Birding Factoids

252 species
in 45 families

1 of the 5 European
endemics are
represented here.
No national endemics
4 endangered species

Croatia
Hotspots

Croatian Specialities

....Kopacevo Marshes - located in Baranya, Croatia, in the corner

formed by the rivers Drava and Danube. The two rivers are of crucial importance for the appearance of the marshes. Site includes a check list of the 275 varieties of birds which frequent the marshes.

....Plitvice Lakes National Park - There are records of 126 species of

birds in the park, of which 70 breed in the area.

....Fish-ponds of Jelas Polje - The largest, mixed colony of bitterns and

herons in Croatia, ornithological paradise for bird watchers, on the left side of the river Sava downstream from Zagreb. So far more than 230 bird species have been recorded on the fish-ponds, 122 of them being nesting birds. If the larger surrounding area is taken into account the number of species rises to more than 280.

....Croatia - Directory of Wetlands of International Importance - includes

information on all Croacian Ramsar designated sites, including:

Crna Mlaka
Kopacki Rit
Lonjsko Polje & Mokro Polje (incl. Krapje Djol)
Delta Neretve (Neretva Delta)

....Croatia's National Parks - brief information is provided on:

Brijuni
Kornati
Krka
Mljet
Paklenica
Plitvice
Risnjak
Sjeverni Velebit

....Trip Report: Austria & Croatia - 3rd - 28th June 2003. By Jeremy

Barker & Sandra Götsch. This was a summer tour around Austria, cleaning up a few birds that Sandra particularly wanted to see, then a 10-day trip to Croatia, along the coast, returning inland. Effectively no information was available to us before we visited Croatia, so we missed a lot.

....Trip Report: Eastern Europe (Poland - Hungary - Croatia - Austria),

Summer 2003 - by: Rob van Bemmelen, Kasper Hendriks, Wesley Overman, and Ben Wielstra. July 2003 was the moment for 4 young birders from The Netherlands to do some interesting birding in the eastern part of Europe. July is of course not the best time to go birding because most birds are relatively non-active in summer. But, as all the participants attain some sort of school during the rest of the year, a trip this long in spring was no option. The group departed on Saturday the 28th of June and returned on Sunday the 27th of July 2003.

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European Endemics and Specialities

in Croatia

Information on endemics and specialities is derived from Sibley & Monroe checklists and bird distribution lists in Thayer's Birder's Diary - Version 2.5. Speciality birds, while not endemic, are those that can only be found in three or less countries of Europe. Species printed in bold italic can only be found in Croatia. Information on endangered birds is derived from the IUCN Red List, Birdlife International, and supporting data bases developed by Ian Patton, of Merlin Species Watcher. The endemic, endangered and speciality birds may be uncommon, extremely rare vagrants, may be extirpated in the country now or may only be present in migration. However, documented sightings of each species noted below have been made in Croatia.

European Endemics in Croatia - No national Endemics
___ Rock Partridge
Endangered Birds in Croatia
Breeding Birds		Non-Breeding Birds
___ Corn Crake ___ Ferruginous Pochard	___ Imperial Eagle ___ Lesser Kestrel
No Other Notable Birds in Croatia