Birds to See in Slovenia in July
162 bird species on our list for Slovenia are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Blackbird, Blackcap, Hooded Crow and European Goldfinch. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Common Snipe, Ruff and Dunlin and 6 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
House MartinBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
Black RedstartBusiest month of the year · All year
Spotted FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Common TernBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
European Honey-buzzardBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
From Slovenia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 162 birds in July
162 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.24% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.89% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.37% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.25% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.09% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.04% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.95% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.90% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.80% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.43% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.41% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.28% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.21% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.11% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.09% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.06% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 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

