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Greece

Birds, destinations and field guides for Greece.

Endemic species: 0
Bird species: 456
Destinations: 1
Field guides: 5

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Identify

Birds you are likely to see in Greece

Marsh Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis

Red-breasted Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator

Great Cormorant

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

Eurasian Spoonbill

Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

Greater Scaup Aythya marila

Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

Common Redshank

Common Redshank Tringa totanus

Blue Rock Thrush

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Great Egret Ardea alba

European Golden Plover

European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria

Plan

Where to go birding in Greece

Greece Lesvos An Aegean island where eastern Mediterranean specialities meet spring migrants.

JJanuary: Poor or no data
FFebruary: Poor or no data
MMarch: Good
AApril: Best
MMay: Best
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Poor or no data
SSeptember: Good
OOctober: Poor or no data
NNovember: Poor or no data
DDecember: Poor or no data

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Field guides for Greece

RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe

RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe Rob Hume, 2010 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more Beginners

Collins Bird Guide

Collins Bird Guide Lars Svensson et al., 2000 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more All levels

Birds of Greece Rebecca Nason, 2020 Greece All levels

Birds of Greece

Birds of Greece George Handrinos et al., 1997 Greece All levels

Advanced Bird ID Handbook: The Western Palearctic

Advanced Bird ID Handbook: The Western Palearctic Nils Van Duivendijk, 2011 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more Experts and researchers