Birds in Croatia
236 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Croatia has 236 bird species recorded regularly there: 62 residents, 70 summer visitors, 54 winter visitors, 44 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 417,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Croatia in September
187 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Hooded Crow
Resident

Great Tit
Resident

Rock Dove
Resident

Yellow-legged Gull
Resident

House Sparrow
Resident

Blackbird
Resident

Eurasian Collared Dove
Resident

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor
Arriving in September: Goldcrest, Tufted Duck, Great Grey Shrike, Eurasian Wigeon, Meadow Pipit, Black-necked Grebe, Eurasian Siskin, Northern Pintail and 11 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Croatia each month: most in April (193), fewest in January (131). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year

Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year

Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year

Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
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Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year

Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year

Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov

Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year

Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year

European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep

Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
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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