Birds of Malta
255 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
European RobinErithacus rubecula
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisMost recorded
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Rock DoveColumba livia
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterHotspots with the most records
- Ghadira Nature Reserve162 species
- Comino146 species
- Salina Nature Reserve120 species
- Buskett Gardens121 species
- Simar Nature Reserve115 species
- Airport Safi71 species
- Il-Majjistral Nature & History Park93 species
- Salina salt pans76 species
- Zonqor90 species
- Mgarr Ix-Xini102 species
- Cirkewwa85 species
- Buskett90 species
All 15 hotspots
- Ta' Cenc78 species
- Valleta69 species
- Ghajn Rihana72 species
All species recorded · 255
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- 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
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- 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
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- 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
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- 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
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- 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
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- 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
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- 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
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- 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
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- 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
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- 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
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- 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
- 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
- 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
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- 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
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus