This checklist includes all bird species found in Ljubljana , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Ljubljana [map]
Other names: Ljubljana (urbane commune), Mestna Občina Ljubljana, Mestna Obcina Ljubljana
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Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Rare/Accidental |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
Goosander | Mergus merganser | |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Rare/Accidental |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Vulnerable |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Rock Partridge | Alectoris graeca | Near-threatened |
Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
Northern Hazel Grouse | Tetrastes bonasia | |
Western Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus | |
Eurasian Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | |
Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
Stock Dove | Columba oenas | |
Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Western Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
Corncrake | Crex crex | |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
Little Crake | Zapornia parva | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | |
Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | |
Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | Rare/Accidental |
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Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
Northern Bald Ibis | Geronticus eremita | Introduced species Endangered |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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Pygmy Cormorant | Microcarbo pygmaeus | |
European Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
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Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | Rare/Accidental |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
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Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | |
Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Vulnerable |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
White-tailed Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | |
Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Eurasian Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium passerinum | |
Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
Tengmalm's Owl | Aegolius funereus | |
Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | |
Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
Ural Owl | Strix uralensis | |
Eurasian Eagle Owl | Bubo bubo | |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Grey-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | |
Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | |
Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos medius | |
White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
Syrian Woodpecker | Dendrocopos syriacus | |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides tridactylus | |
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European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | Rare/Accidental |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | |
Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
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Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
Italian Sparrow | Passer italiae | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | |
Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
Common Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
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Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Crested Tit | Lophophanes cristatus | |
Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | |
Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | |
Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
Great Tit | Parus major | |
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European Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | |
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Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | Rare/Accidental |
Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | Vulnerable |
Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Eurasian Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Western Bonelli's Warbler | Rhadina bonelli | |
Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | |
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Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
Sardinian Warbler | Curruca melanocephala | |
Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
Eurasian Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | |
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Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | |
Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
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Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | |
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Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
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White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
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Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
Semi-collared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | Rare/Accidental |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | Rare/Accidental |
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Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
Redwing | Turdus iliacus | Near-threatened |
Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus |
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