Birds of Italy
430 species recorded at 30 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Italian SparrowPasser italiae
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculusMost recorded
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Common BuzzardButeo buteoHotspots with the most records
- LinosaSicily235 species
- Oasi del NerviaLiguria203 species
- Stagni di San SebastianoPiedmont196 species
- Le SoglitelleCampania193 species
- Centro Cicogne di RacconigiPiedmont191 species
- Tetti LupoPiedmont164 species
- Isola di VentoteneLazio207 species
- Foce dei Regi LagniCampania218 species
- RNR Foce dell'Isonzo e Isola della ConaFriuli Venezia Giulia229 species
- Parco Gino CassinisLombardy149 species
- Palude di San GenuarioPiedmont177 species
- Villa BorgheseLazio127 species
All 30 hotspots
- LungarnoTuscany123 species
- Parco della VettabbiaLombardy144 species
- Vasche di IschitellaCampania181 species
- VariconiCampania212 species
- Oasi Naturalistica La MadonninaPiedmont170 species
- Vasche di MaccareseLazio203 species
- Delta del Po (Emilia-Romagna), Parco RegionaleEmilia-Romagna229 species
- VeneziaVeneto169 species
- Parco Le Folaghe Oasi di Casei GerolaLombardy213 species
- Palude di Torre FlaviaLazio189 species
- Riserva Naturale Oasi di VendicariSicily186 species
- Meisino - Parco della ConfluenzaPiedmont156 species
- RomaLazio160 species
- Altopiano del BeinalePiedmont140 species
- FirenzeTuscany129 species
- Foce del CentaLiguria186 species
- Oasi SIC-ZPS di Manzolino-TivoliEmilia-Romagna153 species
- Lago di FoglianoLazio193 species
All species recorded · 430
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Silver Teal Spatula versicolor
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- 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
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- 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
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- African Desert Warbler Curruca deserti
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Italian Sparrow Passer italiae
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Golden-backed Bishop Euplectes aureus
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus