Bird of the year (international)

The bird of the year has been voted in Germany since 1971 (also adopted for Austria since 2000) and in Switzerland since 2001 . Other countries, starting with Luxembourg in 1998, have also voted and have chosen their own Bird of the Year since then.

Birds of the year by country

Armenia

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Eagle owl	Bubo bubo	2009
crane	Grus grus	2010
Great tit	Parus major	2011
Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	2012
robin	Erithacus rubecula	2013
hoopoe	Upupa epops	2014
European roller	Coracias garrulus	2015
Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	2016

Azerbaijan

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
White-headed Ruddy Duck	Oxyura leucocephala	2006

Belgium

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	2005

Estonia

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Corn Crake	Crex crex	1995
Great curlew	Numenius arquata	1996
great spotted woodpecker	Dendrocopos major	1997
Black stork	Ciconia nigra	1998
Barn swallow	Hirundo rustica	1999
lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	2001
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	2002
magpie	Pica pica	2003
White stork	Ciconia ciconia	2004
hawk	Accipiter gentilis	2005
Yellow wagtail	Motacilla flava	2006
brown owl	Strix aluco	2009
Red backed shrike , Northern gray shrike	Lanius collurio , Lanius excubitor	2010
Barn swallow	Hirundo rustica	2011
Great tit	Parus major	2016
turtledove	Streptopelia turtur	2017
Capercaillie	Tetrao urogallus	2018

Finland

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Pochard	Aythya ferina	2018

Georgia

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Griffon Vulture	Gyps fulvus	2004
Dalmatian pelican	Pelecanus crispus	2005

Kazakhstan

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
blackbird	Turdus merula	2010
Ibis beak	Ibidorhyncha struthersii	2015

Croatia

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Sand martin	Riparia riparia	2016

Latvia

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
White stork	Ciconia ciconia	2004
Whooper swan	Cygnus cygnus	2005
Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	2006
cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	2009
Capercaillie	Tetrao urogallus	2010
brown owl	Strix aluco	2011
Golden plover	Pluvialis apricaria	2015
Yellow wagtail	Motacilla flava	2016
Redshank	Tringa totanus	2018
Hazel grouse	Tetrastes bonasia	2019

Luxembourg

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Skylark	Alauda arvensis	1998
Goldhammer	Emberiza citrinella	1999
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	2000
Great crested grebe	Podiceps cristatus	2001
Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	2002
Dipper	Cinclus cinclus	2003
Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	2004
Sand martin	Riparia riparia	2005
Common Swift	Apus apus	2006
Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	2009
Skylark	Alauda arvensis	2010
cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	2011
House martin	Delichon urbicum	2015
Turning neck	Jynx torquilla	2016
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	2018

New Zealand

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Tui	Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae	2005
Kakapo	Strigops habroptilus	2008
Genus : Kiwi	Apterygidae	2009
Goat Parakeet	Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae	2010
Purple chicken	Porphyrio porphyrio	2011
Maori falcon	Falco novaeseelandiae	2012
Common godwit	Limosa lapponica	2015
Ragged crow	Callaeas cinereus	2016
Maori fruit pigeon	Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae	2018

Namibia

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Lavender	Torgos tracheliotos	2016
Fish eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer	2017

Norway

Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	2009
Sand martin	Riparia riparia	2010
Black-headed gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	2011
Long-tailed duck	Clangula hyemalis	2015
Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	2016
House martin	Delichon urbicum	2017
Great curlew	Numenius arquata	2018

Portugal

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Red-headed shrike	Lanius senator	2009
Black stork	Ciconia nigra	2010
Yellow-billed Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea	2011,2015
Egyptian vulture	Neophron percnopterus	2016
shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis	2017
Bonelli's eagle	Hieraetus fasciatus	2018

Russia

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
White stork	Ciconia ciconia	2004
Great gray owl	Strix nebulosa	2005
lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	2006,2010
wagtail	Motacilla alba	2011
Giant redstart	Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	2015
hoopoe	Upupa epops	2016
Willow tit	Poecile montanus	2017
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	2018

Slovakia

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Jackdaw	Corvus monedula	2009
lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	2010
kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	2011
Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	2012
House martin	Delichon urbicum	2013
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	2015

Spain

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Great Bustard	Otis tarda	2004
Bonelli's eagle	Hieraetus fasciatus	2005
Dupont lark	Chersophilus duponti	2006
Pochard	Netta rufina	2008
Pipe hammer	Emberiza schoeniclus	2009
Black vulture	Aegypius monachus	2010
Little owl	Athene noctua	2011
turtledove	Streptopelia turtur	2015
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	2016
Little bustard	Tetrax tetrax	2017
Barn owl	Tyto alba	2018
Kentish plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	2019

South Africa

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Helmet guinea fowl	Numida meleagris	2006
African penguin	Spheniscus demersus	2007
Fleckenuhu	Bubo africanus	2008
Caprod	Cossypha caffra	2009
Lesser Flamingo	Phoeniconaias minor	2010
Barn swallow	Hirundo rustica	2011
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	2012
Mirror rail	Sarothrura ayresi	2013
Tristan Albatross	Diomedea dabbenena	2014
Paradise crane	Anthropoides paradisea	2015
Siedelweber	Philetairus socius	2016
Lavender	Aegypius tracheliotus	2017
Black oystercatcher	Haematopus moquini	2018
Secretary (bird)	Sagittarius serpentarius	2019

Czech Republic

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Common Swift	Apus apus	2004
Skylark	Alauda arvensis	2005
White-tailed eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla	2006
Dipper	Cinclus cinclus	2009
cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	2010
Goldhammer	Emberiza citrinella	2011
Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis	2015
robin	Erithacus rubecula	2016
Black woodpecker	Dryocopus martius	2017
Little owl	Athene noctua	2018
turtledove	Streptopelia turtur	2019

Ukraine

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Crested lark	Galerida cristata	2004
robin	Erithacus rubecula	2005
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	2006
Bag tit	Remiz pendulinus	2009
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	2010
Blue tit	Cyanistes caeruleus	2011

Uzbekistan

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
White-winged woodpecker	Dendrocopos leucopterus	2011

Hungary

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Red backs	Lanius collurio	2008
Red-footed falcon	Falco Vespertinus	2009
rook	Corvus frugilegus	2009
House martin , sand martin	Delichon urbica , Riparia riparia	2010	,
Barn swallow	Hirundo rustica	2010
hoopoe	Upupa epops	2015
Corn Crake	Crex cerx	2016
goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	2017
Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus	2018
Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	2019

United States of America

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
Evening grosbeak	Hesperiphona vespertinus	2012

Belarus

Bird species	Latin name	year	Illustration
House martin	Delichon urbicum	2004
Great gray owl	Strix nebulosa	2005
lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	2006
Greylag goose	Anser anser	2009
Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	2010
Great curlew	Numenius arquata	2011
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	2015
Golden bell	Bucephala clangula	2016
Crested lark	Galerida cristata	2017
goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	2018
Greater spotted eagle	Aquila clanga	2019

See also

• Bird of the year (Germany) - has also been valid for Austria since 2000
• Bird of the year (Switzerland)

Source

• Entry on Bird of the Year (Luxembourg) 1998 to 2003 on the website of the Wandsbek Botanical Garden (PDF; 272 kB)
• Entry on the NABU website about the birds of the year 2004
• Entry on the NABU website about the birds of the year 2005
• Entry on the NABU website about the birds of 2006
• Entry for Bird of the Year 2008 (Spain) on the NABU website
• Entry on the NABU website about the birds of the year 2009
• Entry on the NABU website about the birds of 2010
• Entry for Bird of the Year 2010 at BirdLife in Armenia
• Entry on the NABU website about the birds of 2011
• Entry for Bird of the Year 2012 in South Africa
• Entry for Bird of the Year 2014 in Armenia
• Entry for Bird of the Year 2014 South Africa
• Entry for Bird of the Year 2015 in Armenia
• Entry on the NABU website about the birds of the year 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ entry to the bird of 2009, when BirdLife in Armenia (Engl.) ( Memento of the original on 23 November 2010 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ entry (Engl.) For Bird of the Year 2010 at the BirdLife in Armenia ( Memento of the original on 23 November 2010 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ entry (Engl.) For Bird of the Year 2011 at BirdLife in Armenia ( Memento of the original on 23 November 2010 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ entry to the Bird of the Year 2014 in Armenia (Engl.)  ( Page no longer available , searching web archives )  Info: The link is automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ entry to the Bird of the Year 2015 in Armenia (Engl.)  ( Page no longer available , searching web archives )  Info: The link is automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Entry on the Bird of the Year 2016 in Armenia (English) ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Entry on Bird of the Year (Luxembourg) 1998 to 2003 on the website of the Wandsbek Botanical Garden (PDF; 272 kB)
8. ↑ Entry on the Bird of the Year 2008 (Spain) on the NABU website
9. ↑ Entry on Bird of the Year 2012 in South Africa
10. ↑ Entry on Bird of the Year 2013 in South Africa
11. ↑ Entry on Bird of the Year 2014 South Africa