Birds in Slovenia
Our list for Slovenia has 229 bird species recorded regularly there: 65 residents, 72 summer visitors, 39 winter visitors, 49 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
The list comes from 308,000 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.
- Species on our list
- 229
- In October
- 145
- Common
- 116
- Busiest month
- Apr
This month: October
GBIF · OctMost likely
Share of all bird records in Slovenia in October, 2019–2024. “Arriving now” are the birds whose share rises most from last month. Each month links to that month’s page.
The bird calendar for Slovenia
Month by monthWhen each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.
| Bird | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Hooded Crow | ||||||||||||
| Great Tit | ||||||||||||
| Blackbird | ||||||||||||
| Chaffinch | ||||||||||||
| Mallard | ||||||||||||
| Buzzard | ||||||||||||
| European Robin | ||||||||||||
| Grey Heron | ||||||||||||
| Magpie | ||||||||||||
| House Sparrow | ||||||||||||
| Mute Swan | ||||||||||||
| Blue Tit | ||||||||||||
| Blackcap | ||||||||||||
| European Goldfinch | ||||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | ||||||||||||
| Pied Wagtail | ||||||||||||
| Yellow-legged Gull | ||||||||||||
| Chiffchaff | ||||||||||||
| Woodpigeon | ||||||||||||
| Common Starling | ||||||||||||
| Great Cormorant | ||||||||||||
| Eurasian Jay | ||||||||||||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | ||||||||||||
| Eurasian Nuthatch | ||||||||||||
| Kestrel | ||||||||||||
| Rock Dove | ||||||||||||
| Great White Egret | ||||||||||||
| Black-headed Gull | ||||||||||||
| Common Raven | ||||||||||||
| Black Redstart |
The year in Slovenia
Records by month| January | 22,923 |
|---|---|
| February | 16,914 |
| March | 24,257 |
| April | 44,240 |
| May | 34,995 |
| June | 24,448 |
| July | 20,667 |
| August | 29,483 |
| September | 29,036 |
| October | 25,574 |
| November | 18,331 |
| December | 17,499 |
April has the most records (44,000). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
By family
12 of 34- Ducks, Geese & Swans25
- Sandpipers & Snipes21
- Gulls & Terns13
- Finches12
- Old World Flycatchers12
- Hawks & Eagles10
- Herons & Egrets9
- Crows & Jays8
- Owls6
- Plovers & Lapwings6
- Sylviid Warblers6
- Thrushes6
All 34 families in Slovenia
- Tits & Chickadees6
- Wagtails & Pipits6
- Grebes5
- Pigeons & Doves5
- Rails & Coots5
- Buntings4
- Pheasants & Grouse4
- Reed Warblers4
- Swallows & Martins4
- Woodpeckers4
- Falcons3
- Larks3
- Leaf Warblers3
- Shrikes3
- Cormorants & Shags2
- Goldcrests & Kinglets2
- Grasshopper Warblers2
- Ibises & Spoonbills2
- Loons & Divers2
- Old World Sparrows2
- Swifts2
- Treecreepers2
How common
All 229 birds, A to Z
- Alpine Chough
- Alpine Swift
- Arctic Loon
- Avocet
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Barn Owl
- Barn Swallow
- Bearded Tit
- Black Redstart
- Black Tern
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Blackbird
- Blackcap
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Blue Tit
- Bluethroat
- Boreal Owl
- Brambling
- Bullfinch
- Buzzard
- Carrion Crow
Show all 229 birds
- Cattle Egret
- Cetti's Warbler
- Chaffinch
- Chiffchaff
- Cirl Bunting
- Coal Tit
- Common Crane
- Common Gull
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Merganser
- Common Pheasant
- Common Quail
- Common Raven
- Common Redpoll
- Common Redstart
- Common Reed-warbler
- Common Rosefinch
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Shelduck
- Common Snipe
- Common Starling
- Common Swift
- Common Tern
- Coot
- Corn Bunting
- Corncrake
- Crag Martin
- Crested Tit
- Cuckoo
- Curlew
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Dipper
- Dunlin
- Dunnock
- Egyptian Goose
- Eurasian Bittern
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Eurasian Siskin
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Eurasian Wren
- European Bee-eater
- European Goldfinch
- European Green Woodpecker
- European Herring Gull
- European Honey-buzzard
- European Pied Flycatcher
- European Robin
- European Shag
- European Turtle-dove
- Fieldfare
- Firecrest
- Gadwall
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey
- Glossy Ibis
- Goldcrest
- Golden Oriole
- Golden Plover
- Goldeneye
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Grey Shrike
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Great White Egret
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Scaup
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Green Sandpiper
- Greenfinch
- Greenshank
- Grey Heron
- Grey Partridge
- Grey Plover
- Grey Wagtail
- Greylag Goose
- Griffon Vulture
- Gull-billed Tern
- Hawfinch
- Hen Harrier
- Hobby
- Hooded Crow
- Hoopoe
- Horned Grebe
- House Martin
- House Sparrow
- Jack Snipe
- Jackdaw
- Kentish Plover
- Kestrel
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Linnet
- Little Bittern
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Gull
- Little Owl
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Stint
- Little Tern
- Long-eared Owl
- Long-tailed Duck
- Long-tailed Tit
- Magpie
- Mallard
- Mandarin Duck
- Marsh Tit
- Marsh Warbler
- Meadow Pipit
- Mediterranean Gull
- Merlin
- Mistle Thrush
- Montagu's Harrier
- Moorhen
- Moustached Warbler
- Muscovy Duck
- Mute Swan
- Nightingale
- Nightjar
- Northern Goshawk
- Northern Lapwing
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Shoveler
- Osprey
- Pied Wagtail
- Pochard
- Purple Heron
- Red Crossbill
- Red Kite
- Red Knot
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red-necked Grebe
- Red-throated Loon
- Redshank
- Redwing
- Reed Bunting
- Ring Ouzel
- Ringed Plover
- Rock Dove
- Rock Ptarmigan
- Rook
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Sand Martin
- Sanderling
- Sandwich Tern
- Sardinian Warbler
- Savi's Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Serin
- Short-eared Owl
- Short-toed Lark
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Smew
- Song Thrush
- Sparrowhawk
- Spotted Crake
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Spotted Redshank
- Squacco Heron
- Stock Dove
- Stonechat
- Subalpine Warbler
- Tawny Owl
- Temminck's Stint
- Tree Pipit
- Treecreeper
- Tufted Duck
- Velvet Scoter
- Water Pipit
- Water Rail
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Wheatear
- Whimbrel
- Whinchat
- White-tailed Sea-eagle
- White-winged Tern
- Whitethroat
- Willow Tit
- Willow Warbler
- Wood Sandpiper
- Wood Warbler
- Woodchat Shrike
- Woodlark
- Woodpigeon
- Wryneck
- Yellow Wagtail
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Yellowhammer
Questions
3How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Slovenia?
229 species, each recorded regularly in Slovenia (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 65 residents, 72 summer visitors, 39 winter visitors, 49 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Slovenia, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What birds can I see in Slovenia in October?
145 species on our list for Slovenia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Hooded Crow and Blackbird.
What are the most common birds in Slovenia?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Slovenia are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Blackbird, European Robin and Blackcap.
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













