Birds of Spain
792 bird species have been recorded in Spain on the eBird network — explore the 792 in the Birbs encyclopedia, and see which are being reported near you right now.
792 bird species have been recorded in Spain on eBird, the global citizen-science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 792 of them have a full profile in the Birbs encyclopedia — start with the well-known birds below, browse the complete list, then check which are being reported near you right now.
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Birds to know first
Abdim’s StorkCiconia abdimii
Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
African Blue TitCyanistes teneriffae
African ChaffinchFringilla spodiogenys
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
African Desert WarblerCurruca deserti
African HoubaraChlamydotis undulata
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
Allen’s GallinulePorphyrio alleni
Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
American CootFulica americana
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
American PipitAnthus rubescens
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American White IbisEudocimus albus
American WigeonMareca americana
Amur FalconFalco amurensis
Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
The full checklist — 792 birds of Spain in our library
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
- Abyssinian Roller
- African Blue Tit
- African Chaffinch
- African Collared Dove
- African Crake
- African Desert Warbler
- African Houbara
- African Jacana
- African Sacred Ibis
- African Silverbill
- African Spoonbill
- Alexandrine Parakeet
- Allen’s Gallinule
- Alpine Accentor
- Alpine Chough
- Alpine Swift
- American Black Duck
- American Cliff Swallow
- American Coot
- American Flamingo
- American Golden Plover
- American Herring Gull
- American Kestrel
- American Pipit
- American Robin
- American White Ibis
- American Wigeon
- Amur Falcon
- Amur Stonechat
- Ancient Murrelet
- Aplomado Falcon
- Aquatic Warbler
- Arctic Tern
- Ashy Starling
- Asian Desert Warbler
- Atlantic Canary
- Atlantic Puffin
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Atlas Pied Flycatcher
- Atlas Wheatear
- Audouin’s Gull
- Australian Ringneck
- Australian Shelduck
- Azure Tit
- Baikal Teal
- Baillon’s Crake
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Balearic Shearwater
- Balearic Warbler
- Baltimore Oriole
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel
- Bar-headed Goose
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Bar-tailed Lark
- Barbary Partridge
- Barn Owl
- Barn Swallow
- Barnacle Goose
- Barolo Shearwater
- Barred Warbler
- Barrow’s Goldeneye
- Bateleur
- Bearded Reedling
- Bearded Vulture
- Belted Kingfisher
- Berthelot’s Pipit
- Bimaculated Lark
- Black Crowned Crane
- Black Guillemot
- Black Kite
- Black Redstart
- Black Scoter
- Black Stork
- Black Swan
- Black Tern
- Black Wheatear
- Black Woodpecker
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse
- Black-bellied Storm Petrel
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-browed Albatross
- Black-capped Petrel
- Black-cheeked Lovebird
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black-crowned Tchagra
- Black-faced Bunting
- Black-headed Bunting
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-headed Weaver
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-necked Stilt
- Black-rumped Waxbill
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-throated Loon
- Black-winged Kite
- Black-winged Pratincole
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Blacksmith Lapwing
- Blue Rock Thrush
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw
- Blue-billed Teal
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-crowned Parakeet
- Blue-headed Parrot
- Blue-winged Goose
- Blue-winged Teal
- Bluethroat
- Blyth’s Pipit
- Blyth’s Reed Warbler
- Bobolink
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Bolle’s Pigeon
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Bonelli’s Eagle
- Booted Eagle
- Booted Warbler
- Boreal Owl
- Boyd’s Shearwater
- Brambling
- Brant Goose
- Brazilian Teal
- Bridled Tern
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Brown Booby
- Brown Shrike
- Brown-necked Raven
- Brown-throated Parakeet
- Budgerigar
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Bufflehead
- Bulwer’s Petrel
- Burrowing Parrot
- Cackling Goose
- Calandra Lark
- California Quail
- Canada Goose
- Canary Islands Chaffinch
- Canary Islands Chiffchaff
- Canary Islands Stonechat
- Cape Barren Goose
- Cape Starling
- Cape Teal
- Cape Verde Shearwater
- Carrion Crow
- Caspian Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Cetti’s Warbler
- Chestnut Teal
- Chilean Flamingo
- Chiloe Wigeon
- Chimney Swift
- Chukar Partridge
- Cinereous Vulture
- Cinnamon Teal
- Cirl Bunting
- Citril Finch
- Citrine Wagtail
- Coal Tit
- Cockatiel
- Coconut Lorikeet
- Collared Flycatcher
- Collared Pratincole
- Comb Duck
- Common Blackbird
- Common Bulbul
- Common Buttonquail
- Common Buzzard
- Common Chiffchaff
- Common Crane
- Common Cuckoo
- Common Eider
- Common Firecrest
- Common Goldeneye
- Common Grasshopper Warbler
- Common Greenshank
- Common Gull
- Common Hill Myna
- Common Hoopoe
- Common Kestrel
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Linnet
- Common Loon
- Common Merganser
- Common Moorhen
- Common Murre
- Common Myna
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Nightingale
- Common Pheasant
- Common Pochard
- Common Quail
- Common Redshank
- Common Redstart
- Common Reed Bunting
- Common Reed Warbler
- Common Ringed Plover
- Common Rock Thrush
- Common Rosefinch
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Scoter
- Common Shelduck
- Common Snipe
- Common Starling
- Common Swift
- Common Tern
- Common Waxbill
- Common Whitethroat
- Common Wood Pigeon
- Common Yellowthroat
- Copper Sunbird
- Corn Bunting
- Corn Crake
- Cory’s Shearwater
- Coscoroba Swan
- Cream-colored Courser
- Crested Lark
- Crested Myna
- Crested Pigeon
- Crested Tit
- Crimson Rosella
- Crimson-bellied Parakeet
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Cut-throat Finch
- Dalmatian Pelican
- Dartford Warbler
- Demoiselle Crane
- Desert Finch
- Desert Wheatear
- Desertas Petrel
- Diamond Dove
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Dunlin
- Dunnock
- Dupont’s Lark
- Dusky Warbler
- Dwarf Bittern
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
- Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler
- Eastern Imperial Eagle
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
- Eastern Rosella
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Plover
- Egyptian Vulture
- Elegant Tern
- Eleonora’s Falcon
- Emperor Goose
- Emu
- Eurasian Bittern
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Eurasian Blue Tit
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Eurasian Chaffinch
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Coot
- Eurasian Crag Martin
- Eurasian Curlew
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Eurasian Goshawk
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Magpie
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Eurasian Penduline Tit
- Eurasian Pygmy Owl
- Eurasian Scops Owl
- Eurasian Siskin
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Eurasian Treecreeper
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Eurasian Wren
- Eurasian Wryneck
- European Bee-eater
- European Golden Plover
- European Goldfinch
- European Green Woodpecker
- European Greenfinch
- European Herring Gull
- European Honey Buzzard
- European Nightjar
- European Pied Flycatcher
- European Red-rumped Swallow
- European Robin
- European Rock Pipit
- European Roller
- European Serin
- European Shag
- European Stonechat
- European Storm Petrel
- European Turtle Dove
- Eyebrowed Thrush
- Falcated Duck
- Fea’s Petrel
- Ferruginous Duck
- Fieldfare
- Finsch’s Parakeet
- Fischer’s Lovebird
- Forster’s Tern
- Franklin’s Gull
- Fulvous Whistling Duck
- Gadwall
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey
- Giant Wood Rail
- Glaucous Gull
- Glossy Ibis
- Goldcrest
- Golden Eagle
- Golden Pheasant
- Gouldian Finch
- Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Great Bustard
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Egret
- Great Grey Shrike
- Great Knot
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great Shearwater
- Great Skua
- Great Snipe
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Great White Pelican
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Greater Blue-eared Starling
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark
- Greater Sand Plover
- Greater Scaup
- Greater Short-toed Lark
- Greater Spotted Eagle
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Green Pheasant
- Green Sandpiper
- Green-cheeked Parakeet
- Greenish Warbler
- Grey Catbird
- Grey Crowned Crane
- Grey Heron
- Grey Parrot
- Grey Partridge
- Grey Plover
- Grey Wagtail
- Grey Waxbill
- Grey-headed Gull
- Grey-headed Parakeet
- Greylag Goose
- Griffon Vulture
- Guira Cuckoo
- Gull-billed Tern
- Gyrfalcon
- Hadada Ibis
- Hamerkop
- Harris’s Hawk
- Hawfinch
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hen Harrier
- Hooded Crow
- Hooded Merganser
- Hooded Vulture
- Horned Grebe
- Horned Lark
- House Bunting
- House Crow
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- Hudsonian Whimbrel
- Hume’s Leaf Warbler
- Iberian Chiffchaff
- Iberian Green Woodpecker
- Iberian Grey Shrike
- Iberian Magpie
- Iceland Gull
- Icterine Warbler
- Indian Peafowl
- Indian Silverbill
- Indian Spot-billed Duck
- Isabelline Shrike
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Italian Sparrow
- Jack Snipe
- Jandaya Parakeet
- Japanese Quail
- Java Sparrow
- Kelp Gull
- Kentish Plover
- Killdeer
- King Eider
- King Quail
- Kittlitz’s Plover
- Lady Amherst’s Pheasant
- Lanner Falcon
- Lapland Longspur
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Laughing Dove
- Laughing Gull
- Laurel Pigeon
- Lavender Waxbill
- Leach’s Storm Petrel
- Least Sandpiper
- Least Tern
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling
- Lesser Crested Tern
- Lesser Flamingo
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lesser Masked Weaver
- Lesser Scaup
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Levaillant’s Woodpecker
- Levant Sparrowhawk
- Little Auk
- Little Bittern
- Little Bunting
- Little Bustard
- Little Crake
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Gull
- Little Heron
- Little Owl
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Stint
- Little Swift
- Little Tern
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Long-eared Owl
- Long-legged Buzzard
- Long-tailed Duck
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
- Long-tailed Tit
- Lord Derby’s Parakeet
- Maghreb Magpie
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Mallard
- Mandarin Duck
- Manx Shearwater
- Marabou Stork
- Marbled Duck
- Marmora’s Warbler
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Marsh Tit
- Marsh Warbler
- Masked Booby
- Masked Lapwing
- Masked Shrike
- Meadow Bunting
- Meadow Pipit
- Mediterranean Gull
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
- Melodious Warbler
- Merlin
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker
- Mistle Thrush
- Mitred Parakeet
- Moltoni’s Warbler
- Monk Parakeet
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Mourning Dove
- Moussier’s Redstart
- Moustached Warbler
- Muscovy Duck
- Mute Swan
- Myrtle Warbler
- Namaqua Dove
- Nanday Parakeet
- Naumann’s Thrush
- Nene
- Northern Bald Ibis
- Northern Bobwhite
- Northern Fulmar
- Northern Gannet
- Northern Lapwing
- Northern Mockingbird
- Northern Nutcracker
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Raven
- Northern Red Bishop
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Wheatear
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Orange-breasted Waxbill
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill
- Orange-winged Amazon
- Ortolan Bunting
- Osprey
- Pacific Black Duck
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Pacific Loon
- Paddyfield Warbler
- Pallas’s Gull
- Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
- Pallid Harrier
- Pallid Swift
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
- Pied Avocet
- Pied Crow
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Pine Bunting
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Pink-footed Goose
- Plain Swift
- Plum-headed Parakeet
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Purple Heron
- Purple Sandpiper
- Purple Starling
- Pygmy Cormorant
- Radde’s Warbler
- Razorbill
- Red Avadavat
- Red Collared Dove
- Red Crossbill
- Red Junglefowl
- Red Kite
- Red Knot
- Red Phalarope
- Red-and-green Macaw
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Chough
- Red-billed Firefinch
- Red-billed Leiothrix
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-billed Teal
- Red-billed Tropicbird
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Red-breasted Goose
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-breasted Parakeet
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-crested Cardinal
- Red-crested Pochard
- Red-crowned Crane
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Red-footed Booby
- Red-footed Falcon
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-legged Partridge
- Red-lored Amazon
- Red-masked Parakeet
- Red-necked Grebe
- Red-necked Nightjar
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-rumped Parrot
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-throated Loon
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Redpoll
- Redwing
- Reed Cormorant
- Reeves’s Pheasant
- Regent Parrot
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ring Ouzel
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Duck
- Ringed Teal
- Rock Bunting
- Rock Dove
- Rock Ptarmigan
- Rock Sparrow
- Rook
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Roseate Tern
- Ross’s Gull
- Rosy Starling
- Rosy-billed Pochard
- Rosy-faced Lovebird
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Ruddy Duck
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
- Rüppell’s Vulture
- Rustic Bunting
- Sabine’s Gull
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Saffron Finch
- Saker Falcon
- Sand Martin
- Sanderling
- Sandhill Crane
- Sandwich Tern
- Sardinian Warbler
- Sarus Crane
- Savi’s Warbler
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- Scaly-headed Parrot
- Scarlet Ibis
- Scarlet Macaw
- Scarlet-fronted Parakeet
- Scopoli’s Shearwater
- Sedge Warbler
- Semicollared Flycatcher
- Semipalmated Plover
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Senegal Parrot
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Short-eared Owl
- Short-toed Snake Eagle
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Siberian Stonechat
- Silver Pheasant
- Slender-billed Gull
- Smew
- Snow Bunting
- Snow Goose
- Snowy Owl
- Sociable Lapwing
- Soft-plumaged Petrel
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Song Thrush
- Sooty Shearwater
- Sooty Tern
- Sooty-headed Bulbul
- Sora
- South African Shelduck
- South Polar Skua
- Southern Red Bishop
- Spanish Imperial Eagle
- Spanish Sparrow
- Speckled Pigeon
- Spectacled Warbler
- Spot-breasted Oriole
- Spotless Starling
- Spotted Crake
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Spotted Redshank
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Squacco Heron
- Star Finch
- Stejneger’s Scoter
- Steppe Eagle
- Stock Dove
- Streaked Weaver
- Striped Crake
- Sudan Golden Sparrow
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Sun Parakeet
- Sunda Zebra Finch
- Superb Starling
- Surf Scoter
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Swan Goose
- Swinhoe’s Pheasant
- Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Tawny Owl
- Tawny Pipit
- Temminck’s Stint
- Tenerife Blue Chaffinch
- Tennessee Warbler
- Terek Sandpiper
- Thekla’s Lark
- Tree Pipit
- Tricolored Heron
- Tricolored Munia
- Tristram’s Warbler
- Tropical Mockingbird
- Trumpeter Finch
- Tufted Duck
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Tundra Swan
- Turkey Vulture
- Turquoise-fronted Amazon
- Twite
- Two-barred Warbler
- Upland Goose
- Upland Sandpiper
- Vega Gull
- Velvet Scoter
- Village Weaver
- Violet Turaco
- Wallcreeper
- Water Pipit
- Water Rail
- Wattled Jacana
- West African Crested Tern
- Western Black-eared Wheatear
- Western Bonelli’s Warbler
- Western Capercaillie
- Western Cattle Egret
- Western House Martin
- Western Jackdaw
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Western Olivaceous Warbler
- Western Orphean Warbler
- Western Plantain-eater
- Western Reef Heron
- Western Sandpiper
- Western Subalpine Warbler
- Western Swamphen
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- Whinchat
- Whiskered Tern
- White Cockatoo
- White Stork
- White Wagtail
- White-backed Vulture
- White-backed Woodpecker
- White-cheeked Pintail
- White-cheeked Turaco
- White-chinned Petrel
- White-eared Bulbul
- White-eyed Parakeet
- White-faced Storm Petrel
- White-faced Whistling Duck
- White-headed Duck
- White-headed Munia
- White-naped Crane
- White-rumped Munia
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- White-rumped Swift
- White-shouldered Starling
- White-tailed Eagle
- White-tailed Lapwing
- White-throated Dipper
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-winged Snowfinch
- White-winged Tern
- Whooper Swan
- Wild Turkey
- Willet
- Willow Warbler
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Wilson’s Storm Petrel
- Wood Duck
- Wood Sandpiper
- Wood Warbler
- Woodchat Shrike
- Woodlark
- Yelkouan Shearwater
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-billed Pintail
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Yellow-billed Teal
- Yellow-breasted Bunting
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Yellow-collared Lovebird
- Yellow-crowned Amazon
- Yellow-crowned Bishop
- Yellow-faced Grassquit
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-headed Amazon
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird
- Yellowhammer
- Zino’s Petrel
- Zitting Cisticola
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Birds of Spain by bird group
- Ducks, Geese & Swans of Spain (88 species)
- Sandpipers & Allies of Spain (48 species)
- Parrots, Cockatoos & Allies of Spain (46 species)
- Gulls, Terns & Skimmers of Spain (42 species)
- Hawks, Eagles & Kites of Spain (36 species)
- Old World Flycatchers & Chats of Spain (28 species)
- True Finches of Spain (23 species)
- Waxbills & Munias of Spain (20 species)
- Pheasants, Grouse & Allies of Spain (19 species)
- Petrels & Shearwaters of Spain (18 species)
- Plovers of Spain (18 species)
Species lists and counts come from the eBird network; "recorded" means reported by birders to eBird. Tap any bird for its full profile, photos, sounds and ID notes.
Frequently asked questions
How many bird species are in Spain?
792 species have been recorded in Spain on eBird; 792 of them have a full profile on Birbs.
Where can I see birds in Spain right now?
Use the Birds Near You tool to see species reported near you in the last few days, or browse the full checklist on this page.