Bucharest is home to a variety of birds – pigeons, sparrows, crows, seagulls, blackbirds, song thrushes or cuckoos are the most common winged inhabitants that can be seen in parks and residential areas, but the diversity of bird species cradled by the city is far wider, standing at over 200, write Agerpres.

According to biologist Dani Dragan, a member of the Romanian Ornithological Society, the methodical monitoring of the situation of Bucharest’s bird species began in 2016. Also around that time, the number of observers began to increase, contributing to the creation of a database. There are no changes as regards the sedentary species, however, as far as migratory birds are concerned, an interesting newcomer or never seen before species appears in the city every year, Dani Dragan says.

„Both species of cormorant – the great cormorant, and the little cormorant – are present in Bucharest. There are common terns, white-winged terns, all kinds of ducks. Even geese appear in winter, mostly in transit. They sleep on the lakes near the city. As for raptors, we can mention the falcon, the red kite, which is present all the year round in the city, the Eurasian hobby – a nesting species that appears during the breeding season. But accipiters can also be seen: the sparrowhawk, the Levant sparrowhawk or even the goshawk,” the representative of the Romanian Ornithological Society explains.