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This checklist includes all bird species found in Spain , 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 .

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Country or region: Spain [map]

Other names: Kingdom of Spain

Number of species: 687
Number of endemics: 8
Number of globally threatened species: 58
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 25
Date last reviewed: 2020-01-22
Last modified: 2024-11-27
See also: http://www.seo.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Lista_-Aves_Espana_2012.pdf
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduataUncertain origin
Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolorUncertain origin
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Canada GooseBranta canadensisIntroduced species
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisRare/Accidental
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiUncertain origin
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusIntroduced species
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensRare/Accidental
Greylag GooseAnser anserRare/Accidental
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisRare/Accidental
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisRare/Accidental
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsRare/Accidental
Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropusUncertain origin Vulnerable
Black SwanCygnus atratusIntroduced species
Mute SwanCygnus olorIntroduced species
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusRare/Accidental
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusRare/Accidental
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaIntroduced species
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataIntroduced species
Wood DuckAix sponsaUncertain origin
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataIntroduced species
Baikal TealSibirionetta formosaUncertain origin
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraUncertain origin
Blue-winged TealSpatula discorsRare/Accidental
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca strepera
Falcated DuckMareca falcataUncertain origin
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
American WigeonMareca americanaRare/Accidental
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American Black DuckAnas rubripesRare/Accidental
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensisRare/Accidental
Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostrisNear-threatened
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
Common PochardAythya ferinaVulnerable
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNear-threatened
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisRare/Accidental
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greater ScaupAythya marilaRare/Accidental
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisRare/Accidental
King EiderSomateria spectabilisRare/Accidental
Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNear-threatened
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataRare/Accidental
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaVulnerable
White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeriRare/Accidental
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraRare/Accidental
Black ScoterMelanitta americanaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisVulnerable
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaRare/Accidental
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandicaRare/Accidental
SmewMergellus albellusRare/Accidental
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusUncertain origin
Common MerganserMergus merganserRare/Accidental
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisIntroduced species
White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephalaEndangered

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasiaExtirpated
Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusIntroduced species
Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinusExtirpated
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbaraIntroduced species
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNear-threatened

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Common NighthawkChordeiles minorRare/Accidental
Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollisNear-threatened
European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptiusRare/Accidental

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutusRare/Accidental
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Common SwiftApus apus
Plain SwiftApus unicolor
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Pacific SwiftApus pacificusRare/Accidental
Little SwiftApus affinisRare/Accidental
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer

 
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

Great BustardOtis tardaEndangered
African HoubaraChlamydotis undulataVulnerable
Little BustardTetrax tetraxNear-threatened

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusRare/Accidental
Common CuckooCuculus canorus

 
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Pallas's SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxusRare/Accidental
Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallusRare/Accidental
Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctusUncertain origin

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock DoveColumba livia
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Bolle's PigeonColumba bolliiEndemic
Laurel PigeonColumba junoniaeEndemic Near-threatened
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVulnerable
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalisRare/Accidental
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogriseaIntroduced species
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Namaqua DoveOena capensisUncertain origin

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Water RailRallus aquaticus
African CrakeCrecopsis egregiaRare/Accidental
Corn CrakeCrex crexRare/Accidental
SoraPorzana carolinaRare/Accidental
Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulataRare/Accidental
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
American CootFulica americanaRare/Accidental
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleniRare/Accidental
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaRare/Accidental
Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensisRare/Accidental
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
Little CrakeZapornia parva
Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalisRare/Accidental

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisRare/Accidental
Demoiselle CraneGrus virgoRare/Accidental
Common CraneGrus grusRare/Accidental

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsRare/Accidental
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaRare/Accidental
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVulnerable
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae

Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorUncertain origin Near-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Chionidae

Snowy SheathbillChionis albusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusRare/Accidental
Canary Islands OystercatcherHaematopus meadewaldoiEndemic Extinct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVulnerable
European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulvaRare/Accidental
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominicaRare/Accidental
Eurasian DotterelEudromias morinellus
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusRare/Accidental
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNear-threatened
Sociable LapwingVanellus gregariusRare/Accidental Critically endangered
White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurusRare/Accidental
Tibetan Sand PloverAnarhynchus atrifronsRare/Accidental
Siberian Sand PloverAnarhynchus mongolusRare/Accidental Endangered
Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultiiRare/Accidental
Kittlitz's PloverAnarhynchus pecuariusRare/Accidental
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Pluvianidae

Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptiusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

African JacanaActophilornis africanusUncertain origin

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaRare/Accidental
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicusRare/Accidental
Slender-billed CurlewNumenius tenuirostrisRare/Accidental Critically endangered
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNear-threatened
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaNear-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNear-threatened
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Great SnipeGallinago mediaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataRare/Accidental
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorRare/Accidental
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusRare/Accidental
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusRare/Accidental
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereusRare/Accidental
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusRare/Accidental
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaRare/Accidental
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilisRare/Accidental
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostrisRare/Accidental Endangered
Red KnotCalidris canutusNear-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnax
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVulnerable
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiRare/Accidental
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
SanderlingCalidris alba
DunlinCalidris alpinaNear-threatened
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaRare/Accidental
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiRare/Accidental
Little StintCalidris minuta
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriRare/Accidental
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusRare/Accidental
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetusRare/Accidental
Little TernSternula albifrons
Least TernSternula antillarumRare/Accidental
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaRare/Accidental
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Black TernChlidonias niger
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusRare/Accidental
Forster's TernSterna forsteriRare/Accidental
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaRare/Accidental
Common TernSterna hirundo
White-cheeked TernSterna repressaRare/Accidental
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiRare/Accidental
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Elegant TernThalasseus elegansRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensisRare/Accidental
West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalisRare/Accidental
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Ross's GullRhodostethia roseaRare/Accidental
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaVulnerable
Sabine's GullXema sabiniRare/Accidental
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaRare/Accidental
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalusRare/Accidental
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaRare/Accidental
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanRare/Accidental
Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetusRare/Accidental
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiVulnerable
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Common GullLarus canus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Caspian GullLarus cachinnansRare/Accidental
Kelp GullLarus dominicanusRare/Accidental
European Herring GullLarus argentatusRare/Accidental
Vega GullLarus vegaeRare/Accidental
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusRare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusRare/Accidental
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescensRare/Accidental
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusRare/Accidental
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae

Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaVulnerable
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleRare/Accidental
RazorbillAlca torda
Little AukAlle alleRare/Accidental
Common MurreUria aalge
Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquusRare/Accidental

 
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus

 
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae

Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Black-throated LoonGavia arcticaRare/Accidental
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaRare/Accidental
Common LoonGavia immerRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicusRare/Accidental
White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropicaRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchosRare/Accidental Endangered
Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophrisRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Swinhoe's Storm PetrelHydrobates monorhisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhousVulnerable
Band-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates castroRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialisRare/Accidental
Pintado PetrelDaption capenseRare/Accidental
Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macropteraRare/Accidental
Zino's PetrelPterodroma madeiraRare/Accidental Endangered
Fea's PetrelPterodroma feaeRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Desertas PetrelPterodroma desertaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitataRare/Accidental Endangered
Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjonianaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsiiRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaNear-threatened
Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostrisRare/Accidental
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Yelkouan ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouanVulnerable
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusCritically endangered
Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroliRare/Accidental
Boyd's ShearwaterPuffinus boydiRare/Accidental
Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulweriiRare/Accidental

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumeniferUncertain origin
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibisUncertain origin
Black StorkCiconia nigra
White StorkCiconia ciconia

 
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificensRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Sulidae

Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Cape GannetMorus capensisRare/Accidental Endangered
Red-footed BoobySula sulaRare/Accidental
Brown BoobySula leucogasterRare/Accidental
Masked BoobySula dactylatraRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeusRare/Accidental
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanusUncertain origin
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
European ShagGulosus aristotelis
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritumRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicusIntroduced species
Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremitaIntroduced species Endangered
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
African SpoonbillPlatalea albaUncertain origin

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusRare/Accidental
Dwarf BitternBotaurus sturmiiRare/Accidental
Little BitternBotaurus minutus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorRare/Accidental
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Dimorphic EgretEgretta dimorphaRare/Accidental
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularisRare/Accidental
Striated HeronButorides striataRare/Accidental
Green HeronButorides virescensRare/Accidental
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Great EgretArdea alba
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhynchaRare/Accidental
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasRare/Accidental
Purple HeronArdea purpurea

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalusRare/Accidental
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescensUncertain origin
Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusUncertain origin Near-threatened

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusNear-threatened
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusEndangered
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusRare/Accidental
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusUncertain origin Critically endangered
White-backed VultureGyps africanusRare/Accidental Critically endangered
Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelliCritically endangered
Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusNear-threatened
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotosRare/Accidental Endangered
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatusRare/Accidental Endangered
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarinaRare/Accidental
Greater Spotted EagleClanga clangaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensisRare/Accidental Endangered
Spanish Imperial EagleAquila adalbertiVulnerable
Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabatesUncertain origin
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Eurasian GoshawkAstur gentilis
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNear-threatened
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Yellow-billed KiteMilvus aegyptiusRare/Accidental
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicillaRare/Accidental
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopusRare/Accidental
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Western Barn OwlTyto alba

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ululaRare/Accidental
Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinumRare/Accidental
Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Marsh OwlAsio capensisRare/Accidental
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusUncertain origin Vulnerable
Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphusRare/Accidental
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Maghreb OwlStrix mauritanica

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicusRare/Accidental
European RollerCoracias garrulus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonRare/Accidental

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicusRare/Accidental
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei
Levaillant's WoodpeckerPicus vaillantiiRare/Accidental
Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Amur FalconFalco amurensisRare/Accidental
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
MerlinFalco columbarius
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusRare/Accidental
Saker FalconFalco cherrugRare/Accidental Endangered
GyrfalconFalco rusticolusRare/Accidental
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusIntroduced species
Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenysIntroduced species Near-threatened

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae

Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae

Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Yellow-billed ShrikeLanius corvinusRare/Accidental
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorRare/Accidental
Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalisVulnerable
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicusRare/Accidental
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNear-threatened
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinusRare/Accidental
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroidesRare/Accidental
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatusRare/Accidental
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schachRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Maghreb MagpiePica mauritanica
Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactesRare/Accidental
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricusRare/Accidental
RookCorvus frugilegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixRare/Accidental
Pied CrowCorvus albusUncertain origin
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollisRare/Accidental
Northern RavenCorvus corax

 
PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae

Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Coal TitPeriparus ater
Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
African Blue TitCyanistes teneriffae
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major

 
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae

Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Panuridae

Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipesRare/Accidental
Thick-billed LarkRamphocoris clotbeyRare/Accidental
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cincturaRare/Accidental
WoodlarkLullula arborea
White-winged LarkAlauda leucopteraRare/Accidental
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisRare/Accidental
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculataRare/Accidental
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensisRare/Accidental
Dupont's LarkChersophilus dupontiVulnerable
Mediterranean Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosusIntroduced species
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicolaRare/Accidental
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorRare/Accidental
Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoletaRare/Accidental
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cettiidae

Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti

 
PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalisRare/Accidental
Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humeiRare/Accidental
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusRare/Accidental
Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulusRare/Accidental
Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarziRare/Accidental
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusRare/Accidental
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianusRare/Accidental
Canary Islands ChiffchaffPhylloscopus canariensisEndemic
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidusRare/Accidental
Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsusRare/Accidental
Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloidesRare/Accidental
Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricolaRare/Accidental
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorumRare/Accidental
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisRare/Accidental
Booted WarblerIduna caligataRare/Accidental
Sykes's WarblerIduna ramaRare/Accidental
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallidaRare/Accidental
Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterinaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

River WarblerLocustella fluviatilisRare/Accidental
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoriaRare/Accidental
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Western Orphean WarblerCurruca hortensis
African Desert WarblerCurruca desertiRare/Accidental
Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nanaRare/Accidental
Tristram's WarblerCurruca deserticolaRare/Accidental
Rüppell's WarblerCurruca ruppeliRare/Accidental
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansRare/Accidental
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
Spectacled WarblerCurruca conspicillata
Marmora's WarblerCurruca sardaRare/Accidental
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataNear-threatened
Balearic WarblerCurruca balearicaEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix luteaIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
GoldcrestRegulus regulus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae

Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tichodromidae

WallcreeperTichodroma muraria

 
PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae

Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla

 
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae

Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensisRare/Accidental
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosUncertain origin
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvusUncertain origin

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Rosy StarlingPastor roseusRare/Accidental
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusRare/Accidental
Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusRare/Accidental
White's ThrushZoothera aureaRare/Accidental
Scaly ThrushZoothera daumaRare/Accidental
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RedwingTurdus iliacusNear-threatened
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurusRare/Accidental
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularisRare/Accidental
Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollisRare/Accidental
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusRare/Accidental
Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanniRare/Accidental
American RobinTurdus migratoriusRare/Accidental
Austral ThrushTurdus falcklandiiUncertain origin

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Mediterranean FlycatcherMuscicapa tyrrhenica
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Thrush NightingaleLuscinia lusciniaRare/Accidental
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Siberian Blue RobinLarvivora cyaneRare/Accidental
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parvaRare/Accidental
Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquataRare/Accidental
Atlas Pied FlycatcherFicedula speculigeraRare/Accidental
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollisRare/Accidental
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusRare/Accidental
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Moussier's RedstartPhoenicurus moussieriRare/Accidental
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeriRare/Accidental
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurusRare/Accidental
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Canary Islands StonechatSaxicola dacotiaeEndemic Near-threatened
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Atlas WheatearOenanthe seebohmiRare/Accidental
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellinaRare/Accidental
Desert WheatearOenanthe desertiRare/Accidental
Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleucaRare/Accidental
Red-rumped WheatearOenanthe moestaRare/Accidental
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopygaRare/Accidental
Black WheatearOenanthe leucura

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae

White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreusUncertain origin

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Italian SparrowPasser italiaeUncertain origin Vulnerable
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Desert SparrowPasser simplexUncertain origin
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalusIntroduced species
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes aferIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataIntroduced species
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpodaIntroduced species
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrildIntroduced species
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytesIntroduced species
Red AvadavatAmandava amandavaIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae

Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
DunnockPrunella modularis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensisRare/Accidental
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreolaRare/Accidental
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
White WagtailMotacilla albaRare/Accidental
Richard's PipitAnthus richardiRare/Accidental
Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskiiRare/Accidental
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoniRare/Accidental
Pechora PipitAnthus gustaviRare/Accidental
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
American PipitAnthus rubescensRare/Accidental
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Berthelot's PipitAnthus berthelotii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
African ChaffinchFringilla spodiogenysRare/Accidental
Canary Islands ChaffinchFringilla canariensis
Tenerife Blue ChaffinchFringilla teydeaEndemic Near-threatened
Gran Canaria Blue ChaffinchFringilla polatzekiEndemic Endangered
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusRare/Accidental
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaUncertain origin
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisRare/Accidental
Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
RedpollAcanthis flammeaRare/Accidental
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella
European SerinSerinus serinus
Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae

Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusRare/Accidental
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalosRare/Accidental
Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioidesUncertain origin
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesiaRare/Accidental
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolataRare/Accidental
House BuntingEmberiza sahariRare/Accidental
Little BuntingEmberiza pusillaRare/Accidental
Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrysRare/Accidental
Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaRare/Accidental Critically endangered
Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutilaRare/Accidental
Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephalaRare/Accidental
Red-headed BuntingEmberiza brunicepsRare/Accidental
Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephalaRare/Accidental
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae

Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisRare/Accidental
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisRare/Accidental
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae

BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusRare/Accidental
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae

Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacillaRare/Accidental
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisRare/Accidental
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaRare/Accidental
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaRare/Accidental
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasRare/Accidental
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaRare/Accidental
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronataRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae

Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusRare/Accidental

 

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