Stefano Miceli: Malta Year List 2019 BirdLife Malta, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 169 of 169 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 100.00 2 Gadwall Anas strepera 6 42.86 3 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 13 92.86 4 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  8 57.14 5 Pintail Anas acuta 11 78.57 6 Garganey Anas querquedula  11 78.57 7 Shoveler Anas clypeata  11 78.57 8 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 8 57.14 9 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca  9 64.29 10 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator  5 35.71 11 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix  4 28.57 12 Little Grebe Tachybaptus  ruficollis   13 92.86 13 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 13 92.86 14 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis   13 92.86 15 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 3 21.43 16 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan   13 92.86 17 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus   6 42.86 18 Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis 2 14.29 19 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus   11 78.57 20 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo   14 100.00 21 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax   13 92.86 22 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides   10 71.43 23 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis   13 92.86 24 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 14 100.00 25 Great White Egret Ardea alba 10 71.43 26 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  13 92.86 27 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea  13 92.86 28 Black Stork Ciconia nigra  4 28.57 29 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus  7 50.00 30 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 8 57.14 31 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 11 78.57 32 Black Kite Milvus migrans  12 85.71 33 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus  5 35.71 34 Short-Toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus  5 35.71 35 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus  13 92.86 36 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus  11 78.57 37 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus  11 78.57 38 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus  9 64.29 39 Osprey Pandion halieatus 13 92.86 40 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni  12 85.71 41 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus  14 100.00 42 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus  8 57.14 43 Merlin Falco columbarius  6 42.86 44 Hobby Falco subbuteo 11 78.57 45 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae  7 50.00 46 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 13 92.86 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus  13 92.86 48 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana  11 78.57 49 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla  8 57.14 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus  13 92.86 51 Common Coot Fulica atra  13 92.86 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus  8 57.14 53 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  12 85.71 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta  12 85.71 55 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 13 92.86 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10 71.43 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola  8 57.14 58 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus  6 42.86 59 Little Stint Calidris minuta  10 71.43 60 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii  9 64.29 61 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea  10 71.43 62 Dunlin Calidris alpina 10 71.43 63 Ruff Philomachus pugnax  13 92.86 64 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago  13 92.86 65 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 8 57.14 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 9 64.29 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus  13 92.86 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola  13 92.86 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos  14 100.00 70 Turnstone Arenaria interpres  7 50.00 71 Great Skua Stercorarius skua  8 57.14 72 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanochephalus  14 100.00 73 Little Gull Larus minutus  9 64.29 74 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus  14 100.00 75 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei  14 100.00 76 Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii  14 100.00 77 Common Gull Larus canus  8 57.14 78 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 13 92.86 79 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 14 100.00 80 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 11 78.57 81 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica  7 50.00 82 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 3 21.43 83 Black Tern Chlidonias niger  6 42.86 84 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis  13 92.86 85 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto  14 100.00 86 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur  12 85.71 87 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus  10 71.43 88 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus  12 85.71 89 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus  10 71.43 90 Alpine Swift Apus melba  10 71.43 91 Common Swift Apus apus  13 92.86 92 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus  13 92.86 93 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  14 100.00 94 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster  12 85.71 95 European Roller Coracias garrulus  10 71.43 96 Hoopoe Upupa epops  13 92.86 97 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 13 92.86 98 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla  12 85.71 99 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis  13 92.86 100 Sand Martin Riparia riparia  12 85.71 101 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica  13 92.86 102 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13 92.86 103 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica  12 85.71 104 Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae  10 71.43 105 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris  11 78.57 106 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni  8 57.14 107 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis  12 85.71 108 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis  14 100.00 109 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus  12 85.71 110 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta  6 42.86 111 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava  13 92.86 112 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis 4 28.57 113 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 5 35.71 114 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea  11 78.57 115 White Wagtail Motacilla alba  14 100.00 116 Dunnock Prunella modularis  13 92.86 117 Robin Erithacus rubecula  14 100.00 118 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos  13 92.86 119 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros  14 100.00 120 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus  13 92.86 121 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 12 85.71 122 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 14 100.00 123 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina  10 71.43 124 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe  13 92.86 125 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica  11 78.57 126 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarus 14 100.00 127 Blackbird Turdus merula 10 71.43 128 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos  14 100.00 129 Redwing Turdus iliacus  6 42.86 130 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus  2 14.29 131 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti  14 100.00 132 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis  14 100.00 133 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus  13 92.86 134 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus  9 64.29 135 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 12 85.71 136 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina  10 71.43 137 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 14 100.00 138 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin  10 71.43 139 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis  12 85.71 140 Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata  14 100.00 141 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans  13 92.86 142 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala  14 100.00 143 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus  12 85.71 144 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix  13 92.86 145 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita  14 100.00 146 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus  13 92.86 147 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 8 57.14 148 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 9 64.29 149 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata  12 85.71 150 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis  12 85.71 151 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca  12 85.71 152 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus  7 50.00 153 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus  9 64.29 154 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator  12 85.71 155 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 4 28.57 156 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris  14 100.00 157 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis  14 100.00 158 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus  12 85.71 159 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs  14 100.00 160 European Serin Serinus serinus  11 78.57 161 Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 10 71.43 162 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 6 42.86 163 Siskin Carduelis spinus 9 64.29 164 Linnet Carduelis cannabina 13 92.86 165 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes  4 28.57 166 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis  4 28.57 167 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana  1 7.14 168 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus  11 78.57 169 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra  10 71.43