Vatican City
Piazza San Pietro
41 species and 2,249 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June, with up to 18 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Rock DoveColumba livia
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Italian SparrowPasser italiae
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Eurasian MagpiePica picaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Vatican City0 km30 species
- St. Peter's Square0 km6 species
- Vatican0 km12 species
- Cortile della Pigna0 km30 species
- Gardens of Vatican City0 km42 species
- Roma2 km160 species
All 41 species recorded here
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Italian Sparrow Passer italiae
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Tit Parus major
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Piazza San Pietro?
June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 18 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Piazza San Pietro?
41 species, from 2,249 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Piazza San Pietro in November?
The most recorded in November: Rock Dove, Hooded Crow, Yellow-legged Gull, Italian Sparrow and Rose-ringed Parakeet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.