This checklist includes all bird species found in Mallorca , 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 Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). 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: Mallorca [map]
Other names: Majorca
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Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | |
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Rare/Accidental |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Rare/Accidental |
Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Rare/Accidental |
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Introduced species |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | Rare/Accidental |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Rare/Accidental |
Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Rare/Accidental |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Rare/Accidental |
Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | Rare/Accidental |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Rare/Accidental |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | Rare/Accidental |
Goosander | Mergus merganser | Rare/Accidental |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Introduced species |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
Marbled Teal | Marmaronetta angustirostris | |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | |
Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
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Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Introduced species |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Rare/Accidental |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Rare/Accidental |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
Stock Dove | Columba oenas | Rare/Accidental |
Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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Red-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis | |
European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
Plain Swift | Apus unicolor | |
Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Western Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
Corncrake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
Little Crake | Zapornia parva | Rare/Accidental |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rare/Accidental |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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Demoiselle Crane | Grus virgo | |
Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | Rare/Accidental |
Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | Rare/Accidental |
Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | Rare/Accidental |
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European Storm-petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental |
Swinhoe's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Rare/Accidental |
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Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Rare/Accidental |
Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
Yelkouan Shearwater | Puffinus yelkouan | |
Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
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Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Introduced species |
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Rare/Accidental |
Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Western Reef Egret | Egretta gularis | Rare/Accidental |
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African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | Introduced species |
Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
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European Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Eurasian Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Slender-billed Curlew | Numenius tenuirostris | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Rare/Accidental |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Rare/Accidental |
Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Wilson's Phalarope | Steganopus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
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Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental |
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Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | |
Razorbill | Alca torda | |
Common Guillemot | Uria aalge | Rare/Accidental |
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Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
Audouin's Gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii | |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | Rare/Accidental |
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
Rüppell's Vulture | Gyps rueppelli | |
Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | Rare/Accidental |
Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | |
Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Extirpated |
Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Rare/Accidental |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | Rare/Accidental |
White-tailed Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | Rare/Accidental |
Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | |
Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | Rare/Accidental |
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Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Rare/Accidental |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | |
Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | Rare/Accidental |
Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Rare/Accidental |
Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | Rare/Accidental |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus | |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | Rare/Accidental |
Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
Iberian Grey Shrike | Lanius meridionalis | |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | Rare/Accidental |
Alpine Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | Rare/Accidental |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | Rare/Accidental |
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Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Introduced species |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
Italian Sparrow | Passer italiae | Rare/Accidental |
Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
Eurasian Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
White-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla nivalis | |
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Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | Rare/Accidental |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | Rare/Accidental |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | |
Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Rare/Accidental |
Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | Rare/Accidental |
European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
Common Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Rare/Accidental |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
Citril Finch | Carduelis citrinella | |
European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Rare/Accidental |
Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-headed Bunting | Granativora melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | Rare/Accidental |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | Rare/Accidental |
Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | |
Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
Little Bunting | Schoeniclus pusillus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-breasted Bunting | Schoeniclus aureolus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-browed Bunting | Schoeniclus chrysophrys | Rare/Accidental |
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Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | Rare/Accidental |
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Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
Great Tit | Parus major | |
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European Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | |
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Bar-tailed Lark | Ammomanes cinctura | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Short-toed Lark | Alaudala rufescens | |
Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | Rare/Accidental |
Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
Thekla Lark | Galerida theklae | |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | Rare/Accidental |
Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Rare/Accidental |
Isabelline Warbler | Iduna opaca | |
Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | Rare/Accidental |
Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | Rare/Accidental |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Eurasian Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Western Bonelli's Warbler | Rhadina bonelli | |
Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | |
Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | |
Hume's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis humei | Rare/Accidental |
Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis proregulus | Rare/Accidental |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Iberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus ibericus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | Rare/Accidental |
Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | Rare/Accidental |
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Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | |
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Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | Rare/Accidental |
Western Orphean Warbler | Curruca hortensis | |
Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
Eastern Subalpine Warbler | Curruca cantillans | |
Western Subalpine Warbler | Curruca inornata | |
Sardinian Warbler | Curruca melanocephala | |
Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
Spectacled Warbler | Curruca conspicillata | |
Marmora's Warbler | Curruca sarda | Rare/Accidental |
Balearic Warbler | Curruca balearica | |
Dartford Warbler | Curruca undata | |
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Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
Eurasian Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | |
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Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
Spotless Starling | Sturnus unicolor | Rare/Accidental |
Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
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Rufous Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
Semi-collared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
Moussier's Redstart | Phoenicurus moussieri | Rare/Accidental |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | |
Black Wheatear | Oenanthe leucura | Rare/Accidental |
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White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | Rare/Accidental |
Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | Rare/Accidental |
Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
Redwing | Turdus iliacus | |
Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus |
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