Current status of Birds of Prey in Ukraine
↓ Legend [Українською]
| № | Species | Breeding | Migra- ting |
Win- tering |
Acci- dental |
Distribution | Modern online databases |
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| • | Accipitriformes | ua- birds |
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| Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) |
R?* | R | — | — | Possible breeding in Volyn and Rivne Oblasts. | |||
| Eur. Honey-Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) |
S | C | — | — | Breeding in the forest and forest-steppe zones, sporadically in steppes and in the mountains of Crimea. | |||
| Red Kite (Milvus milvus) |
R* | — | — | R* | Single cases of breeding are known in the West of Ukraine in the second decade of the 20th century; accidental in other areas. | |||
| Black Kite (Milvus migrans) |
S | S | R* | — | Breeding almost in all areas of Ukraine except the Carpathian highlands, substantial part of the steppe zone and Crimea. | |||
| Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) |
R* | C | S | — | Breeding in some regions of the North of Polissya, in Sumy, Chernihiv and Rivne Oblasts. | |||
| Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) |
— | R | R* | — | The last cases of breeding had been reported in Sumy and Luhansk Oblasts in 1980 years. | |||
| Montagu’s Harrier (Circus pygargus) |
S | S | — | — | Sporadically breeding almost in all areas excluding the mountain regions. | |||
| Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) |
C | C | R* | — | Breeding throughout the country excluding the mountain regions. | |||
| Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) |
C | C | C | — | Breeding throughout the country. | |||
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) |
S | C | C | — | Breeding in the forest, forest-steppe zones, in the mountains of Crimea and sporadically in steppes. | |||
| Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) |
R* | R* | — | C* | Breeding in the valley of the Siverskyi Donets River, maybe at the Danube River; accidental in other areas. | |||
| Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus) |
— | C | C | — | — | |||
| Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) |
S | R | R* | — | Breeding in the steppe and partly in forest-steppe zones. | |||
| Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
C | C | C | — | Breeding almost throughout the country. | |||
| Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) |
R | R | R* | — | Breeding in the forest and forest-steppe zones, also sporadically in the steppe zone and in the Crimean Mountains. | |||
| Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) |
R | R | — | — | Breeding areas cover the Carpathian region, the most of the forest-steppe and the North of steppe zones. | |||
| Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) |
— | R* | — | — | The last breeding case has been reported in the Askania-Nova Nature Reserve in 1981. | |||
| Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga) |
R* | R | R* | — | Breeding in the North of Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Kyiv and Chernihiv Oblasts. | |||
| Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina) |
S | S | — | — | Breeding mostly in the West, North and Centre of the country; single pairs breed in the steppe zone and in the East. | |||
| Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) |
R | R | R* | — | Breeding in Crimea, the East of Ukraine and some areas at the Dnipro River’s basin. | |||
| Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) |
R* | R | R | — | Breeding in the Carpathians. | |||
| White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) |
R | R | S | — | Breeding mostly in valleys of the Dnipro River and its tributaries, at the Siverskyi Donets and sporadically near large bodies of water in other regions. | |||
| Pallas’s Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) |
— | — | — | R* | — | — | ||
| Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) |
— | — | — | R | Was breeding in the Crimean Mountains and rocks of the Dnister River until the second half of the 20th century. | |||
| Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) |
R* | — | R* | R* | Settled in Crimea, accidental in other areas. | |||
| Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) |
R* | — | R* | R* | Settled in Crimea, accidental in other areas. | |||
| • | Falconidae | ua- birds |
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| Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) |
— | — | — | R | — | — | ||
| Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) |
R | R | R* | — | Breeding in the steppe zone. | |||
| Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) |
R* | R | R | — | Settled in Crimea, single pairs breed in the Carpathian region and big cities. | |||
| Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus) |
— | — | — | R* | — | — | ||
| Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) |
C | C | — | — | Breeding throughout the country. | |||
| Merlin (Falco columbarius) |
— | R | R | — | — | |||
| Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) |
S | S | — | — | Breeding in the steppe zone. | |||
| Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) |
— | — | — | R* | — | |||
| Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) |
R* | — | — | R* | A single case of breeding has been recorded in Crimea at the beginning of the 21st century; accidental in the southern areas. | |||
| Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) |
C | C | S | — | Breeding throughout the country. | |||
| • | Strigiformes | ua- birds |
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| Common Barn-Owl (Tyto alba) |
R* | — | — | R* | Breeding in Zakarpattia, Crimea and sporadically in the southern regions; accidental in other areas. | |||
| Northern Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula) |
— | — | — | R | — | |||
| Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) |
— | — | — | R | — | — | ||
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) |
R | — | R | — | Breeding in the Carpathian region, Polissya and in the East of Ukraine. | |||
| Nor. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) |
C | C | C | — | Breeding throughout the country. | |||
| Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) |
R | R | R | — | Sporadically breeding throughout the country, besides mountains and Zakarpattia. | |||
| Eurasian Scops-Owl (Otus scops) |
S | S | — | — | Breeding in the steppe zone and Zakarpattia. | |||
| Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium passerinum) |
R* | — | R* | — | Breeding in the Carpathians and the North of Polissya (Rivne, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy Oblasts). | |||
| Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) |
R* | — | R* | — | Breeding in the Carpathians and the North of Polissya (Rivne, Zhytomyr and Sumy Oblasts). | |||
| Little Owl (Athene noctua) |
S | — | S | — | Breeding throughout the country except highlands. | |||
| Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) |
C | — | C | — | Breeding in the forest and forest-steppe zones, substantial part of the steppe zone, the lower reaches of the Dnipro and Danube Rivers, the Crimean Mountains. | |||
| Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) |
S* | — | S* | — | Breeding in the Carpathians and surrounding areas. | |||
| Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) |
R* | — | R* | — | Breeding in the North of Polissya (Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr and Kyiv Oblasts). | |||
C – common
S – scanty
R – rare
? – status needs to be specified
* – status relates only to a small area of Ukraine
Compilers: Gavrylyuk M.N., Domashevsky S.V., Vetrov V.V., Milobog Yu.V.
Updated: December 5th, 2020
More details on the birds of prey status in different region of Ukraine can be found in the attached file for January 2009.