Birds to See in Croatia in June
160 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
160 bird species on our list for Croatia are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow and Blackcap. New this month: Goldcrest, Green Sandpiper, Red Kite and Audouin's Gull and 2 more.
Residents
(62)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(70)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Aug
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly May–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Jun–Aug
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every 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