Birds of Montenegro

List of Common Birds Found in Montenegro

Native Birds

• Alpine Swift
• Barn Swallow
• Barred Warbler
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black-headed Gull
• Black Stork
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Black-winged Stilt
• Blue Tit
• Booted Eagle
• Brambling
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Carrion Crow
• Cirl Bunting
• Coal Tit
• Common Blackbird
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chaffinch
• Common Cuckoo
• Common Greenshank
• Common Kestrel
• Common Moorhen
• Common Nightingale
• Common Raven
• Common Redpoll
• Common Redstart
• Common Ringed Plover
• Common Starling
• Common Waxbill
• Common Whitethroat
• Common Wood Pigeon 
• Crested Tit
• Curlew Sandpiper
• Dunlin
• Dunnock
• Eurasian Blackbird
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Curlew
• Eurasian Dotterel
• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• Eurasian Green Woodpecker
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Jackdaw
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Linnet
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Nuthatch
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Eurasian Wren
• Eurasian Wryneck
• European Bee-eater
• European Blackcap
• European Chaffinch
• European Golden Plover
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Herring Gull
• European Honey Buzzard
• European Jay
• European Robin
• European Roller
• European Serin
• European Starling
• European Stonechat
• European Turtle Dove
• Firecrest
• Glossy Ibis
• Golden Eagle
• Gray Wagtail
• Great Cormorant
• Greater Spotted Eagle
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Great White Egret
• Gray Heron
• Griffon Vulture
• Hawfinch
• Hen Harrier
• House Martin
• House Sparrow
• Isabelline Wheatear
• Kentish Plover
• Lesser Gray Shrike
• Lesser Spotted Eagle
• Levant Sparrowhawk
• Little Egret
• Little Gull
• Little Ringed Plover
• Long-tailed Tit
• Marsh Tit
• Mediterranean Gull
• Merlin
• Middle Spotted Woodpecker
• Northern Lapwing
• Northern Wheatear
• Ortolan Bunting
• Osprey
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pied Avocet
• Purple Heron
• Pygmy Cormorant
• Red-backed Shrike
• Red Kite
• Red Knot
• Reed Bunting
• Rock Partridge
• Rock Pipit
• Rock Sparrow
• Ruff
• Sand Martin
• Sardinian Warbler
• Short-toed Snake Eagle
• Short-toed Treecreeper
• Spotted Redshank
• Syrian Woodpecker
• Water Pipit
• Water Rail
• Western Marsh Harrier
• White Stork
• White-tailed Eagle
• White Wagtail
• Willow Tit 
• Wood Sandpiper
• Yellowhammer
• Yellow Wagtail

Non-native Birds

• Common Loon
• Common Scoter
• Demoiselle Crane
• Gray Partridge
• Little Bustard
• Marbled Teal
• Sabine’s Gull
• Stilt Sandpiper

Some of the best places to go birdwatching in Montenegro include Skadar Lake National Park, Durmitor National Park, and Lake Biograd. The peak season for birdwatching in Montenegro typically falls during the spring and autumn when the country experiences significant bird migration.