Birds of Slovakia

No. English name / Scientific name
1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor
2 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
3 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
4 Bean Goose Anser fabalis
5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
8 Greylag Goos Anser anser
9 Canada Goose Branta canadensis
10 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
11 Brant Goose Branta bernicla
12 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
14 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
15 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
17 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
18 Gadwall Anas strepera
19 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
21 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
22 Garganey Anas querquedula
23 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
25 Common Pochard Aythya ferina
26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
29 Greater Scaup Aythya marila
30 Common Eider Somateria mollissima
31 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
35 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
36 Smew Mergellus albellus
37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
38 Common Merganser Mergus merganser
39 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
40 Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
41 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
42 Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
44 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
45 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
46 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
47 Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
48 Great Northern Loon Gavia immer
49 Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
50 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
53 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
55 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
56 White Stork Ciconia ciconia
57 Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
58 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
59 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
60 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
61 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
62 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
63 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
64 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
65 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
66 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
67 Great Egret Ardea alba
68 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
69 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
70 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
71 Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmeus
72 European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
73 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
74 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
75 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
76 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
77 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
78 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
79 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
80 Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
81 Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
82 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
83 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
84 Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
85 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
86 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
87 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
88 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
89 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
90 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
91 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
92 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
93 Red Kite Milvus milvus
94 Black Kite Milvus migrans
95 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
96 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
97 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
98 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
99 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
100 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
101 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
102 Merlin Falco columbarius
103 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
104 Saker Falcon Falco cherrug
105 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
106 Great Bustard Otis tarda
107 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
108 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
109 Corn Crake Crex crex
110 Little Crake Porzana parva
111 Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla
112 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
113 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
114 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
115 Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
116 Common Crane Grus grus
117 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
118 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
119 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
120 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
121 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
122 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
123 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
124 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
125 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
126 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
127 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
128 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
129 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
130 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
131 Great Snipe Gallinago media
132 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
133 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
134 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
135 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
136 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
137 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
138 Common Redshank Tringa totanus
139 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
140 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
141 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
142 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
143 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
144 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
145 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
146 Red Knot Calidris canutus
147 Sanderling Calidris alba
148 Little Stint Calidris minuta
149 Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
150 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
151 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
152 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
153 Dunlin Calidris alpina
154 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
155 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
156 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
157 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
158 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
159 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
160 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
161 Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini
162 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
163 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
164 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
165 Mew Gull Larus canus
166 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
167 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
168 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
169 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
170 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
171 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
172 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
173 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
174 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
175 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
176 Little Tern Sternula albifrons
177 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
178 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
179 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
180 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
181 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
182 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
183 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
184 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
185 Common Pigeon Columba livia
186 Stock Dove Columba oenas
187 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
188 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur

No. English name / Scientific name
189 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
190 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
191 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
192 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
193 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
194 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
195 Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
196 Tawny Owl Strix aluco
197 Ural Owl Strix uralensis
198 Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula
199 Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
200 Little Owl Athene noctua
201 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
202 Long-eared Owl Asio otus
203 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
204 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
205 Common Swift Apus apus
206 European Roller Coracias garrulus
207 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
208 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
209 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
210 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
211 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor
212 Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius
213 White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
214 Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
215 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
216 Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
217 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
218 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
219 Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
220 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
221 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
222 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
223 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
224 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
225 Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus
226 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
227 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
228 Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
229 Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
230 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
231 Rook Corvus frugilegus
232 Carrion Cow Corvus corone
233 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
234 Northern Raven Corvus corax
235 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
236 Coal Tit Periparus ater
237 European Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
238 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
239 Willow Tit Poecile montanus
240 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
241 Great Tit Parus major
242 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
243 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
244 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
245 Crested Lark Galerida cristata
246 Woodlark Lullula arborea
247 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
248 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
249 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
250 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
251 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
252 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
253 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
254 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
255 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
256 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
257 Pallas’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
258 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
259 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
260 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
261 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
262 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
263 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
264 Blyth´s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
265 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
266 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
267 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
268 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
269 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
270 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
271 Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides
272 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
273 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
274 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
275 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
276 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
277 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
278 Goldcrest Regulus regulus
279 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
280 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
281 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
282 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
283 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
284 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
285 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
286 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
287 Common Blackbird Turdus merula
288 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
289 Redwing Turdus iliacus
290 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
291 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
292 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
293 European Robin Erithacus rubecula
294 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
295 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
296 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
297 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
298 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
299 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
300 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
301 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
302 Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
303 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
304 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
305 Common Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
306 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
307 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
308 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
309 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
310 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
311 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
312 White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis
313 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
314 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
315 Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis
316 Dunnock Prunella modularis
317 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
318 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
319 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
320 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
321 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
322 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
323 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
324 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
325 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
326 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
327 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
328 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
329 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
330 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
331 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
332 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
333 Twite Linaria flavirostris
334 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
335 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
336 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni
337 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
338 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
339 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
340 European Serin Serinus serinus
341 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
342 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
343 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
344 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
345 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
346 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
347 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
348 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
349 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
       Not recorded since 1949
350 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
351 Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
352 Pallas’s Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
       Not recorded after 1980
353 Macqueen’s Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii
354 Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
355 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
356 Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
357 Western Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
       Escapes (not included in the official list)
358 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
359 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
360 Black Swan Cygnus atratus
361 Wood Duck Aix sponsa
362 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
363 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
364 Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
365 Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca
366 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
367 Reeve’s Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii
368 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
369 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
370 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
371 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo

English and scientific names and taxonomy: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird List (v 4.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.4.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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