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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Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
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Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jul
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–May
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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