Birds of Vatican City
48 species recorded at 6 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Rock DoveColumba livia
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Italian SparrowPasser italiae
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
European RobinErithacus rubeculaMost recorded
Common SwiftApus apus
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
European SerinSerinus serinus
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Eurasian MagpiePica picaHotspots with the most records
- Piazza San Pietro41 species
- Gardens of Vatican City42 species
- Cortile della Pigna30 species
- Vatican City30 species
- Vatican12 species
- St. Peter's Square6 species
All species recorded · 48
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Italian Sparrow Passer italiae
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus