Common Birds in Slovenia
Our list for Slovenia has 116 common birds recorded regularly there: 52 residents, 36 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Slovenia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 116, most common first
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
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