Birds in Netherlands
289 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Netherlands has 289 bird species recorded regularly there: 101 residents, 73 summer visitors, 67 winter visitors, 41 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 2.3 million 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 Netherlands in September
225 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Woodpigeon
Resident
Carrion Crow
Resident
Mallard
Resident
Black-headed Gull
Resident
Coot
Resident
Grey Heron
Resident
Great Cormorant
Resident
Jackdaw
Resident
Arriving in September: Greater White-fronted Goose, Redwing, Eurasian Siskin, Brambling, Brent Goose, Red-breasted Merganser, Rock Pipit, Whooper Swan and 19 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Netherlands each month: most in May (227), fewest in February (190). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–May
Dotterel
Eudromias morinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
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Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescensLC
Regularly Jul–May
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Jul–May
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Auk
Alle alleLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Regularly Dec
Ross's Goose
Anser rossiiLC
Regularly Oct–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