Stefano Miceli: Malta Year List 2021 BirdLife Malta, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 233 of 233 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor  Yes 0 0 2 Bean Goose Anser fabalis  Yes 0 0 3 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons  Yes 0 0 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser  Yes 0 0 5 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 6 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea  Yes 0 0 7 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope  0 0 8 Falcated Duck Anas falcata  Yes 0 0 9 Gadwall Anas strepera 0 0 10 Baikal Teal Anas formosa  Yes 0 0 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  0 0 12 Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris  Yes 0 0 13 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina  Yes 0 0 14 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca  0 0 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula  Yes 0 0 16 Greater Scaup Aythya marila  Yes 0 0 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra  Yes 0 0 18 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula  Yes 0 0 19 Smew Mergus albellus Yes 0 0 20 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator  0 0 21 Goosander Mergus merganser  Yes 0 0 22 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala  Yes 0 0 23 Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar 1 50 24 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 0 0 25 Red-Throated Diver Gavia stellata    Yes 0 0 26 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis Yes 0 0 27 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus   Yes 0 0 28 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus   Yes 0 0 29 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Yes 0 0 30 Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa  Yes 0 0 31 Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis Yes 0 0 32 Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis Yes 0 0 33 White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus   Yes 0 0 34 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris   0 0 35 Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis Yes 0 0 36 White Stork Ciconia ciconia  0 0 37 Red Kite Milvus milvus  Yes 0 0 38 White-Tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla  Yes 0 0 39 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus  0 0 40 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus  Yes 0 0 41 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes Yes 0 0 42 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 43 Rough-Legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus  Yes 0 0 44 Booted Eagle Aquila pennata 0 0 45 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos  Yes 0 0 46 American Kestrel Falco sparverius  Yes 0 0 47 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor  Yes 0 0 48 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus  Yes 0 0 49 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides  Yes 0 0 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus  0 0 51 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana  0 0 52 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla  0 0 53 Corn Crake Crex crex 0 0 54 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 55 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrula alleni  Yes 0 0 56 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica Yes 0 0 57 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata  Yes 0 0 58 Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo  Yes 0 0 59 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax  Yes 0 0 60 Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata  Yes 0 0 61 Great Bustard Otis tarda  Yes 0 0 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta  Yes 1 50 63 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor  Yes 0 0 64 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus  0 0 65 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Yes 0 0 66 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus  Yes 0 0 67 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 68 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 1 50 69 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola  0 0 70 Spur-winged Lapwing Hoplopterus spinosus  Yes 0 0 71 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 72 White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus  Yes 0 0 73 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus  0 0 74 Red Knot Calidris canutus  Yes 0 0 75 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii  0 0 76 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos  Yes 0 0 77 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima  Yes 0 0 78 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus  Yes 0 0 79 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis  Yes 0 0 80 Great Snipe Gallinago media  0 0 81 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 0 0 82 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola  0 0 83 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica  Yes 0 0 84 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus  1 50 85 Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris  Yes 0 0 86 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata  0 0 87 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda  Yes 0 0 88 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis  0 0 89 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus  Yes 0 0 90 Turnstone Arenaria interpres  0 0 91 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus  Yes 0 0 92 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius  Yes 0 0 93 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus  Yes 0 0 94 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus  Yes 0 0 95 Great Skua Stercorarius skua  1 50 96 Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus Yes 0 0 97 Little Gull Larus minutus  0 0 98 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 0 0 99 Herring Gull Larus argentatus  Yes 0 0 100 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus  Yes 0 0 101 Little Tern Sternula albifrons  0 0 102 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica  0 0 103 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 0 0 104 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 105 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii  Yes 0 0 106 Common Guillemot Uria aalge  Yes 0 0 107 Razorbill Alca torda Yes 0 0 108 Little Auk Alle alle  Yes 0 0 109 Puffin Fratercula arctica  Yes 0 0 110 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis  Yes 0 0 111 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata  Yes 0 0 112 Rock Dove Columba livia  0 0 113 Stock Dove Columba oenas  0 0 114 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis  Yes 0 0 115 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 0 0 116 Barn Owl Tyto alba  Yes 0 0 117 Little Owl Athene noctua  Yes 0 0 118 Long-eared Owl Asio otus  0 0 119 Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis  Yes 0 0 120 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius  Yes 0 0 121 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus  Yes 0 0 122 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer  Yes 0 0 123 Little Swift Apus affinis  Yes 0 0 124 Blue-Cheeked Bee-eater Merops superciliosus  Yes 0 0 125 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis  Yes 0 0 126 Bar-tailed Desert Lark Ammomanes cinctura Yes 0 0 127 Hoopoe Lark Alaemon alaudipes  Yes 0 0 128 Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti  Yes 0 0 129 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra  0 0 130 White-winged Lark Melanocorypha leucoptera  Yes 0 0 131 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis  Yes 0 0 132 Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens Yes 0 0 133 Crested Lark Galerida cristata  Yes 0 0 134 Wood Lark Lullula arborea  0 0 135 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris  Yes 0 0 136 Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha Yes 1 50 137 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris  Yes 0 0 138 Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta Yes 0 0 139 Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae  0 0 140 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus  0 0 141 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 142 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 0 0 143 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus  Yes 0 0 144 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Yes 0 0 145 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 0 0 146 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris  0 0 147 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes  1 50 148 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia  Yes 0 0 149 Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope 0 0 150 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri  Yes 0 0 151 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka  Yes 0 0 152 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti  Yes 0 0 153 Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura  Yes 0 0 154 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis  1 50 155 Siberian Thrush Zoothera sibirica  Yes 0 0 156 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus  0 0 157 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus  Yes 0 0 158 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris  0 0 159 Redwing Turdus iliacus  1 50 160 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia  Yes 0 0 161 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis  Yes 0 0 162 Savi's Warbler Locustella lusciniodes  0 0 163 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola  Yes 0 0 164 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola  Yes 0 0 165 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 166 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris  0 0 167 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida  Yes 0 0 168 Western Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais opaca Yes 0 0 169 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta  Yes 0 0 170 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria  Yes 0 0 171 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca  0 0 172 Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis  Yes 0 0 173 Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia crassirostris Yes 0 0 174 African Desert Warbler Sylvia deserti Yes 0 0 175 Tristram's Warbler Sylvia deserticola  Yes 0 0 176 Marmora's Warbler Sylvia sarda  Yes 0 0 177 Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 178 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 179 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis  Yes 0 0 180 Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 181 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi  Yes 0 0 182 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus  Yes 0 0 183 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis 0 0 184 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 185 Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata  Yes 1 50 186 Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera Yes 0 0 187 Blue Tit Parus caeruleus  Yes 0 0 188 Great Tit Parus major  Yes 0 0 189 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria  Yes 0 0 190 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus  Yes 0 0 191 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio  1 50 192 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 193 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 194 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 0 0 195 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 0 0 196 Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis Yes 0 0 197 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus  Yes 0 0 198 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius  Yes 0 0 199 Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula  0 0 200 Rook Corbus frugilegus Yes 0 0 201 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Yes 0 0 202 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Yes 0 0 203 Common Raven Corus corax  Yes 0 0 204 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor   Yes 0 0 205 Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus  Yes 0 0 206 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia  Yes 0 0 207 Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis  Yes 0 0 208 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus  Yes 0 0 209 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 0 0 210 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 0 0 211 Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret Yes 0 0 212 Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea  Yes 0 0 213 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra  Yes 0 0 214 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githaginea  0 0 215 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus  Yes 0 0 216 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula  Yes 0 0 217 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes  0 0 218 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicolis Yes 0 0 219 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus  Yes 0 0 220 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis  Yes 0 0 221 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 222 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella  Yes 0 0 223 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus  Yes 0 0 224 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia  Yes 0 0 225 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana  Yes 0 0 226 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia  Yes 0 0 227 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola  Yes 0 0 228 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica  Yes 0 0 229 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla  Yes 0 0 230 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila  Yes 0 0 231 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus  1 50 232 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala  Yes 0 0 233 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus  Yes 0 0