Birds of Gibraltar
199 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
European SerinSerinus serinus
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Rock DoveColumba liviaMost recorded
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
European ShagGulosus aristotelis
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbara
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusHotspots with the most records
- Europa Point136 species
- Strait of Gibraltar Bird Observatory135 species
- Upper Rock NR97 species
- Gibraltar125 species
- Gibraltar Botanic Gardens64 species
- North Front Cemetery76 species
- Gibraltar76 species
- Rock of Gibraltar56 species
- St Michael's Rd51 species
- Governor's Lookout57 species
- Apes' Den and Prince Ferdinand's Battery42 species
- Trafalgar Cemetery22 species
All 15 hotspots
- Gibraltar Airport28 species
- O'Hara's Battery49 species
- Fort Canada25 species
All species recorded · 199
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Razorbill Alca torda
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- House Bunting Emberiza sahari
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata