Birds of the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is home to over 400 avian species living in the nation’s hills and mountains. The country’s temperate climate suits these birds, many of which pass through while migrating.

The national bird of the Czech Republic is the Common Kingfisher. Other notable species include the Eurasian Blue Tit, the White Wagtail, and the Eurasian Wren.

List of Common Birds Found in the Czech Republic

Native Birds

Barn Owl
Barn Swallow
Bearded Reedling
Bearded Tit
Bee-eater
Black-headed Bunting
Black-headed Gull
Black Tern
Black Woodpecker
Blue Tit
Booted Warbler
Brambling
Carrion Crow
Cetti’s Warbler
Chiffchaff
Coal Tit
Common Blackbird
Common Buzzard
Common Chaffinch
Common Crossbill
Common Cuckoo
Common House Martin
Common Kestrel
Common Kingfisher
Common Moorhen
Common Raven
Common Redpoll
Common Redstart
Common Sandpiper
Common Swift
Common Tern
Common Treecreeper
Common Whitethroat
Common Wood Pigeon
Corn Bunting
Cream-colored Courser
Crested Tit
Dunnock
Eurasian Bittern
Eurasian Blackcap
Eurasian Blue Tit
Eurasian Bullfinch
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Jackdaw
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Linnet
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian Penduline-tit
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Eurasian Scops Owl
Eurasian Siskin
Eurasian Skylark
Eurasian Treecreeper
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Eurasian Wren
European Chaffinch
European Goldfinch
European Greenfinch
European Green Woodpecker
European Honey Buzzard
European Robin
European Serin
European Starling
European Turtle Dove
Fieldfare
Firecrest
Garden Warbler
Goldcrest
Great Reed Warbler
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Green Sandpiper
Gray Heron
Gray Wagtail
Hawfinch
Herring Gull
House Sparrow
Lesser Gray Shrike
Lesser Whitethroat
Little Grebe
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Long-tailed Tit
Mallard
Marsh Tit
Mistle Thrush
Pallas’s Sandgrouse
Penduline Tit
Pied Flycatcher
Red-backed Shrike
Red Kite
Red-throated Loon
Redwing
Reed Bunting
River Warbler
Rock Dove
Rook
Sedge Warbler
Short-toed Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Spotted Flycatcher
Stock Dove
Tawny Owl
Tree Pipit
Water Rail
White Stork
White-tailed Eagle
White-throated Dipper
White Wagtail
Willow Tit
Willow Warbler
Wood Pigeon
Wood Sandpiper
Yellowhammer
American Wigeon
Arctic Tern
Audouin’s Gull
Baird’s Sandpiper
Barnacle Goose
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black Kite
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-winged Kite
Blue-winged Teal
Bonaparte’s Gull
Bonelli’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Brant
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Cackling Goose
Canvasback
Caspian Gull
Caspian Tern
Cinereous Vulture
Common Eider
Common Goldeneye
Common Greenshank
Common Gull
Common Merganser
Common Pochard
Common Redshank
Common Scoter
Common Snipe
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Egyptian Vulture
Eurasian Curlew
Eurasian Griffon
Eurasian Marsh-harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian Woodcock
Ferruginous Duck
Gadwall
Garganey
Glaucous Gull
Golden Eagle
Graylag Goose
Great Black-backed Gull
Greater Flamingo
Greater Scaup
Greater Spotted Eagle
Greater White-fronted Goose
Greater Yellowlegs
Great Snipe
Green-winged Teal
Gull-billed Tern
Hen Harrier
Iceland Gull
Imperial Eagle
Jack Snipe
King Eider
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Lesser Yellowlegs
Levant Sparrowhawk
Little Gull
Little Stint
Little Tern
Long-legged Buzzard
Long-tailed Duck
Marbled Teal
Marsh Sandpiper
Mediterranean Gull
Montagu’s Harrier
Mute Swan
Northern Goshawk
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Pallas’s Gull
Pallid Harrier
Pectoral Sandpiper
Pink-footed Goose
Purple Sandpiper
Red-breasted Goose
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-crested Pochard
Red Knot
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Stint
Red Phalarope
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Duck
Rough-legged Hawk
Ruddy Duck
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Sabine’s Gull
Sanderling
Sandwich Tern
Short-toed Snake-eagle
Slender-billed Curlew
Slender-billed Gull
Smew
Snow Goose
Spotted Redshank
Steller’s Eider
Steppe Eagle
Taiga Bean-goose
Temminck’s Stint
Terek Sandpiper
Tufted Duck
Tundra Bean-goose
Tundra Swan
Velvet Scoter
Whimbrel
Whiskered Tern
White-headed Duck
White-rumped Sandpiper
White-winged Tern
Whooper Swan
Yellow-legged Gull

Non-native Birds

African Sacred Ibis
Canada Goose
Egyptian Goose
Mandarin Duck
Reeves’s Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant
Rock Pigeon
Wood Duck

The Czech Republic offers a variety of excellent birding sites for enthusiasts like wildlife photographers and ornithologists. Some of the best birding locations in the country include Šumava National Park, Podyjí National Park, and Lednice-Valtice Complex. The best time to see these birds is in the spring, as most are nesting and breeding during this time.