Catalogue of birds.

Local names in parentheses.

1. Known birds

1.1. Chiffchaff (Pierwiosnek)


Sometimes sings the two notes randomly instead of alternating.

1.2. House sparrow (Wróbel)



1.3. Tree sparrow (Mazurek)


1.4. Blackcap (Kapturka)


1.5. Black redstart (Kopciuszek)


1.6. Lesser whitethroat (Piegża)


1.7. Dove (Sierpówka)


1.8. Blackbird (Kos)


Warning: Big file (~12 MB)


Often heard at dawn & dusk.

1.9. Redstart (Pleszka)


Very beautiful and varied song.

1.10. Great tit (Bogatka)




From what I can tell, great tits have three distinct songs, which tripped me up initially.

1.11. Blue tit (Modraszka)


Very similar to Great tit's song, but one note is elongated.

1.12. Chaffinch (Zięba)



1.13. Pigeon (Grzywacz)


1.14. Magpie (Sroka)



Magpie angry at a neighborhood cat.

1.15. Crow (Wrona)

TODO

1.16. Skylark (Skowronek)

TODO

1.17. Starling (Szpak)


(Yes, this is one bird)

Starlings make a plethora of sounds, usually imitating other birds, and I'm pretty sure it's impossible to classify a “song” to them. Very beautiful.

1.18. Swallow (Jaskółka)


1.19. Common swift (Jerzyk)


1.20. Alpine swift (Jerzyk alpejski)

Heard in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

TODO

1.21. Jackdaw (Kawka)

1.22. Herring gull (Mewa srebrzysta)

TODO

1.23. Black-headed gull (Śmieszka)

TODO

1.24. Sandwich tern (Rybitwa czubata)

TODO

1.25. Long-tailed tit (Raniuszek)


1.26. Wood warbler (Świstunka leśna)



1.27. Jay (Sójka)


Usually not very vocal.

1.28. Nightingale (Słowik)

Warning: Big file (~12 MB)


Recorded on 2025-04-22 on a short bike trip near the forest. Beautiful little concert, too good to split it up.

One time I faintly heard a nightingale at midnight, accompanied by a woman singing some kind of folk song. Very surreal.


1.29. Cuckoo (Kukułka)


1.30. Golden oriole (Wilga)



Recorded on 2025-05-15 near a river.

1.31. Song thrush (Drozd śpiewak)


1.32. Fieldfare (Kwiczoł)


Heard in the city.

1.33. Serin (Kulczyk)


1.34. Willow tit (Czarnogłówka)


1.35. Coal tit (Sosnówka)



Two distinct songs from what I've noticed.

1.36. Common reed warbler (Trzcinniczek)

TODO

1.37. Great reed warbler (Trzciniak)


Heard near a pond.

1.38. Stonechat (Kląsawka)


Very shy bird.

1.39. Whitethroat (Cierniówka)


1.40. Icterine warbler (Zaganiacz)

TODO

1.41. Short-toed treecreeper (Pełzacz ogrodowy)

TODO

1.42. Pheasant (Bażant)

1.43. Raven (Kruk)

TODO

1.44. White wagtail (Pliszka Siwa)

TODO

1.45. Corn bunting (Potrzeszcz)

TODO

1.46. Red-breasted flycatcher (Muchołówka mała)

TODO

1.47. Marsh tit (Sikora uboga)

TODO

1.48. Eurasian treecreeper (Pełzacz leśny)

TODO

1.49. Wren (Strzyżyk)

TODO

1.50. Greenfinch (Dzwoniec)

TODO

1.51. Quail (Przepiórka)

TODO

1.52. Kingfisher (Zimorodek)

TODO

1.53. Woodpecker (Dzięcioł)

TODO

1.54. Grey heron (Czapla siwa)

TODO

1.55. Spotted flycatcher (Muchołówka szara)

TODO

1.56. Nuthatch (Kowalik)

TODO

1.57. Hawfinch (Grubodziób)

TODO

1.58. European bee-eater (Żołna)

Heard in Popovići, Croatia.

TODO

1.59. Rook (Gawron)

TODO

1.60. Crested tit (Czubatka)

TODO

1.61. Goldcrest (Mysikrólik)

TODO

1.62. Robin (Rudzik)

TODO

2. Mystery birds

2.1. Bird 1


Heard in the city, in the afternoon.

Update 2025-05-03: Mystery solved! It was a Starling.

2.2. Bird 2


Heard on a meadow.

3. Cryptids

The bird app on my phone says it heard them but I am not convinced. Pretty sure it's all false positives.