Birds to See in Slovakia in July
167 bird species on our list for Slovakia are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, House Martin, Blackbird, Barn Swallow and Blackcap. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Common Merganser, Common Snipe and Greenshank and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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 167 birds in July
167 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.11% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.56% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.47% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.29% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.29% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.71% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.63% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.48% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.37% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.33% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.14% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.14% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.81% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.81% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.80% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.66% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.54% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.53% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.42% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.37% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.27% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.27% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.23% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.22% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon36–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.07% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.06% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.06% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 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