List of birds of Poland

A white-tailed eagle, the national bird

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Poland. The avifauna of Poland include 483 species, of which 5 have been introduced by humans and seven have not occurred since 1950.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of the Polish Fauna Commission (Komisja Faunistyczna). Supplemental updates follow The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.[1][2]

The Polish names of the birds, with their scientific names, are in the Polish Wikipedia article.

The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.

  • (B) Historical - species that have not occurred in Poland since 1950
  • (C) Introduced - species introduced to Poland as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  • (*) Rare - species that are rare or accidental in Poland


  1. ^ Lepage, Denis. "Checklist of Birds of Poland". Bird Checklists of the World. Avibase. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Birds of Poland, the complete checklist". WICE (World Institute for Conservation and Environment). Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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