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Comino Island
This checklist includes all bird species found in Comino Island , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2025. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Comino Island [map]
Other names: Kemmuna
Number of globally threatened species: 4
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2025-03-15
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Chukar | Alectoris chukar | Introduced species |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| European Golden-Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
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| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Audouin's Gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii | Vulnerable |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
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| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Yelkouan Shearwater | Puffinus yelkouan | Vulnerable |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Near-threatened |
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| Greater Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
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| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna opaca | Rare/Accidental |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| European Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis rufula | |
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| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
| Western Bonelli's Warbler | Phylloscopus bonelli | |
| Eastern Bonelli's Warbler | Phylloscopus orientalis | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus proregulus | Rare/Accidental |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Rare/Accidental |
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| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Orphean Warbler | Curruca hortensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Sardinian Warbler | Curruca melanocephala | |
| Moltoni's Warbler | Curruca subalpina | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Subalpine Warbler | Curruca cantillans | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | Rare/Accidental |
| Spectacled Warbler | Curruca conspicillata | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
| Common Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Spotless Starling | Sturnus unicolor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
| Semicollared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | Rare/Accidental |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Atlas Flycatcher | Ficedula speculigera | Rare/Accidental |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | |
| Moussier's Redstart | Phoenicurus moussieri | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Western Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
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| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
| Eurasian Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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