Spain bird checklist

793 bird species in 102 families have been recorded in Spain, according to eBird; about 440 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made

The most common birds in Spain right now

  1. 1European Starling
  2. 2Rock Pigeon
  3. 3House Sparrow
  4. 4Common Wood-Pigeon
  5. 5Western Cattle-Egret
  6. 6Mallard
  7. 7Yellow-legged Gull
  8. 8Eurasian Collared-Dove
  9. 9European Goldfinch
  10. 10Northern Gannet
The top 20, and how they are ranked

Spain bird checklist

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Cassowaries and Emu

  • Emu

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

  • White-faced Whistling-Duck
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck
  • Bar-headed Goose
  • Emperor Goose
  • Snow Goose
  • Graylag Goose
  • Swan Goose
  • Greater White-fronted Goose
  • Lesser White-fronted Goose
  • Taiga Bean-Goose
  • Tundra Bean-Goose
  • Pink-footed Goose
  • Brant
  • Barnacle Goose
  • Cackling Goose
  • Canada Goose
  • Hawaiian Goose
  • Red-breasted Goose
  • Cape Barren Goose
  • Blue-winged Goose
  • Mute Swan
  • Black Swan
  • Tundra Swan
  • Whooper Swan
  • Coscoroba Swan
  • Comb Duck
  • Upland Goose
  • Egyptian Goose
  • Ruddy Shelduck
  • South African Shelduck
  • Australian Shelduck
  • Common Shelduck
  • Muscovy Duck
  • Ringed Teal
  • Wood Duck
  • Mandarin Duck
  • Brazilian Teal
  • Baikal Teal
  • Garganey
  • Blue-billed Teal
  • Blue-winged Teal
  • Cinnamon Teal
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Gadwall
  • Falcated Duck
  • Eurasian Wigeon
  • American Wigeon
  • Chiloe Wigeon
  • Yellow-billed Duck
  • Pacific Black Duck
  • Indian Spot-billed Duck
  • Mallard
  • American Black Duck
  • Cape Teal
  • White-cheeked Pintail
  • Red-billed Duck
  • Northern Pintail
  • Yellow-billed Pintail
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Yellow-billed Teal
  • Chestnut Teal
  • Marbled Duck
  • Red-crested Pochard
  • Rosy-billed Pochard
  • Common Pochard
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Ferruginous Duck
  • Tufted Duck
  • Greater Scaup
  • Lesser Scaup
  • King Eider
  • Common Eider
  • Surf Scoter
  • Velvet Scoter
  • Stejneger's Scoter
  • Common Scoter
  • Black Scoter
  • Long-tailed Duck
  • Bufflehead
  • Common Goldeneye
  • Barrow's Goldeneye
  • Smew
  • Hooded Merganser
  • Common Merganser
  • Red-breasted Merganser
  • Ruddy Duck
  • White-headed Duck

Guineafowl

  • Helmeted Guineafowl

New World Quail

  • Northern Bobwhite
  • California Quail

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

  • Wild Turkey
  • Rock Ptarmigan
  • Western Capercaillie
  • Gray Partridge
  • Reeves's Pheasant
  • Golden Pheasant
  • Lady Amherst's Pheasant
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Green Pheasant
  • Swinhoe's Pheasant
  • Silver Pheasant
  • Indian Peafowl
  • Red Junglefowl
  • Blue-breasted Quail
  • Common Quail
  • Japanese Quail
  • Barbary Partridge
  • Red-legged Partridge
  • Chukar

Pigeons and Doves

  • Rock Pigeon
  • Speckled Pigeon
  • Stock Dove
  • Common Wood-Pigeon
  • Bolle's Pigeon
  • Laurel Pigeon
  • European Turtle-Dove
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
  • African Collared-Dove
  • Red Collared-Dove
  • Laughing Dove
  • Namaqua Dove
  • Crested Pigeon
  • Diamond Dove
  • Mourning Dove

Sandgrouse

  • Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
  • Black-bellied Sandgrouse

Bustards

  • Great Bustard
  • African Houbara
  • Little Bustard

Turacos

  • Western Plantain-eater
  • White-cheeked Turaco
  • Violet Turaco

Cuckoos

  • Guira Cuckoo
  • Great Spotted Cuckoo
  • Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

  • Common Nighthawk
  • Red-necked Nightjar
  • Eurasian Nightjar

Swifts

  • Chimney Swift
  • Alpine Swift
  • Common Swift
  • Plain Swift
  • Pallid Swift
  • Little Swift
  • White-rumped Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

  • Water Rail
  • Corn Crake
  • African Crake
  • Giant Wood-Rail
  • Sora
  • Spotted Crake
  • Eurasian Moorhen
  • Eurasian Coot
  • Red-knobbed Coot
  • American Coot
  • Allen's Gallinule
  • Western Swamphen
  • Striped Crake
  • Little Crake
  • Baillon's Crake

Cranes

  • Gray Crowned-Crane
  • Black Crowned-Crane
  • Sandhill Crane
  • White-naped Crane
  • Sarus Crane
  • Demoiselle Crane
  • Red-crowned Crane
  • Common Crane

Thick-knees

  • Eurasian Thick-knee

Egyptian Plover

  • Egyptian Plover

Stilts and Avocets

  • Black-winged Stilt
  • Black-necked Stilt
  • Pied Avocet

Oystercatchers

  • Eurasian Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

  • Black-bellied Plover
  • European Golden-Plover
  • American Golden-Plover
  • Pacific Golden-Plover
  • Eurasian Dotterel
  • Killdeer
  • Common Ringed Plover
  • Semipalmated Plover
  • Little Ringed Plover
  • Northern Lapwing
  • Blacksmith Lapwing
  • Spur-winged Lapwing
  • Masked Lapwing
  • Sociable Lapwing
  • White-tailed Lapwing
  • Greater Sand-Plover
  • Kittlitz's Plover
  • Kentish Plover

Jacanas

  • Wattled Jacana
  • African Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

  • Upland Sandpiper
  • Hudsonian Whimbrel
  • Eurasian Whimbrel
  • Eurasian Curlew
  • Bar-tailed Godwit
  • Black-tailed Godwit
  • Short-billed Dowitcher
  • Long-billed Dowitcher
  • Jack Snipe
  • Eurasian Woodcock
  • Great Snipe
  • Common Snipe
  • Wilson's Snipe
  • Wilson's Phalarope
  • Red Phalarope
  • Red-necked Phalarope
  • Terek Sandpiper
  • Common Sandpiper
  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • Green Sandpiper
  • Solitary Sandpiper
  • Marsh Sandpiper
  • Wood Sandpiper
  • Common Redshank
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Willet
  • Spotted Redshank
  • Common Greenshank
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Ruddy Turnstone
  • Great Knot
  • Red Knot
  • Ruff
  • Broad-billed Sandpiper
  • Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
  • Curlew Sandpiper
  • Temminck's Stint
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  • Sanderling
  • Dunlin
  • Purple Sandpiper
  • Baird's Sandpiper
  • Little Stint
  • White-rumped Sandpiper
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Pectoral Sandpiper
  • Western Sandpiper
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper

Buttonquail

  • Small Buttonquail

Pratincoles and Coursers

  • Cream-colored Courser
  • Collared Pratincole
  • Black-winged Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

  • Long-tailed Jaeger
  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Pomarine Jaeger
  • Great Skua
  • South Polar Skua

Auks, Murres, and Puffins

  • Atlantic Puffin
  • Black Guillemot
  • Razorbill
  • Dovekie
  • Common Murre
  • Ancient Murrelet

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

  • Little Gull
  • Ross's Gull
  • Black-legged Kittiwake
  • Sabine's Gull
  • Slender-billed Gull
  • Bonaparte's Gull
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Gray-hooded Gull
  • Laughing Gull
  • Franklin's Gull
  • Pallas's Gull
  • Audouin's Gull
  • Mediterranean Gull
  • Common Gull
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • Caspian Gull
  • Kelp Gull
  • American Herring Gull
  • Vega Gull
  • European Herring Gull
  • Yellow-legged Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Glaucous Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Iceland Gull
  • Sooty Tern
  • Bridled Tern
  • Little Tern
  • Least Tern
  • Gull-billed Tern
  • Caspian Tern
  • Whiskered Tern
  • Black Tern
  • White-winged Tern
  • Forster's Tern
  • Arctic Tern
  • Common Tern
  • Roseate Tern
  • Sandwich Tern
  • Elegant Tern
  • Lesser Crested Tern
  • West African Crested Tern

Flamingos

  • Chilean Flamingo
  • American Flamingo
  • Greater Flamingo
  • Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

  • Little Grebe
  • Pied-billed Grebe
  • Horned Grebe
  • Red-necked Grebe
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Eared Grebe

Tropicbirds

  • Red-billed Tropicbird

Loons

  • Red-throated Loon
  • Arctic Loon
  • Pacific Loon
  • Common Loon

Albatrosses

  • Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
  • Black-browed Albatross

Southern Storm-Petrels

  • Wilson's Storm-Petrel
  • White-faced Storm-Petrel
  • Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Northern Storm-Petrels

  • European Storm-Petrel
  • Leach's Storm-Petrel
  • Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
  • Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

  • Northern Fulmar
  • Zino's Petrel
  • Cape Verde Petrel
  • Desertas Petrel
  • Soft-plumaged Petrel
  • Black-capped Petrel
  • Bulwer's Petrel
  • White-chinned Petrel
  • Cory's Shearwater
  • Scopoli's Shearwater
  • Cape Verde Shearwater
  • Great Shearwater
  • Sooty Shearwater
  • Manx Shearwater
  • Yelkouan Shearwater
  • Balearic Shearwater
  • Barolo Shearwater
  • Boyd's Shearwater

Storks

  • Black Stork
  • Abdim's Stork
  • White Stork
  • Saddle-billed Stork
  • Marabou Stork
  • Yellow-billed Stork

Frigatebirds

  • Magnificent Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets

  • Northern Gannet
  • Red-footed Booby
  • Brown Booby
  • Masked Booby

Cormorants and Shags

  • Reed Cormorant
  • Pygmy Cormorant
  • Great Cormorant
  • European Shag
  • Double-crested Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

  • White Ibis
  • Scarlet Ibis
  • Glossy Ibis
  • African Sacred Ibis
  • Northern Bald Ibis
  • Hadada Ibis
  • Eurasian Spoonbill
  • African Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

  • Eurasian Bittern
  • Dwarf Bittern
  • Little Bittern
  • Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Tricolored Heron
  • Little Egret
  • Western Reef-Heron
  • Little Heron
  • Squacco Heron
  • Western Cattle-Egret
  • Great Egret
  • Yellow-billed Egret
  • Gray Heron
  • Purple Heron

Hamerkop

  • Hamerkop

Pelicans

  • Great White Pelican
  • Pink-backed Pelican
  • Dalmatian Pelican

New World Vultures

  • Turkey Vulture

Osprey

  • Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

  • Black-winged Kite
  • Bearded Vulture
  • Egyptian Vulture
  • European Honey-buzzard
  • Cinereous Vulture
  • Lappet-faced Vulture
  • Hooded Vulture
  • White-backed Vulture
  • Rüppell's Griffon
  • Eurasian Griffon
  • Bateleur
  • Short-toed Snake-Eagle
  • Lesser Spotted Eagle
  • Greater Spotted Eagle
  • Booted Eagle
  • Steppe Eagle
  • Imperial Eagle
  • Spanish Eagle
  • Golden Eagle
  • Bonelli's Eagle
  • Levant Sparrowhawk
  • Eurasian Sparrowhawk
  • Eurasian Goshawk
  • Western Marsh Harrier
  • Hen Harrier
  • Pallid Harrier
  • Montagu's Harrier
  • Red Kite
  • Black Kite
  • White-tailed Eagle
  • Harris's Hawk
  • Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Rough-legged Hawk
  • Common Buzzard
  • Long-legged Buzzard

Barn-Owls

  • Western Barn Owl

Owls

  • Eurasian Scops-Owl
  • Snowy Owl
  • Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
  • Eurasian Eagle-Owl
  • Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
  • Little Owl
  • Tawny Owl
  • Long-eared Owl
  • Short-eared Owl
  • Boreal Owl

Hoopoes

  • Common Hoopoe

Hornbills

  • Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill

Bee-eaters

  • Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
  • European Bee-eater

Kingfishers

  • Common Kingfisher
  • Belted Kingfisher

Rollers

  • European Roller
  • Abyssinian Roller

Woodpeckers

  • Eurasian Wryneck
  • Middle Spotted Woodpecker
  • White-backed Woodpecker
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
  • Levaillant's Woodpecker
  • Eurasian Green Woodpecker
  • Iberian Green Woodpecker
  • Black Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

  • Lesser Kestrel
  • Eurasian Kestrel
  • American Kestrel
  • Red-footed Falcon
  • Amur Falcon
  • Eleonora's Falcon
  • Merlin
  • Eurasian Hobby
  • Aplomado Falcon
  • Lanner Falcon
  • Saker Falcon
  • Gyrfalcon
  • Peregrine Falcon

Cockatoos

  • Cockatiel
  • White Cockatoo
  • Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Old World Parrots

  • Regent Parrot
  • Alexandrine Parakeet
  • Rose-ringed Parakeet
  • Gray-headed Parakeet
  • Plum-headed Parakeet
  • Derbyan Parakeet
  • Red-breasted Parakeet
  • Australian Ringneck
  • Crimson Rosella
  • Eastern Rosella
  • Red-rumped Parrot
  • Budgerigar
  • Coconut Lorikeet
  • Rosy-faced Lovebird
  • Fischer's Lovebird
  • Yellow-collared Lovebird
  • Black-cheeked Lovebird

New World and African Parrots

  • Gray Parrot
  • Senegal Parrot
  • Monk Parakeet
  • Scaly-headed Parrot
  • Blue-headed Parrot
  • Red-lored Amazon
  • Yellow-headed Amazon
  • Yellow-crowned Amazon
  • Turquoise-fronted Amazon
  • Orange-winged Amazon
  • Crimson-bellied Parakeet
  • Green-cheeked Parakeet
  • Burrowing Parakeet
  • Brown-throated Parakeet
  • Nanday Parakeet
  • Sun Parakeet
  • Jandaya Parakeet
  • Blue-and-yellow Macaw
  • Scarlet Macaw
  • Red-and-green Macaw
  • Blue-crowned Parakeet
  • Crimson-fronted Parakeet
  • Scarlet-fronted Parakeet
  • Mitred Parakeet
  • Red-masked Parakeet
  • White-eyed Parakeet

Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis

  • Red-eyed Vireo

Old World Orioles

  • Eurasian Golden Oriole

Bushshrikes and Allies

  • Black-crowned Tchagra

Shrikes

  • Red-backed Shrike
  • Isabelline Shrike
  • Brown Shrike
  • Iberian Gray Shrike
  • Great Gray Shrike
  • Lesser Gray Shrike
  • Masked Shrike
  • Woodchat Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

  • Eurasian Jay
  • Iberian Magpie
  • Maghreb Magpie
  • Eurasian Magpie
  • Northern Nutcracker
  • Red-billed Chough
  • Yellow-billed Chough
  • Eurasian Jackdaw
  • House Crow
  • Rook
  • Carrion Crow
  • Hooded Crow
  • Pied Crow
  • Brown-necked Raven
  • Common Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

  • Coal Tit
  • Crested Tit
  • Marsh Tit
  • Eurasian Blue Tit
  • African Blue Tit
  • Azure Tit
  • Great Tit

Penduline-Tits

  • Eurasian Penduline-Tit

Larks

  • Greater Hoopoe-Lark
  • Bar-tailed Lark
  • Wood Lark
  • Eurasian Skylark
  • Thekla's Lark
  • Crested Lark
  • Horned Lark
  • Greater Short-toed Lark
  • Bimaculated Lark
  • Calandra Lark
  • Dupont's Lark
  • Mediterranean Short-toed Lark

Bearded Reedling

  • Bearded Reedling

Cisticolas and Allies

  • Zitting Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

  • Booted Warbler
  • Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
  • Western Olivaceous Warbler
  • Melodious Warbler
  • Icterine Warbler
  • Aquatic Warbler
  • Moustached Warbler
  • Sedge Warbler
  • Paddyfield Warbler
  • Blyth's Reed Warbler
  • Marsh Warbler
  • Common Reed Warbler
  • Great Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

  • Savi's Warbler
  • Common Grasshopper Warbler

Swallows

  • Bank Swallow
  • Eurasian Crag-Martin
  • Barn Swallow
  • Western House-Martin
  • European Red-rumped Swallow
  • Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
  • Cliff Swallow

Bulbuls

  • Common Bulbul
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul
  • Red-vented Bulbul
  • Sooty-headed Bulbul
  • White-eared Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

  • Wood Warbler
  • Western Bonelli's Warbler
  • Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
  • Yellow-browed Warbler
  • Hume's Warbler
  • Pallas's Leaf Warbler
  • Radde's Warbler
  • Dusky Warbler
  • Willow Warbler
  • Canary Islands Chiffchaff
  • Common Chiffchaff
  • Iberian Chiffchaff
  • Greenish Warbler
  • Two-barred Warbler

Bush Warblers and Allies

  • Cetti's Warbler

Long-tailed Tits

  • Long-tailed Tit

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

  • Eurasian Blackcap
  • Garden Warbler
  • Barred Warbler
  • Lesser Whitethroat
  • Western Orphean Warbler
  • African Desert Warbler
  • Asian Desert Warbler
  • Tristram's Warbler
  • Sardinian Warbler
  • Moltoni's Warbler
  • Western Subalpine Warbler
  • Eastern Subalpine Warbler
  • Greater Whitethroat
  • Spectacled Warbler
  • Marmora's Warbler
  • Dartford Warbler
  • Balearic Warbler

Laughingthrushes and Allies

  • Red-billed Leiothrix

Kinglets

  • Goldcrest
  • Common Firecrest

Wallcreeper

  • Wallcreeper

Nuthatches

  • Eurasian Nuthatch

Treecreepers

  • Eurasian Treecreeper
  • Short-toed Treecreeper

Wrens

  • Eurasian Wren

Dippers

  • White-throated Dipper

Starlings

  • Common Hill Myna
  • European Starling
  • Spotless Starling
  • Rosy Starling
  • White-shouldered Starling
  • Common Myna
  • Crested Myna
  • Long-tailed Glossy Starling
  • Ashy Starling
  • Superb Starling
  • Lesser Blue-eared Starling
  • Greater Blue-eared Starling
  • Purple Starling
  • Cape Starling

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

  • Gray Catbird
  • Tropical Mockingbird
  • Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes and Allies

  • Swainson's Thrush
  • Mistle Thrush
  • Song Thrush
  • Redwing
  • Eurasian Blackbird
  • Eyebrowed Thrush
  • Fieldfare
  • Ring Ouzel
  • Naumann's Thrush
  • American Robin

Old World Flycatchers

  • Spotted Flycatcher
  • Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
  • European Robin
  • Common Nightingale
  • Bluethroat
  • Red-flanked Bluetail
  • Red-breasted Flycatcher
  • Semicollared Flycatcher
  • European Pied Flycatcher
  • Atlas Flycatcher
  • Collared Flycatcher
  • Moussier's Redstart
  • Common Redstart
  • Black Redstart
  • Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
  • Blue Rock-Thrush
  • Whinchat
  • Fuerteventura Stonechat
  • European Stonechat
  • Siberian Stonechat
  • Amur Stonechat
  • Northern Wheatear
  • Atlas Wheatear
  • Isabelline Wheatear
  • Desert Wheatear
  • Western Black-eared Wheatear
  • Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
  • Black Wheatear

Waxwings

  • Bohemian Waxwing

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

  • Copper Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

  • Lesser Masked-Weaver
  • Village Weaver
  • Black-headed Weaver
  • Streaked Weaver
  • Red-billed Quelea
  • Northern Red Bishop
  • Southern Red Bishop
  • Yellow-crowned Bishop
  • Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Waxbills and Allies

  • Star Finch
  • Zebra Finch
  • African Silverbill
  • Indian Silverbill
  • Java Sparrow
  • Scaly-breasted Munia
  • White-rumped Munia
  • Tricolored Munia
  • White-headed Munia
  • Gouldian Finch
  • Lavender Waxbill
  • Black-tailed Waxbill
  • Orange-cheeked Waxbill
  • Common Waxbill
  • Black-rumped Waxbill
  • Cut-throat
  • Zebra Waxbill
  • Red Avadavat
  • Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
  • Red-billed Firefinch

Whydahs and Indigobirds

  • Pin-tailed Whydah
  • Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Accentors

  • Alpine Accentor
  • Dunnock

Old World Sparrows

  • House Sparrow
  • Italian Sparrow
  • Spanish Sparrow
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow
  • Sudan Golden Sparrow
  • Rock Sparrow
  • White-winged Snowfinch

Wagtails and Pipits

  • Gray Wagtail
  • Western Yellow Wagtail
  • Eastern Yellow Wagtail
  • Citrine Wagtail
  • White Wagtail
  • Richard's Pipit
  • Blyth's Pipit
  • Tawny Pipit
  • Berthelot's Pipit
  • Meadow Pipit
  • Tree Pipit
  • Olive-backed Pipit
  • Red-throated Pipit
  • Water Pipit
  • Rock Pipit
  • American Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

  • Common Chaffinch
  • Canary Islands Chaffinch
  • African Chaffinch
  • Tenerife Blue Chaffinch
  • Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch
  • Brambling
  • Hawfinch
  • Common Rosefinch
  • Eurasian Bullfinch
  • Trumpeter Finch
  • House Finch
  • Desert Finch
  • European Greenfinch
  • Yellow-fronted Canary
  • Twite
  • Eurasian Linnet
  • Redpoll
  • Red Crossbill
  • European Goldfinch
  • Citril Finch
  • European Serin
  • Island Canary
  • Eurasian Siskin

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

  • Lapland Longspur
  • Snow Bunting

Old World Buntings

  • Black-headed Bunting
  • Corn Bunting
  • Rock Bunting
  • Meadow Bunting
  • Cirl Bunting
  • Yellowhammer
  • Pine Bunting
  • Ortolan Bunting
  • House Bunting
  • Reed Bunting
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting
  • Little Bunting
  • Rustic Bunting
  • Black-faced Bunting

New World Sparrows

  • White-throated Sparrow

Troupials and Allies

  • Bobolink
  • Spot-breasted Oriole
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Great-tailed Grackle

New World Warblers

  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler

Cardinals and Allies

  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Tanagers and Allies

  • Red-crested Cardinal
  • Saffron Finch
  • Yellow-faced Grassquit

Most common birds in Spain

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Spain’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

  1. European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  2. Rock PigeonColumba livia
  3. House SparrowPasser domesticus
  4. Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus
  5. Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
  6. MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  7. Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
  8. Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
  9. European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
  10. Northern GannetMorus bassanus
  11. European RobinErithacus rubecula
  12. Little EgretEgretta garzetta
  13. Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
  14. Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
  15. Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
  16. Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
  17. Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
  18. Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
  19. Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
  20. European SerinSerinus serinus

Largest bird families in Spain

Among its regular birds.

  • Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl38
  • Sandpipers and Allies34
  • Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers29
  • Hawks, Eagles, and Kites26
  • Finches, Euphonias, and Allies18
  • Old World Flycatchers18
  • Wagtails and Pipits12
  • Sylviid Warblers and Allies12

Reported in the last 30 days

435 species reported to eBird in Spain in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Eurasian Crag-Martin, Eurasian Blackbird, Rock Pigeon, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Common Waxbill, Spotted Flycatcher, Monk Parakeet, Eurasian Magpie, European Robin, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Firecrest, European Starling, House Sparrow, Alpine Swift, Eurasian Kestrel, Western Cattle-Egret, Common Wood-Pigeon, Audouin's Gull, Common Hoopoe, Eurasian Collared-Dove, European Goldfinch, Sardinian Warbler, Osprey, Great Bustard, Mallard, Northern Gannet, Spotless Starling, Common Sandpiper, Gray Wagtail, Western Marsh Harrier, Little Egret, Great Cormorant, Gray Heron, Eurasian Griffon, European Serin, Common Reed Warbler, Red-billed Chough, Red Kite, Eurasian Jackdaw, Eurasian Skylark, …