Birds of Malta
Malta hosts 202 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Italian SparrowPasser italiae
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Common GullLarus canus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Moussier's RedstartPhoenicurus moussieri
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus