Birds of Serbia

About 400 species of birds live in Serbia. Despite being landlocked, the country’s subtropical climate makes it suitable for multiple avifauna.

Serbia’s national bird is the Eastern Imperial Eagle. Other notable avian species include the European Robin, the Eurasian Jay, and the White Stork.

Birds of Serbia

List of Common Birds Found in Serbia

Native Birds

  • Barn Swallow
  • Blackcap
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Black Redstart
  • Black-tailed Godwit
  • Black Tern
  • Black-winged Stilt
  • Blue Rock Thrush
  • Blue Tit
  • Booted Eagle
  • Eurasian Bullfinch
  • Calandra Lark
  • Caspian Gull
  • Coal Tit
  • Collared Flycatcher
  • Collared Pratincole
  • Common Blackbird
  • Common Buzzard
  • Common Chaffinch
  • Common Crane
  • Common Cuckoo
  • Common Kestrel
  • Common Kingfisher
  • Common Nightingale
  • Common Pochard
  • Common Redshank
  • Common Redstart
  • Common Ringed Plover
  • Common Sandpiper
  • Common Snipe
  • Common Swift
  • Common Tern
  • Common Wood Pigeon 
  • Crested Lark
  • Crested Tit
  • Dunnock
  • Eastern Imperial Eagle
  • Eurasian Blackbird
  • Eurasian Blackcap
  • Eurasian Collared Dove
  • Eurasian Crag Martin
  • Eurasian Cuckoo
  • Eurasian Curlew
  • Eurasian Hobby
  • Eurasian Hoopoe
  • Eurasian Jackdaw
  • Eurasian Jay
  • Eurasian Magpie
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher
  • Eurasian Siskin
  • Eurasian Skylark
  • Eurasian Sparrowhawk
  • Eurasian Teal
  • Eurasian Woodcock
  • Eurasian Wren
  • Eurasian Wryneck
  • European Bee-eater
  • European Blue Tit
  • European Goldfinch
  • European Greenfinch
  • European Green Woodpecker
  • European Honey Buzzard
  • European Nightjar
  • European Pied Flycatcher
  • European Robin
  • European Roller
  • European Scops Owl
  • European Serin
  • European Starling
  • European Stonechat
  • European Turtle Dove
  • Fieldfare
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Greater Short-toed Lark
  • Greater Spotted Eagle
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Great Tit
  • Greenfinch
  • Green Sandpiper
  • Green Woodpecker
  • Gray Wagtail
  • Hawfinch
  • Horned Lark
  • Lesser Spotted Eagle
  • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
  • Little Grebe
  • Little Owl
  • Little Tern
  • Long-tailed Tit
  • Mallard
  • Marsh Tit
  • Mediterranean Gull
  • Merlin
  • Middle Spotted Woodpecker
  • Mistle Thrush
  • Montagu’s Harrier
  • Northern Goshawk
  • Northern House Martin
  • Northern Lapwing
  • Northern Wheatear
  • Eurasian Nuthatch
  • Osprey
  • Pied Avocet
  • Red-breasted Flycatcher
  • Red-footed Falcon
  • Red Kite
  • Red-throated Pipit
  • Ring Ouzel
  • Rock Pipit
  • Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush
  • Sand Martin
  • Short-toed Snake Eagle
  • Song Thrush
  • Spotted Flycatcher
  • Steppe Eagle
  • Stock Dove
  • Syrian Woodpecker
  • Tawny Owl
  • Tawny Pipit
  • Tree Pipit
  • Tufted Duck
  • Water Pipit
  • Western Marsh Harrier
  • Whinchat
  • White Stork
  • White Wagtail
  • White-winged Tern
  • Willow Tit 
  • Wood Lark
  • Wood Sandpiper
  • Yellowhammer 
  • Yellow-legged Gull
  • Yellow Wagtail

Non-native Birds

Some of the best birding sites in Serbia include Gornje Podunavlje, Ludaško Lake, and Carska Bara. The peak season for birding in Serbia typically falls within the spring and early summer months, from April to June.

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