Bird Checklist Strait of Gibraltar

Common name	Status
Greylag Goose	winter
Common Shelduck	resident
Eurasian Wigeon	winter
Gadwall	resident
Common Teal	winter
Mallard	resident
Northern Pintail	winter
Garganey	migrant
Northern Shoveler	winter
Marbled Duck	resident
Red-crested Pochard	resident
Common Pochard	resident
Ferruginous Duck	winter
Tufted Duck	winter
Common Scoter	winter
Red-breasted Merganser	winter
White-headed Duck	resident
Red-legged Partridge	resident
Common Quail	migrant
Common Pheasant	resident
Cory's Shearwater	resident
Sooty Shearwater	migrant
Yelkouan Shearwater	migrant
Balearic Shearwater	resident
Wilson's Storm-Petrel	migrant
European Storm-Petrel	winter
Leach's Storm-Petrel	winter
Little Grebe	resident
Great Crested Grebe	resident
Black-necked Grebe	resident
Greater Flamingo	resident
Black Stork	winter
White Stork	resident
Northern Bald Ibis	resident
Glossy Ibis	resident
Eurasian Spoonbill	resident
Great Bittern	winter
Little Bittern	summer
Black-crowned Night Heron	resident
Squacco Heron	resident
Cattle Egret	resident
Little Egret	resident
Great Egret	winter
Grey Heron	resident
Purple Heron	summer
Northern Gannet	resident
Great Cormorant	resident
European Shag	resident
Osprey	winter
Black-shouldered Kite	resident
Egyptian Vulture	migrant
European Honey Buzzard	migrant
Eurasian Griffon Vulture	resident
Rüppell's Griffon Vulture	resident
Eurasian Black Vulture	winter
Short-toed Eagle	summer
Lesser Spotted Eagle	winter
Greater Spotted Eagle	winter
Booted Eagle	resident
Bonelli's Eagle	resident
Spanish Eagle	resident
Golden Eagle	winter
Northern Goshawk	resident
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	resident
Western Marsh Harrier	resident
Hen Harrier	winter
Pallid Harrier	winter
Montagu's Harrier	summer
Black Kite	summer
Red Kite	winter
Common Buzzard	resident
Long-legged Buzzard	resident
Little Bustard	resident
Water Rail	resident
Purple Swamphen	resident
Common Moorhen	resident
Eurasian Coot	resident
Red-Knobbed Coot	resident
Common Crane	winter
Eurasian Stone-Curlew	resident
Eurasian Oystercatcher	winter
Black-winged Stilt	resident
Pied Avocet	resident
Northern Lapwing	winter
European Golden Plover	winter
Grey Plover	winter
Little Ringed Plover	resident
Common Ringed Plover	winter
Kentish Plover	resident
Eurasian Dotterel	migrant
Whimbrel	winter
Eurasian Curlew	winter
Black-tailed Godwit	winter
Bar-tailed Godwit	winter
Ruddy Turnstone	resident
Red Knot	winter
Sanderling	resident
Little Stint	winter
Temminck's Stint	migrant
Ruff	winter
Curlew Sandpiper	winter
Purple Sandpiper	winter
Dunlin	winter
Eurasian Woodcock	winter
Jack Snipe	winter
Common Snipe	winter
Red-necked Phalarope	migrant
Common Sandpiper	resident
Green Sandpiper	winter
Spotted Redshank	winter
Common Greenshank	winter
Marsh Sandpiper	winter
Wood Sandpiper	migrant
Common Redshank	resident
Collared Pratincole	summer
Black-legged Kittiwake	winter
Black-headed Gull	resident
Slender-billed Gull	resident
Little Gull	winter
Audouin's Gull	resident
Mediterranean Gull	winter
Mew Gull	winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull	resident
Herring Gull	winter
Yellow-legged Gull	resident
Greater Black-backed Gull	winter
Gull-billed Tern	summer
Caspian Tern	winter
Lesser Crested Tern	migrant
Sandwich Tern	resident
Little Tern	summer
Common Tern	migrant
Whiskered Tern	summer
Black Tern	migrant
White-winged Tern	migrant
Pomarine Skua	migrant
Arctic Skua	winter
Great Skua	resident
Razorbill	winter
Atlantic Puffin	winter
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse	resident
Rock Dove	resident
Stock Dove	winter
Common Woodpigeon	resident
Eurasian Collared Dove	resident
European Turtle Dove	summer
Great Spotted Cuckoo	migrant
Common Cuckoo	summer
Barn Owl	resident
European Scops Owl	summer
Eurasian Eagle Owl	resident
Tawny Owl	resident
Little Owl	resident
Long-eared Owl	resident
Short-eared Owl	winter
European Nightjar	migrant
Red-necked Nightjar	summer
Alpine Swift	migrant
Common Swift	summer
Pallid Swift	summer
White-rumped Swift	summer
Little Swift	resident
European Roller	migrant
Common Kingfisher	resident
European Bee-eater	summer
Eurasian Hoopoe	resident
Eurasian Wryneck	resident
Great Spotted Woodpecker	resident
Iberian Green Woodpecker	resident
Lesser Kestrel	summer
Common Kestrel	resident
Merlin	winter
Eurasian Hobby	migrant
Eleonora's Falcon	migrant
Lanner	migrant
Peregrine	resident
Southern Grey Shrike	resident
Woodchat Shrike	summer
Eurasian Golden Oriole	summer
Eurasian Jay	resident
Iberian Magpie	resident
Common Magpie	resident
Western Jackdaw	resident
Common Raven	resident
Crested Tit	resident
Blue Tit	resident
Great Tit	resident
Eurasian Penduline Tit	winter
Wood Lark	resident
Eurasian Skylark	winter
Crested Lark	resident
Thekla Lark	resident
Greater Short-toed Lark	summer
Calandra Lark	resident
Lesser Short-toed Lark	resident
Common Bulbul	resident
Sand Martin	summer
Barn Swallow	summer
Eurasian Crag Martin	resident
Common House Martin	summer
Red-rumped Swallow	summer
Cetti's Warbler	resident
Long-tailed Tit	resident
Bonelli's Warbler	summer
Common Chiffchaff	winter
Iberian Chiffchaff	summer
Willow Warbler	migrant
Sedge Warbler	migrant
European Reed Warbler	summer
Great Reed Warbler	summer
Western Olivaceous Warbler	summer
Melodious Warbler	summer
Common Grasshopper Warbler	migrant
Savi's Warbler	migrant
Zitting Cisticola	resident
Dartford Warbler	resident
Spectacled Warbler	summer
Subalpine Warbler	migrant
Sardinian Warbler	resident
Western Orphean Warbler	summer
Common Whitethroat	migrant
Garden Warbler	migrant
Blackcap	resident
Firecrest	resident
Eurasian Wren	resident
Eurasian Nuthatch	resident
Short-toed Treecreeper	resident
Spotless Starling	resident
Common Starling	winter
Ring Ouzel	migrant
Common Blackbird	resident
Song Thrush	winter
Redwing	winter
Mistle Thrush	resident
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin	summer
Spotted Flycatcher	summer
European Robin	resident
Common Nightingale	summer
Bluethroat	winter
Pied Flycatcher	migrant
Black Redstart	winter
Common Redstart	migrant
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush	migrant
Blue Rock Thrush	resident
Whinchat	migrant
Common Stonechat	resident
Northern Wheatear	migrant
Black-eared Wheatear	summer
House Sparrow	resident
Spanish Sparrow	resident
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	resident
Common Waxbill	resident
Dunnock	winter
Yellow Wagtail	summer
Grey Wagtail	resident
White Wagtail	resident
Tawny Pipit	summer
Tree Pipit	migrant
Meadow Pipit	winter
Red-throated Pipit	migrant
Water Pipit	winter
Common Chaffinch	resident
Brambling	winter
Hawfinch	resident
European Greenfinch	resident
Common Linnet	resident
European Goldfinch	resident
European Serin	resident
European Siskin	winter
Cirl Bunting	resident
Rock Bunting	resident
Ortolan Bunting	migrant
Common Reed Bunting	winter
Corn Bunting	resident

Vagrant: It is not observed every year.

Resident: Species seen all year round.

Summer: Species observed only during the breeding period.

Winter: Species observed only during the non-breeding period.

Migrant: Species observed only during their migrations.

The taxonomic order follows the IOC World Bird List.

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Common name	Status
Greylag Goose	winter
Common Shelduck	resident
Eurasian Wigeon	winter
Gadwall	resident
Common Teal	winter
Mallard	resident
Northern Pintail	winter
Garganey	migrant
Northern Shoveler	winter
Marbled Duck	resident
Red-crested Pochard	resident
Common Pochard	resident
Ferruginous Duck	winter
Tufted Duck	winter
Common Scoter	winter
Red-breasted Merganser	winter
White-headed Duck	resident
Red-legged Partridge	resident
Common Quail	migrant
Common Pheasant	resident
Cory's Shearwater	resident
Sooty Shearwater	migrant
Yelkouan Shearwater	migrant
Balearic Shearwater	resident
Wilson's Storm-Petrel	migrant
European Storm-Petrel	winter
Leach's Storm-Petrel	winter
Little Grebe	resident
Great Crested Grebe	resident
Black-necked Grebe	resident
Greater Flamingo	resident
Black Stork	winter
White Stork	resident
Northern Bald Ibis	resident
Glossy Ibis	resident
Eurasian Spoonbill	resident
Great Bittern	winter
Little Bittern	summer
Black-crowned Night Heron	resident
Squacco Heron	resident
Cattle Egret	resident
Little Egret	resident
Great Egret	winter
Grey Heron	resident
Purple Heron	summer
Northern Gannet	resident
Great Cormorant	resident
European Shag	resident
Osprey	winter
Black-shouldered Kite	resident
Egyptian Vulture	migrant
European Honey Buzzard	migrant
Eurasian Griffon Vulture	resident
Rüppell's Griffon Vulture	resident
Eurasian Black Vulture	winter
Short-toed Eagle	summer
Lesser Spotted Eagle	winter
Greater Spotted Eagle	winter
Booted Eagle	resident
Bonelli's Eagle	resident
Spanish Eagle	resident
Golden Eagle	winter
Northern Goshawk	resident
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	resident
Western Marsh Harrier	resident
Hen Harrier	winter
Pallid Harrier	winter
Montagu's Harrier	summer
Black Kite	summer
Red Kite	winter
Common Buzzard	resident
Long-legged Buzzard	resident
Little Bustard	resident
Water Rail	resident
Purple Swamphen	resident
Common Moorhen	resident
Eurasian Coot	resident
Red-Knobbed Coot	resident
Common Crane	winter
Eurasian Stone-Curlew	resident
Eurasian Oystercatcher	winter
Black-winged Stilt	resident
Pied Avocet	resident
Northern Lapwing	winter
European Golden Plover	winter
Grey Plover	winter
Little Ringed Plover	resident
Common Ringed Plover	winter
Kentish Plover	resident
Eurasian Dotterel	migrant
Whimbrel	winter
Eurasian Curlew	winter
Black-tailed Godwit	winter
Bar-tailed Godwit	winter
Ruddy Turnstone	resident
Red Knot	winter
Sanderling	resident
Little Stint	winter
Temminck's Stint	migrant
Ruff	winter
Curlew Sandpiper	winter
Purple Sandpiper	winter
Dunlin	winter
Eurasian Woodcock	winter
Jack Snipe	winter
Common Snipe	winter
Red-necked Phalarope	migrant
Common Sandpiper	resident
Green Sandpiper	winter
Spotted Redshank	winter
Common Greenshank	winter
Marsh Sandpiper	winter
Wood Sandpiper	migrant
Common Redshank	resident
Collared Pratincole	summer
Black-legged Kittiwake	winter
Black-headed Gull	resident
Slender-billed Gull	resident
Little Gull	winter
Audouin's Gull	resident
Mediterranean Gull	winter
Mew Gull	winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull	resident
Herring Gull	winter
Yellow-legged Gull	resident
Greater Black-backed Gull	winter
Gull-billed Tern	summer
Caspian Tern	winter
Lesser Crested Tern	migrant
Sandwich Tern	resident
Little Tern	summer
Common Tern	migrant
Whiskered Tern	summer
Black Tern	migrant
White-winged Tern	migrant
Pomarine Skua	migrant
Arctic Skua	winter
Great Skua	resident
Razorbill	winter
Atlantic Puffin	winter
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse	resident
Rock Dove	resident
Stock Dove	winter
Common Woodpigeon	resident
Eurasian Collared Dove	resident
European Turtle Dove	summer
Great Spotted Cuckoo	migrant
Common Cuckoo	summer
Barn Owl	resident
European Scops Owl	summer
Eurasian Eagle Owl	resident
Tawny Owl	resident
Little Owl	resident
Long-eared Owl	resident
Short-eared Owl	winter
European Nightjar	migrant
Red-necked Nightjar	summer
Alpine Swift	migrant
Common Swift	summer
Pallid Swift	summer
White-rumped Swift	summer
Little Swift	resident
European Roller	migrant
Common Kingfisher	resident
European Bee-eater	summer
Eurasian Hoopoe	resident
Eurasian Wryneck	resident
Great Spotted Woodpecker	resident
Iberian Green Woodpecker	resident
Lesser Kestrel	summer
Common Kestrel	resident
Merlin	winter
Eurasian Hobby	migrant
Eleonora's Falcon	migrant
Lanner	migrant
Peregrine	resident
Southern Grey Shrike	resident
Woodchat Shrike	summer
Eurasian Golden Oriole	summer
Eurasian Jay	resident
Iberian Magpie	resident
Common Magpie	resident
Western Jackdaw	resident
Common Raven	resident
Crested Tit	resident
Blue Tit	resident
Great Tit	resident
Eurasian Penduline Tit	winter
Wood Lark	resident
Eurasian Skylark	winter
Crested Lark	resident
Thekla Lark	resident
Greater Short-toed Lark	summer
Calandra Lark	resident
Lesser Short-toed Lark	resident
Common Bulbul	resident
Sand Martin	summer
Barn Swallow	summer
Eurasian Crag Martin	resident
Common House Martin	summer
Red-rumped Swallow	summer
Cetti's Warbler	resident
Long-tailed Tit	resident
Bonelli's Warbler	summer
Common Chiffchaff	winter
Iberian Chiffchaff	summer
Willow Warbler	migrant
Sedge Warbler	migrant
European Reed Warbler	summer
Great Reed Warbler	summer
Western Olivaceous Warbler	summer
Melodious Warbler	summer
Common Grasshopper Warbler	migrant
Savi's Warbler	migrant
Zitting Cisticola	resident
Dartford Warbler	resident
Spectacled Warbler	summer
Subalpine Warbler	migrant
Sardinian Warbler	resident
Western Orphean Warbler	summer
Common Whitethroat	migrant
Garden Warbler	migrant
Blackcap	resident
Firecrest	resident
Eurasian Wren	resident
Eurasian Nuthatch	resident
Short-toed Treecreeper	resident
Spotless Starling	resident
Common Starling	winter
Ring Ouzel	migrant
Common Blackbird	resident
Song Thrush	winter
Redwing	winter
Mistle Thrush	resident
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin	summer
Spotted Flycatcher	summer
European Robin	resident
Common Nightingale	summer
Bluethroat	winter
Pied Flycatcher	migrant
Black Redstart	winter
Common Redstart	migrant
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush	migrant
Blue Rock Thrush	resident
Whinchat	migrant
Common Stonechat	resident
Northern Wheatear	migrant
Black-eared Wheatear	summer
House Sparrow	resident
Spanish Sparrow	resident
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	resident
Common Waxbill	resident
Dunnock	winter
Yellow Wagtail	summer
Grey Wagtail	resident
White Wagtail	resident
Tawny Pipit	summer
Tree Pipit	migrant
Meadow Pipit	winter
Red-throated Pipit	migrant
Water Pipit	winter
Common Chaffinch	resident
Brambling	winter
Hawfinch	resident
European Greenfinch	resident
Common Linnet	resident
European Goldfinch	resident
European Serin	resident
European Siskin	winter
Cirl Bunting	resident
Rock Bunting	resident
Ortolan Bunting	migrant
Common Reed Bunting	winter
Corn Bunting	resident