Birds of Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country, with over 40% covered in forests. However, plenty of rivers pass through it, and the nation has around 11,000 lakes. This makes the nation a suitable home to the 350 avian species living there.

The White Stork is the national bird of Belarus, where it is a common sight. It often constructs its nest on the top of tall trees, concrete posts, or roofs of certain houses, with people encouraging them to do so.

Birds of Belarus

List of Birds Found in Belarus

Native Birds

Accentors

  • Dunnock

Cranes

  • Common Crane

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

  • Eurasian Jackdaw
  • Eurasian Jay
  • Eurasian Magpie

Cuckoos

  • Common Cuckoo

Falcons and Caracaras

  • Eurasian Hobby
  • Eurasian Kestrel
  • Merlin
  • Peregrine Falcon

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

  • Common Chaffinch
  • Eurasian Bullfinch
  • Eurasian Siskin
  • European Goldfinch
  • European Greenfinch
  • Hawfinch

Grebes

  • Eared Grebe
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Little Grebe
  • Red-necked Grebe

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

  • Black-headed Gull
  • Black Tern
  • Caspian Gull
  • Common Gull
  • Common Tern
  • Herring Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Little Tern
  • White-winged Tern

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

  • Common Buzzard
  • Eurasian Sparrowhawk
  • European Honey-buzzard
  • Lesser Spotted Eagle
  • Montagu’s Harrier
  • Northern Goshawk
  • Rough-legged Hawk
  • White-tailed Eagle

Kingfishers

  • Common Kingfisher

Larks

  • Eurasian Skylark
  • Wood Lark

Nightjars and Allies

  • Eurasian Nightjar

Old World Flycatchers

  • Black Redstart
  • Bluethroat
  • Common Redstart
  • European Robin
  • Northern Wheatear
  • Thrush Nightingale
  • Whinchat

Old World Sparrows

Osprey

  • Osprey

Owls

Oystercatchers

  • Eurasian Oystercatcher

Pigeons and Doves

  • Common Wood-pigeon
  • Eurasian Collared-dove
  • European Turtle-dove
  • Stock Dove

Plovers and Lapwings

  • Black-bellied Plover
  • Common Ringed Plover
  • European Golden-plover
  • Little Ringed Plover
  • Northern Lapwing

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

  • Eurasian Coot
  • Eurasian Moorhen

Sandpipers and Allies

  • Black-tailed Godwit
  • Common Redshank
  • Common Sandpiper
  • Common Snipe
  • Eurasian Curlew
  • Eurasian Woodcock
  • Green Sandpiper
  • Ruff
  • Spotted Redshank
  • Whimbrel
  • Wood Sandpiper

Stilts and Avocets

  • Black-winged Stilt

Storks

  • White Stork

Swallows

  • Bank Swallow
  • Barn Swallow
  • Common House-martin

Sylviid warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies

  • Eurasian Blackcap

Thrushes and Allies

  • Eurasian Blackbird

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

  • Blue Tit
  • Coal Tit
  • Crested Tit
  • Great Tit
  • Marsh Tit
  • Willow Tit

Wagtails and Pipits

  • Meadow Pipit
  • Tree Pipit
  • Western Yellow Wagtail
  • White Wagtail

Woodpeckers

  • Black Woodpecker
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Gray-headed Woodpecker

Non-native Birds

  • Arctic Loon
  • Arctic Tern
  • Bar-tailed Godwit
  • Common Greenshank
  • Common Nightingale
  • Eurasian Green Woodpecker
  • European Stonechat
  • Gray Wagtail
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Greater Spotted Eagle
  • Great Snipe
  • Hen Harrier
  • Horned Grebe
  • Jack Snipe
  • Pied Avocet
  • Red-throated Loon
  • Sandwich Tern
  • Yellow-legged Gull

Thanks to its varied ecosystems, several spots in Belarus are popular among bird enthusiasts.  Some well-known bird-watching sites visitors must see include Pripyatsky National Park, Braslav Lakes National Park, and Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve.

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