Birds to See in Slovakia in February
125 bird species on our list for Slovakia are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blackbird, Buzzard, Blue Tit and Mallard. New this month: Woodpigeon, Song Thrush, Common Starling and Northern Lapwing and 6 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Slovakia’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 125 birds in February
125 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.10% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.42% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.20% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.90% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.81% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.77% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.69% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.66% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.60% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.59% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Feb
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorCommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.54% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.44% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.35% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.23% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.07% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon36–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.05% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
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