
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Feb
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coronePassage migrantUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantRare87–100 cmRegularly Feb · 0.03% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
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