Birds in Latvia
215 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Latvia has 215 bird species recorded regularly there: 36 residents, 92 summer visitors, 26 winter visitors, 57 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 163,000 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 Latvia in September
135 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Great Tit
Resident
Hooded Crow
Resident
Blue Tit
Resident
Chaffinch
Summer visitor
Chiffchaff
Summer visitor
Pied Wagtail
Summer visitor
Common Raven
Winter visitor
Mallard
Resident
Arriving in September: Greater White-fronted Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Brambling, Greater Scaup, Rough-legged Hawk, Eurasian Woodcock, Rock Pipit, Nightjar and 3 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Latvia each month: most in May (186), fewest in December (77). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–May
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
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Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Aug
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
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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