Czech Republic bird checklist

471 bird species in 80 families have been recorded in the Czech Republic, according to eBird; about 310 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 13 Oct 2026 · How these lists are made

The most common birds in the Czech Republic right now

The top 20, and how they are ranked

Czech Republic bird checklist

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Cassowaries and Emu

Rheas

Greater Rhea

Magpie Goose

Magpie Goose

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Wandering Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed 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
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
Upland Goose
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
South African Shelduck
Australian Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Ringed Teal
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Maned Duck
Baikal Teal
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Red Shoveler
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Chiloe Wigeon
Mallard
White-cheeked Pintail
Red-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Yellow-billed Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Yellow-billed Teal
Chestnut Teal
Marbled Duck
Red-crested Pochard
Canvasback
Common Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
King Eider
Common Eider
Velvet Scoter
Common Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common 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
Western Capercaillie
Black Grouse
Gray Partridge
Reeves's Pheasant
Golden Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant
Green Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Common Quail
Red-legged Partridge

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Stock Dove
Common Wood-Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Diamond Dove

Sandgrouse

Pallas's Sandgrouse

Bustards

Great Bustard
Asian Houbara
Little Bustard

Cuckoos

Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Eurasian Nightjar

Swifts

Alpine Swift
Common Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Water Rail
Corn Crake
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
African Swamphen
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake

Cranes

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
Spur-winged Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
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
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

Pratincoles and Coursers

Cream-colored Courser
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua

Auks, Murres, and Puffins

Black Guillemot
Razorbill
Common Murre

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Bonaparte's 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
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern

Flamingos

Chilean Flamingo
American 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

Southern Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Northern Storm-Petrels

European Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Northern Fulmar
Manx Shearwater

Storks

Black Stork
White Stork

Boobies and Gannets

Northern Gannet

Cormorants and Shags

Pygmy Cormorant
Great Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis
African Sacred 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

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Black-winged Kite
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
Levant Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Red Kite
Black Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Steller's Sea-Eagle
Harris's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard

Barn-Owls

Western Barn Owl

Owls

Eurasian Scops-Owl
Snowy Owl
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Ural Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl

Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Bee-eaters

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

Superb Parrot
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Derbyan Parakeet
Australian Ringneck
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Budgerigar
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Fischer's Lovebird
Yellow-collared Lovebird
Lilian's Lovebird

New World and African Parrots

Senegal Parrot
Monk Parakeet
Burrowing Parakeet
Blue-and-yellow Macaw

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
Yellow-billed Chough
Eurasian Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Common Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Coal Tit
Crested Tit
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
Azure Tit
Great Tit

Penduline-Tits

Eurasian Penduline-Tit

Larks

Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Crested Lark
Horned Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandra Lark

Bearded Reedling

Bearded Reedling

Reed Warblers and Allies

Booted Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Aquatic Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Paddyfield 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
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Radde's Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common 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
Asian Desert Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Dartford Warbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Ethiopian White-eye

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
Jungle Myna

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-flanked Bluetail
Red-breasted Flycatcher
European Pied Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Western Black-eared Wheatear

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

Waxbills and Allies

Plum-headed Finch
Zebra Finch

Accentors

Alpine Accentor
Siberian Accentor
Dunnock

Old World Sparrows

House 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
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
Rock Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Chaffinch
Brambling
Hawfinch
Common Rosefinch
Long-tailed Rosefinch
Pine Grosbeak
Eurasian Bullfinch
Trumpeter Finch
European Greenfinch
Twite
Eurasian Linnet
Redpoll
Parrot Crossbill
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
European Goldfinch
Citril Finch
European Serin
Island Canary
Eurasian Siskin

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting

Old World Buntings

Corn Bunting
Rock Bunting
Cirl Bunting
Yellowhammer
Pine Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Reed Bunting
Little Bunting
Rustic Bunting

Most common birds in Czech Republic

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 Czech Republic’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus
Rock PigeonColumba livia
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Eurasian JackdawColoeus monedula
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Eurasian LinnetLinaria cannabina
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis

Largest bird families in Czech Republic

Among its regular birds.

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl42
Sandpipers and Allies26
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers20
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites16
Old World Flycatchers14
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies14
Woodpeckers10
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns9

Reported in the last 30 days

235 species reported to eBird in Czech Republic in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Black Redstart, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Eurasian Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Gray Shrike, Common Wood-Pigeon, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Green Woodpecker, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Rock Pigeon, European Starling, Eurasian Jackdaw, Eurasian Linnet, European Robin, Marsh Tit, European Greenfinch, Goldcrest, European Goldfinch, Black Woodpecker, Yellowhammer, Stock Dove, Eurasian Skylark, Red Kite, Mallard, Gray Heron, Eurasian Moorhen, Common Buzzard, Common Chiffchaff, Carrion Crow, Graylag Goose, Hawfinch, White Wagtail, Eurasian Jay, European Stonechat, Brambling, …