Birds in Ukraine
243 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Ukraine has 243 bird species recorded regularly there: 56 residents, 94 summer visitors, 44 winter visitors, 43 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 597,000 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.
Birds to see in Ukraine in September
184 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Great Tit
Resident

Hooded Crow
Resident

Magpie
Resident

Pied Wagtail
Summer visitor

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Resident

Chiffchaff
Summer visitor

Rock Dove
Resident

Woodpigeon
Summer visitor
Arriving in September: Eurasian Siskin, Mistle Thrush, Common Gull, Eurasian Wigeon, Woodlark, Whooper Swan, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Horned Grebe and 3 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Ukraine each month: most in April (190), fewest in December (118). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug

Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb

Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year

Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
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Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Sep

White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year

Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
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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