Birds of Italy
Italy hosts 427 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Italian SparrowPasser italiae
- Great TitParus major
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Corsican FinchCarduelis corsicana
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbara
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Moussier's RedstartPhoenicurus moussieri
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Turquoise-fronted AmazonAmazona aestiva
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis
- Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- African Blue TitCyanistes teneriffae
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensis
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposaca
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Atlas Pied FlycatcherFicedula speculigera
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalis
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Laggar FalconFalco jugger
- Silver PheasantLophura nycthemera
- Ethiopian CisticolaCisticola lugubris