Birds from Slovenian Coast Region

Quick Index

Divers & Grebes

  • Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata
  • Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
  • Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
  • White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii
  • Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
  • Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
  • Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
  • Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
  • Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

Albatross, Petrels & Shearwaters

  • Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
  • Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan

Gannet, Cormorants, Frigatebird

  • Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
  • Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Herons

  • Bittern Botaurus stellaris
  • Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
  • Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
  • Little Egret Egretta garzetta
  • Great White Egret Egretta alba
  • Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
  • Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

Storks, Ibis, Spoonbill

  • Black Stork Ciconia nigra
  • White Stork Ciconia ciconia
  • Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
  • Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

Wildfowl

  • Mute Swan Cygnus olor
  • Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
  • Bean Goose Anser fabalis
  • Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
  • White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
  • Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
  • Greylag Goose Anser anser
  • Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
  • Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
  • Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
  • Wigeon Anas penelope
  • Gadwall Anas strepera
  • Teal Anas crecca
  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Pintail Anas acuta
  • Garganey Anas querquedula
  • Shoveler Anas clypeata
  • Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
  • Pochard Aythya ferina
  • Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
  • Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
  • Scaup Aythya marila
  • Eider Somateria mollissima
  • Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
  • Common Scoter Melanitta nigra nigra
  • Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
  • Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
  • Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
  • Smew Mergellus albellus
  • Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
  • Goosander Mergus merganser

Raptors

  • Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
  • Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans
  • Red Kite Milvus milvus
  • White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
  • Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
  • Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
  • Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
  • Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
  • Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
  • Goshawk Accipter gentilis
  • Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
  • Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
  • Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
  • Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
  • Golden Eagle Aquila chrystaetos
  • Osprey Pandion haliaetus
  • Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
  • Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
  • Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
  • Merlin Falco columbarius
  • Hobby Falco subbuteo
  • Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
  • Peregrine Falco peregrinus

Game Birds

  • Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
  • Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
  • Quail Coturnix coturnix
  • Pheasant Phasianus colchicus

Rails and Crakes

  • Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
  • Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
  • Little Crake Porzana parva
  • Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
  • Corncrake Crex crex
  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
  • Coot Fulica atra

Cranes & Bustards

  • Crane Grus grus

Waders

  • Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
  • Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
  • Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
  • Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
  • Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
  • Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
  • Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
  • Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
  • Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
  • Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
  • Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
  • Knot Calidris canutus
  • Sanderling Calidris alba
  • Little Stint Calidris minuta
  • Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
  • Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
  • Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
  • Dunlin Calidris alpina
  • Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
  • Ruff Philomachus pugnax
  • Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
  • Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
  • Great Snipe Gallinago media
  • Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
  • Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
  • Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
  • Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
  • Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
  • Curlew Numenius arquata
  • Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
  • Redshank Tringa totanus
  • Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
  • Greenshank Tringa nebularia
  • Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
  • Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
  • Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
  • Turnstone Arenaria interpres
  • Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
  • Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

Skuas & Gulls

  • Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
  • Little Gull Larus minutus
  • Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
  • Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
  • Common Gull Larus canus
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
  • Herring Gull Larus argentatus
  • Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans
  • Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
  • Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
  • Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

Terns

  • Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
  • Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
  • Common Tern Sterna hirundo
  • Little Tern Sterna albifrons
  • Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
  • Black Tern Chlidonias niger
  • White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus

Doves, Parakeet

  • Rock Dove Columba livia
  • Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
  • Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
  • Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
  • Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri

Cuckoos

  • Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
  • Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Owls

  • Barn Owl Tyto alba
  • Scops Owl Otus scops
  • Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
  • Little Owl Athene noctua
  • Tawny Owl Strix aluco
  • Long-eared Owl Asio otus
  • Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
  • Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus

Nightjars

  • Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus

Swifts

  • Swift Apus apus
  • Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
  • Alpine Swift Apus melba

Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Roller, Hoopoe

  • Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
  • Bee-eater Merops apiaster
  • Roller Coracias garrulus
  • Hoopoe Upupa epops

Woodpeckers, Phoebe

  • Wryneck Jynx torquilla
  • Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
  • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor

Passerines

Larks

  • Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
  • Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
  • Crested Lark Galerida cristata
  • Woodlark Lullula arborea
  • Skylark Alauda arvensis

Swallows & Martins

  • Sand Martin Riparia riparia
  • Swallow Hirundo rustica
  • Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
  • House Martin Delichon urbica

Pipits & Wagtails

  • Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
  • Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
  • Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
  • Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
  • Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
  • Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
  • Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
  • Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
  • Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba

Waxwing, Wren, Dipper, Chats

  • Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
  • Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
  • Dunnock Prunella modularis
  • Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
  • Robin Erithacus rubecula
  • Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
  • Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
  • Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
  • Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
  • Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
  • Stonechat Saxicola torquata
  • Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
  • Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica

Thrushes

  • Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
  • Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
  • Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
  • Blackbird Turdus merula
  • Black-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
  • Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
  • Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
  • Redwing Turdus iliacus
  • Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus

Warblers

  • Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
  • Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis
  • Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
  • River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
  • Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
  • Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
  • Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
  • Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
  • Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
  • Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
  • Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
  • Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
  • Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
  • Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans
  • Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
  • Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis
  • Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
  • Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
  • Whitethroat Sylvia communis
  • Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
  • Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
  • Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
  • Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Crests, Flycatchers, Tits

  • Goldcrest Regulus regulus
  • Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus
  • Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
  • Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
  • Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
  • Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
  • Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus
  • Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
  • Marsh Tit Parus palustris
  • Crested Tit Parus cristatus
  • Coal Tit Parus ater
  • Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
  • Great Tit Parus major

Nuthatches, Creepers, Penduline Tit, Golden Oriole

  • Nuthatch Sitta europaea
  • Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
  • Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
  • Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
  • Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
  • Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus

Shrikes

  • Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
  • Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
  • Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
  • Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator

Crows

  • Jay Garrulus glandarius
  • Magpie Pica pica
  • Jackdaw Corvus monedula
  • Rook Corvus frugilegus
  • Carrion / Hooded Crow Corvus corone
  • Raven Corvus corax

Starlings, Sparrows

  • Starling Sturnus vulgaris
  • Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus
  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus
  • Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
  • Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
  • Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia

Finches

  • Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
  • Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
  • Serin Serinus serinus
  • Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
  • Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
  • Siskin Carduelis spinus
  • Linnet Carduelis cannabina
  • Twite Carduelis flavirostris
  • Redpoll Carduelis flammea cabaret
  • Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
  • Scarlet Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
  • Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
  • Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Buntings

  • Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus
  • Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
  • Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
  • Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
  • Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
  • Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
  • Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
  • Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
  • Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
  • Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
  • Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
  • Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
  • Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra

To see Bird List for SLOVENIA click here: SLOLIST

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