Adin Vella: Malta Life List BirdLife Malta, All records Record(s) 1 to 255 of 255 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor  Yes 02/01/2017 Marsalforn Valley flock of 12 (8ads + 4 juvs) 2 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 26/01/2006 Gozo flock of 6 3 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope  4 Gadwall Anas strepera 04/01/2009 Ghadira nature reserve, Malta 1 male 5 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 6 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  7 Pintail Anas acuta 8 Garganey Anas querquedula  9 Shoveler Anas clypeata  Ghadira nature reserve, Malta 10 Common Pochard Aythya ferina Simar nature reserve, Malta 11 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca  10/01/2009 Simar + Ghadira nature reserve 1 and 2 (m,f) 12 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator  01/01/2012 Qawra 1 female 13 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix  14 Little Grebe Tachybaptus  ruficollis   Simar NR 15 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 10/01/2009 Ghadira nature reserve 1 winter plumage 16 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis   Gozo 17 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Gozo 18 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan   19 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus   20 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus   21 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo   22 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris   23 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus   Simar nature reserve 24 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax   25 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides   20/04/2008 Mgarr Ix-Xini flock of 7 birds 26 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis   Yes 27 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 28 Great White Egret Ardea alba 29 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  30 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea  02/04/2008 Mgarr Ix Xini Bay flock of 7 (as a confirmed sight) 31 Black Stork Ciconia nigra  Yes 28/09/2008 Buskett Woodland, Malta 2 on the same day but not together 32 White Stork Ciconia ciconia  17/09/2008 Buskett Woodland, Malta 1 and the only one seen in Malta in 2008 33 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus  26/03/2010 Cirkewwa flock of 21 34 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 05/11/2006 Ghadira nature reserve 1 in Nov 06 35 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 18/09/2008 Ghadira nature reserve 1 juvenile 36 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 37 Black Kite Milvus migrans  38 Red Kite Milvus milvus  Yes 24/09/2016 Buskett 39 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus  40 Short-Toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus  26/09/2008 Buskett woodland 1 dark phase adult low flying and roosted in nearby cliffs 41 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus  42 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus  23/09/2009 Ghadira Nature Reserve Male over Foresta 2000 43 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus  17/09/2008 Buskett Woodland 1 male 44 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus  1 st sight in Gozo 45 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus  Buskett seen 1 st time sept 2007 46 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo  47 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina 28/09/2008 Buskett woodland, Malta 5 (the largest flock of these eagles ever recorded in Malta) 48 Booted Eagle Aquila pennata 49 Osprey Pandion halieatus 50 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni  51 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus  52 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus  53 Merlin Falco columbarius  54 Hobby Falco subbuteo 55 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae  56 Saker Falcon Falco cherrug 57 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 58 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus  59 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana  60 Little Crake Porzana parva  Simar nature reserve 1 male in Apr 06 or 07 61 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla  10/04/2024 Chadwick Lakes 62 Corn Crake Crex crex 02/05/2013 Dwejra (Gozo) 63 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus  64 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 01/04/2010 Ghadira NR 65 Common Coot Fulica atra  66 Common Crane Grus grus  12/11/2008 Gozo 2 67 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus  05/09/2010 Qawra 68 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  Ghadira nature reserve 69 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta  Yes 07/04/2010 Ghadira Nature Reserve 70 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus  26/03/2010 Cirkewwa Good views 71 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola  Yes ********** ********** 72 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 73 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 74 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus  75 Dotterel Charadrius morinellus  76 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 77 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola  78 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus  79 Red Knot Calidris canutus  Yes 02/09/2010 Ghadira Nature Reserve 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 07/08/2017 Tas-Safra Adult on Tas-Safra with 16 C.Sandpipers 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta  82 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii  83 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea  84 Dunlin Calidris alpina 85 Ruff Philomachus pugnax  86 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus  87 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago  88 Great Snipe Gallinago media  89 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola  90 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa  23/04/2018 Ghadira NR Adult in Summer Plumage 91 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica  Yes 31/03/2010 Cirkewwa Flock of 49 92 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus  24/09/2017 Qawra 93 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata  94 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus  95 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 05/11/2006 Ghadira Nature Reserve 96 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis  18/03/2020 Salina NR 97 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 98 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus  99 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola  100 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus  Yes 28/05/2022 Ghadira NR 101 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos  102 Turnstone Arenaria interpres  103 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus  104 Great Skua Stercorarius skua  11/01/2022 Qbajjar 105 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanochephalus  106 Little Gull Larus minutus  05/12/2017 Ta' Xbiex 1 individual 107 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus  108 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei  12/09/2009 Qawra 109 Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii  110 Common Gull Larus canus  Yes 06/01/2019 Salina NR 111 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 112 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 113 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 18/02/2018 Marsaxlokk 114 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla  Yes 09/01/2022 Simar Nature Reserve 115 Little Tern Sternula albifrons  ********** ********** 116 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica  16/04/2021 Dwejra G 2 indv 117 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia  22/09/2009 Buskett Flying over !! 118 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 23/09/2009 Ghadira Nature Reserve juvenile 119 Black Tern Chlidonias niger  120 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 03/05/2012 Salina 121 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis  122 Razorbill Alca torda Yes 25/11/2022 Grand Harbour 123 Rock Dove Columba livia  124 Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus  11/04/2016 Santa Lucija Gozo 125 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto  126 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur  127 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 19/04/2022 Mgarr Ix-Xini 128 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus  129 Barn Owl Tyto alba  Yes 20/02/2015 Wied l-Infern, Gozo 130 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops 131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus  132 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus  133 Alpine Swift Apus melba  134 Common Swift Apus apus  135 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus  136 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  137 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster  138 European Roller Coracias garrulus  139 Hoopoe Upupa epops  140 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 141 Bar-tailed Desert Lark Ammomanes cinctura Yes 01/04/2010 Delimara 142 Hoopoe Lark Alaemon alaudipes  Yes 23/04/2022 L-Ahrax 143 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra  144 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla  145 Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens Yes 02/04/2010 Ta Cenc 146 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis  147 Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha Yes ********** ********** 148 Sand Martin Riparia riparia  149 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris  Yes 20/03/2022 Ghadira NR 150 Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta Yes ********** ********** 151 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica  152 House Martin Delichon urbicum 153 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica  154 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris  155 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni  Yes 04/02/2017 Ta' Qali, Malta 156 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis  157 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis  158 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus  159 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta  160 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava  161 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 24/12/2019 Salina NR 162 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 10/09/2012 Buskett 163 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea  164 White Wagtail Motacilla alba  165 Dunnock Prunella modularis  166 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris  ********** ********** 167 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes  08/05/2012 Comino 168 Robin Erithacus rubecula  169 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos  170 Bluethroat Luscinia svecina 171 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros  172 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus  173 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri  Yes 03/12/2008 Majjistral National Park, Malta Male, 10 th record for Malta 174 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 175 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 176 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina  177 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe  178 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica  179 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti  Yes 12/03/2011 Tal-Bardan 180 White-Crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes ********** ********** 181 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis  182 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarus 183 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus  Tal-Bardan 184 Blackbird Turdus merula 185 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris  186 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos  187 Redwing Turdus iliacus  24/12/2017 Buskett 188 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus  189 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti  190 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis  191 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia  Yes 11/03/2011 Salina 192 Savi's Warbler Locustella lusciniodes  11/11/2018 Mgarr Ix-Xini Ringed 193 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon  194 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus  195 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 01/09/2019 Mgarr Ix-Xini ringed 196 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris  08/09/2023 Mtahleb 197 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus  198 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 199 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida  Yes ********** ********** 200 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina  201 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 202 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin  203 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria  Yes 27/08/2023 Mtahleb 204 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca  205 Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis  Yes 10/06/2011 San Anton 206 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis  207 Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata  208 Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata  30/01/2017 Qammieh, Malta 209 Marmora's Warbler Sylvia sarda  Yes 30/10/2011 Comino 210 Ruppell's Warbler Sylvia rueppelli  14/03/2012 Hal Far 2 Males 211 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans  212 Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes ********** ********** 213 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala  214 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus  Yes 215 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus  Yes 26/10/2017 Mgarr Ix-Xini Ringed 216 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Buskett 217 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis 218 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix  219 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita  220 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus  221 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 222 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 223 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata  224 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva  225 Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata  Yes 30/03/2010 Ghadira Nature Reseve 226 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis  227 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca  228 Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera Yes 15/04/2012 Comino Island Wied L-Ahmar 1st record for Malta 229 Blue Tit Parus caeruleus  Yes 20/12/2015 Buskett Ringed by NG 230 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus  Yes 21/02/2017 Ghajn Rihana 231 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus  232 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio  11/05/2012 Comino Seen also on 12/05/12 233 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 03/11/2017 Ballut ta' Marsaxlokk 1st Record for Malta 234 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 20/04/2013 Comino Island 1st Record for Malta 235 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Qbajjar 236 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator  237 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Yes 26/04/2017 Floriana 238 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris  239 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis  240 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus  241 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs  242 European Serin Serinus serinus  243 Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 244 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 245 Siskin Carduelis spinus 246 Linnet Carduelis cannabina 247 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra  Yes 15/09/2010 Buskett 248 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githaginea  249 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus  Yes 13/10/2013 Mgarr Ix-Xini Also ringed on 01/10/2014 at Mgarr ix-xini 250 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes  19/10/2021 Paradise Bay, Mellieha flock of 5 251 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus  Yes 28/09/2015 Mgarr xini 252 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana  Yes 20/04/2020 San Blas 253 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica  Yes ********** ********** 254 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus  255 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra