Austria bird checklist
427 bird species in 69 families have been recorded in Austria, according to eBird; about 304 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.
Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made
The most common birds in Austria right now
1Barn Swallow
2Rock Pigeon
3Great Cormorant
4Mallard
5Eurasian Siskin
6House Sparrow
7Hooded Crow
8Common Merganser
9European Starling
10Eurasian Blackbird
Austria bird checklist
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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Bar-headed Goose
- Emperor Goose
- Snow Goose
- Graylag Goose
- Swan Goose
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Taiga Bean-Goose
- Tundra Bean-Goose
- Pink-footed Goose
- Brant
- Barnacle Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Canada Goose
- Hawaiian Goose
- Red-breasted Goose
- Mute Swan
- Black Swan
- Black-necked Swan
- Tundra Swan
- Whooper Swan
- Egyptian Goose
- Ruddy Shelduck
- South African Shelduck
- Common Shelduck
- Muscovy Duck
- Ringed Teal
- Wood Duck
- Mandarin Duck
- Maned Duck
- Baikal Teal
- Garganey
- Silver Teal
- Blue-winged Teal
- Northern Shoveler
- Gadwall
- Falcated Duck
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Chiloe Wigeon
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Mallard
- White-cheeked Pintail
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Chestnut Teal
- Marbled Duck
- Red-crested Pochard
- Common Pochard
- Ring-necked Duck
- Ferruginous Duck
- Tufted Duck
- Greater Scaup
- Common Eider
- Velvet Scoter
- Common Scoter
- Long-tailed Duck
- Common Goldeneye
- Barrow's Goldeneye
- Smew
- Hooded Merganser
- Common Merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Ruddy Duck
- White-headed Duck
Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Wild Turkey
- Hazel Grouse
- Rock Ptarmigan
- Western Capercaillie
- Black Grouse
- Gray Partridge
- Reeves's Pheasant
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Indian Peafowl
- Red Junglefowl
- Common Quail
- Rock Partridge
Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- Stock Dove
- Common Wood-Pigeon
- European Turtle-Dove
- Oriental Turtle-Dove
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Red Collared-Dove
Bustards
- Great Bustard
- Little Bustard
Cuckoos
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Common Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies
- Eurasian Nightjar
Swifts
- Alpine Swift
- Common Swift
- Pallid Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Water Rail
- Corn Crake
- Spotted Crake
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Eurasian Coot
- Little Crake
- Baillon's Crake
Cranes
- Demoiselle Crane
- Common Crane
Thick-knees
- Eurasian Thick-knee
Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt
- Pied Avocet
Oystercatchers
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
Plovers and Lapwings
- Black-bellied Plover
- European Golden-Plover
- American Golden-Plover
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Common Ringed Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Northern Lapwing
- Sociable Lapwing
- White-tailed Lapwing
- Greater Sand-Plover
- Kentish Plover
Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Eurasian Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Jack Snipe
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Great Snipe
- Common Snipe
- Red Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Spotted Redshank
- Common Greenshank
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Red Knot
- Ruff
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Temminck's Stint
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Purple Sandpiper
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Little Stint
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Collared Pratincole
- Black-winged Pratincole
Skuas and Jaegers
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Great Skua
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Little Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Sabine's Gull
- Slender-billed Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Pallas's Gull
- Audouin's Gull
- Mediterranean Gull
- Common Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- Caspian Gull
- European Herring Gull
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Little Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- Black Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Common Tern
- Sandwich Tern
- Lesser Crested Tern
Flamingos
- Chilean Flamingo
- Greater Flamingo
Grebes
- Little Grebe
- Horned Grebe
- Red-necked Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe
- Eared Grebe
Loons
- Red-throated Loon
- Arctic Loon
- Common Loon
- Yellow-billed Loon
Storks
- Black Stork
- White Stork
Cormorants and Shags
- Pygmy Cormorant
- Great Cormorant
Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis
- African Sacred Ibis
- Northern Bald Ibis
- Eurasian Spoonbill
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Eurasian Bittern
- Little Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Little Egret
- Squacco Heron
- Western Cattle-Egret
- Great Egret
- Gray Heron
- Purple Heron
Pelicans
- Great White Pelican
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Dalmatian Pelican
Osprey
- Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black-winged Kite
- Bearded Vulture
- Egyptian Vulture
- European Honey-buzzard
- Cinereous Vulture
- Eurasian Griffon
- Short-toed Snake-Eagle
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Greater Spotted Eagle
- Booted Eagle
- Steppe Eagle
- Imperial Eagle
- Golden Eagle
- Bonelli's Eagle
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Goshawk
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Hen Harrier
- Pallid Harrier
- Montagu's Harrier
- Red Kite
- Black Kite
- White-tailed Eagle
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Common Buzzard
- Long-legged Buzzard
Barn-Owls
- Western Barn Owl
Owls
- Eurasian Scops-Owl
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl
- Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
- Little Owl
- Tawny Owl
- Ural Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- Boreal Owl
Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe
Bee-eaters
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- European Bee-eater
Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher
Rollers
- European Roller
Woodpeckers
- Eurasian Wryneck
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker
- White-backed Woodpecker
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Syrian Woodpecker
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Gray-headed Woodpecker
- Eurasian Green Woodpecker
- Black Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
- Lesser Kestrel
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Red-footed Falcon
- Merlin
- Eurasian Hobby
- Saker Falcon
- Peregrine Falcon
Cockatoos
- Cockatiel
Old World Parrots
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Budgerigar
Old World Orioles
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
Shrikes
- Red-backed Shrike
- Great Gray Shrike
- Lesser Gray Shrike
- Woodchat Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Magpie
- Northern Nutcracker
- Red-billed Chough
- Yellow-billed Chough
- Eurasian Jackdaw
- Rook
- Carrion Crow
- Hooded Crow
- Pied Crow
- Common Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
- Coal Tit
- Crested Tit
- Marsh Tit
- Willow Tit
- Eurasian Blue Tit
- Great Tit
Penduline-Tits
- Eurasian Penduline-Tit
Larks
- Wood Lark
- Eurasian Skylark
- Crested Lark
- Horned Lark
- Greater Short-toed Lark
- Bimaculated Lark
- Calandra Lark
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Bearded Reedling
- Bearded Reedling
Cisticolas and Allies
- Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Melodious Warbler
- Icterine Warbler
- Aquatic Warbler
- Moustached Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Blyth's Reed Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Common Reed Warbler
- Great Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
- River Warbler
- Savi's Warbler
- Common Grasshopper Warbler
Swallows
- Bank Swallow
- Eurasian Crag-Martin
- Barn Swallow
- Western House-Martin
- European Red-rumped Swallow
Leaf Warblers
- Wood Warbler
- Western Bonelli's Warbler
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Hume's Warbler
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler
- Dusky Warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Common Chiffchaff
- Iberian Chiffchaff
- Greenish Warbler
Bush Warblers and Allies
- Cetti's Warbler
Long-tailed Tits
- Long-tailed Tit
Sylviid Warblers and Allies
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Garden Warbler
- Barred Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Sardinian Warbler
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler
- Greater Whitethroat
- Spectacled Warbler
Kinglets
- Goldcrest
- Common Firecrest
Wallcreeper
- Wallcreeper
Nuthatches
- Eurasian Nuthatch
Treecreepers
- Eurasian Treecreeper
- Short-toed Treecreeper
Wrens
- Eurasian Wren
Dippers
- White-throated Dipper
Starlings
- European Starling
- Rosy Starling
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes and Allies
- Mistle Thrush
- Song Thrush
- Redwing
- Eurasian Blackbird
- Fieldfare
- Ring Ouzel
- Black-throated Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
- Spotted Flycatcher
- European Robin
- Thrush Nightingale
- Common Nightingale
- Bluethroat
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Semicollared Flycatcher
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Collared Flycatcher
- Common Redstart
- Black Redstart
- Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
- Whinchat
- European Stonechat
- Siberian Stonechat
- Northern Wheatear
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Desert Wheatear
- Pied Wheatear
Waxwings
- Bohemian Waxwing
Accentors
- Alpine Accentor
- Dunnock
Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow
- Italian Sparrow
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- White-winged Snowfinch
Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- Citrine Wagtail
- White Wagtail
- Richard's Pipit
- Tawny Pipit
- Meadow Pipit
- Tree Pipit
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
- Water Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
- Common Chaffinch
- Brambling
- Hawfinch
- Common Rosefinch
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- European Greenfinch
- Twite
- Eurasian Linnet
- Redpoll
- Red Crossbill
- European Goldfinch
- Citril Finch
- European Serin
- Eurasian Siskin
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Lapland Longspur
- Snow Bunting
Old World Buntings
- Black-headed Bunting
- Corn Bunting
- Rock Bunting
- Cirl Bunting
- Yellowhammer
- Pine Bunting
- Ortolan Bunting
- Reed Bunting
- Little Bunting
- Rustic Bunting
- Chestnut Bunting
Most common birds in Austria
Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Austria’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Great TitParus major
- Eurasian JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Largest bird families in Austria
Among its regular birds.
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl40
- Sandpipers and Allies25
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers18
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites18
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies14
- Old World Flycatchers13
- Woodpeckers10
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies9
Reported in the last 30 days
235 species reported to eBird in Austria in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:
Eurasian Blackbird, Common Kingfisher, Black Redstart, Eurasian Siskin, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Rock Pigeon, Great Cormorant, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Mallard, Common Merganser, Eurasian Blue Tit, Yellow-legged Gull, Eurasian Jackdaw, Common Chiffchaff, Carrion Crow, Common Chaffinch, Mute Swan, European Serin, European Goldfinch, European Starling, Common Wood-Pigeon, Eurasian Kestrel, Eurasian Wren, Ring-necked Pheasant, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Common Raven, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Gray Heron, Fieldfare, Eurasian Green Woodpecker, European Robin, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Curlew, Syrian Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Eurasian Bullfinch, Red Crossbill, …
Get to know some of them
Black Redstart
Great Tit
Eurasian Jackdaw
Common Chaffinch
Eurasian Blue Tit
Mute Swan
Common Wood-Pigeon
European Goldfinch
Common Chiffchaff
Common Kingfisher
Carrion Crow
Gray Heron
Common Raven
Ring-necked Pheasant