Birds to See in Romania in July
176 bird species on our list for Romania are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, House Martin and Magpie. New this month: Eurasian Siskin, Willow Warbler, Common Snipe and Meadow Pipit and 9 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Romania’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 176 birds in July
176 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.19% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.04% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.60% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.23% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.08% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.82% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.79% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.73% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.57% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.34% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.11% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantUncommon60–87 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
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