Birds to See in Croatia in July
163 bird species on our list for Croatia are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Yellow-legged Gull, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow and Blackbird. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Garganey, Common Snipe and Greylag Goose and 8 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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 163 birds in July
163 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 4.59% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 4.22% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 3.10% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.52% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.34% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.96% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.65% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.33% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.11% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.03% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Jul
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.56% in Jul
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.49% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.35% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.29% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantRare48–52 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
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