Bird AlbumSpain · Madrid Province
Parque El Retiro-Madrid
151 species and 75,684 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and October, with up to 79 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock DoveColumba livia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Iberian Green WoodpeckerPicus sharpei
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Río Manzanares – Pte Reina Victoria-Pte Segovia3 km134 species
- Casa de Campo, Madrid5 km166 species
- Madrid – Parque Forestal Valdebebas9 km165 species
- Leganés – Parque Polvoranca14 km196 species
- Sureste PNat – Lagunas de Velilla de San Antonio17 km188 species
- Sureste PNat – Soto de las Juntas17 km205 species
All 151 species recorded here
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Parque El Retiro-Madrid?
March–April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 79 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Parque El Retiro-Madrid?
151 species, from 75,684 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Parque El Retiro-Madrid in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Magpie, Monk Parakeet, House Sparrow, Common Blackbird and Rock Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.