This is a list of the bird species recorded in Spain. The area covered by this list is mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, and three small Spanish enclaves on the North African shore. The avifauna of Spain included a total of 638 species recorded in the wild by 2022 according to Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife).^[1][2] Taxonomy follows the IOC World Bird List.

The following tags have been used to highlight some categories of occurrence.

• (R) Rarity – a species that only occurs rarely anywhere in Spain, and requires submission of evidence to the Comité de Rarezas de SEO (Spanish Rarities Committee) for acceptance.
• (E) Endemic – a species found only in Spain, with the location appended.
• (B) Category B - species which have not been recorded in Spain since 1950.
• (C) Category C - species introduced to Spain as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions and that has an established population.

Note that Category D (species for which there are reasonable doubts as to their wild origin) do not form part of the Spanish list, and are not included here.

An additional note such as (Canary Islands only) means that the species has been recorded solely in that locality. Species without a note of that type have been recorded at a minimum in mainland Spain.

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.

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  Greylag geese, Tablas de Daimiel National Park, Ciudad Real
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  Mute swan, with mallards, Castelló d'Empúries, Catalonia
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  Egyptian goose, Retiro Park, Madrid
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  Common shelduck, Estany del Cortalet, Los Aiguamolls del' Empordà, Castelló d'Empúries, Catalonia
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  Garganey, Estanque de San Lázaro, Trujillo, Spain
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  Northern shoveler, Castelló d'Empúries, Catalonia
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  Gadwall, Castelló d'Empúries, Catalonia
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  Eurasian teal, Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Catalonia
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  Marbled teal, Clot-de-Galvany, Alicante
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  Red-crested pochard, Albufera, Mallorca
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  Common pochard, Alicante
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  Tufted ducks, Tablas de Daimiel National Park, Ciudad Real
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  Lesser scaup (vagrant), Gran Canaria
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  Goosander, Carballo, Galicia
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  White-headed duck, Andalusia

Order: Galliformes   Family: Phasianidae

The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds. In general, they are plump, although they vary in size, and have broad, relatively short wings.

• Hazel grouse (grévol común), Tetrastes bonasia (B)
• Rock ptarmigan (lagópodo alpino), Lagopus muta
• Western capercaillie (urogallo común), Tetrao urogallus
• Grey partridge (perdiz pardilla), Perdix perdix
• Common pheasant (faisán común), Phasianus colchicus (C)
• Common quail (codorniz común), Coturnix coturnix
• Barbary partridge (perdiz moruna), Alectoris barbara (native in North African territories, category C on Canary Islands)
• Red-legged partridge (perdiz roja), Alectoris rufa

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  Western capercaillie, Spanish Pyrenees
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  Common pheasant, Madrid
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  Common quail, Cuntis, Galicia
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  Barbary partridges, Barranco del Infierno, Tenerife
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  Red-legged partridge, Loja, Granada

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Caprimulgidae

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves.

• Common nighthawk (añapero yanqui), Chordeiles minor (R)
• Red-necked nightjar (chotacabras cuellirrojo), Caprimulgus ruficollis
• Eurasian nightjar (chotacabras europeo), Caprimulgus europaeus
• Egyptian nightjar (chotacabras egipcio), Caprimulgus aegyptius (R)

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Apodidae

Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.

• Chimney swift (vencejo de chimenea), Chaetura pelagica (R)
• Alpine swift (vencejo real), Tachymarptis melba
• Common swift (vencejo común), Apus apus
• Plain swift (vencejo unicolor), Apus unicolor (R except on Canary Islands)
• Pallid swift (vencejo pálido), Apus pallidus
• Little swift (vencejo moro), Apus affinis
• White-rumped swift (vencejo cafre), Apus caffer

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  Alpine swift, Llobregat Delta, Barcelona
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  Common swift, Barcelona
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  Plain swift, La Gomera, Canary Islands
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  Pallid swift, Tarifa

Order: Otidiformes   Family: Otididae

Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World. They are omnivorous and nest on the ground. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. They have long broad wings with "fingered" wingtips and striking patterns in flight. Many have interesting mating displays.

• Great bustard (avutarda euroasiática), Otis tarda vulnerable
• Houbara bustard (avutarda hubara africana), Chlamydotis undulata (Canary Islands only)
• Little bustard (sisón común), Tetrax tetrax

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  Great bustard, Villafáfila, Zamora, Castile and León
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  Houbara bustard, El Jable Plains, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
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  Little bustard, Castuera, Extremadura

Order: Cuculiformes   Family: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. The Old World cuckoos are brood parasites.

• Great spotted cuckoo (críalo europeo), Clamator glandarius
• Yellow-billed cuckoo (cuclillo piquigualdo), Coccyzus americanus (R)
• Common cuckoo (cuco común), Cuculus canorus

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  Great spotted cuckoo, Extremadura

Order: Pterocliformes   Family: Pteroclidae

Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn and dusk. Their legs are feathered down to the toes.

• Pallas's sandgrouse (ganga de Pallas), Syrrhaptes paradoxus (B)
• Pin-tailed sandgrouse (ganga ibérica), Pterocles alchata
• Black-bellied sandgrouse (ganga ortega), Pterocles orientalis

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  Pin-tailed sandgrouse, Castuera, Badajoz, Extremadura
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  Black-bellied sandgrouse, Los Molinos Reservoir, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.

• Rock dove (paloma bravía), Columba livia
• Stock dove (paloma zurita), Columba oenas
• Common wood pigeon (paloma torcaz), Columba palumbus
• Bolle's pigeon (paloma turqué), Columba bollii (E – Canary Islands)
• Laurel pigeon (paloma rabiche), Columba junoniae (E – Canary Islands)
• European turtle dove (tórtola europea), Streptopelia turtur
• Oriental turtle dove (tórtola oriental), Streptopelia orientalis (R)
• Eurasian collared dove (tórtola turca), Streptopelia decaocto
• Laughing dove (tórtola senegalesa), Spilopelia senegalensis (R on mainland Spain only)

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  Rock dove (feral pigeon), Retiro Park, Madrid
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  Common wood pigeon, Castelló d'Empúries, Catalonia
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  Bolle's pigeon, La Palma
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  Laurel pigeon, Las Palmas, Canary Islands
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  European turtle dove, Melilla
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  Eurasian collared dove, Guatiza, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
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  Laughing dove, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.

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  Water rail, Castelló d'Empúries, Catalonia
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  Spotted crake, Castelló d'Empúries, Catalonia
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  Common moorhen, Castelló d'Empúries, Catalonia
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  Eurasian coots, Estanque de San Lázaro, Trujillo, Cáceres, Extremadura
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  Red-knobbed coot, Albufera Natural Park
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  Western swamphen, Mallorca

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Gruidae

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances".

• Sandhill crane (grulla canadiense), Antigone canadensis (R)
• Demoiselle crane (grulla damisela), Grus virgo (B R)
• Common crane (grulla común), Grus grus

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  Common cranes, Las Cuerlas, Teruel

Order: Podicipediformes   Family: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land.

• Little grebe (zampullín común), Tachybaptus ruficollis
• Pied-billed grebe (zampullín picogrueso), Podilymbus podiceps (R)
• Red-necked grebe (somormujo cuellirrojo), Podiceps grisegena (R)
• Great crested grebe (somormujo lavanco), Podiceps cristatus
• Slavonian grebe (zampullín cuellirrojo), Podiceps auritus vulnerable
• Black-necked grebe (zampullín cuellinegro), Podiceps nigricollis

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  Little grebe, Catalonia
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  Great crested grebe, Castelló d'Empúries, Catalonia
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  Black-necked grebe, El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia

Order: Phoenicopteriformes   Family: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 1 to 1.5 metres (3.3 to 4.9 ft) tall, found in both the Western and eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shrimps and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down.

• Greater flamingo (flamenco común), Phoenicopterus roseus
• Lesser flamingo (flamenco enano), Phoeniconaias minor

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  Greater flamingo, Las Salinas Natural Park, Ibiza

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Turnicidae

The buttonquail are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails. The female is the brighter of the sexes and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young.

• Common buttonquail (torillo andaluz), Turnix sylvaticus (Ex)^[3]

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Burhinidae

The stone-curlews and thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats.

• Eurasian stone-curlew (alcaraván común), Burhinus oedicnemus

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  Eurasian stone-curlew, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Haematopodidae

The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. They are long-lived birds, with some species known to live in excess of 40 years.

• Canary Islands oystercatcher (ostrero negro canario), Haematopus meadewaldoi (E – Canary Islands; extinct)
• Eurasian oystercatcher (ostrero euroasiático), Haematopus ostralegus

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  Eurasian oystercatcher, Santa Cristina, Oleiros, A Coruña, Galicia

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the stilts and avocets. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills.

• Black-winged stilt (cigüeñuela común), Himantopus himantopus
• Pied avocet (avoceta común), Recurvirostra avosetta

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  Black-winged stilt, Spain
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  Pied avocet, Albufera Natural Park

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae

The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.

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  European golden plovers, Spain
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  American golden plover, Sierra de la Capelada, A Coruña, Galicia
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  Northern lapwing, Lagunas Manchegas
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  Kentish plover, southern Spain
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  Common ringed plovers, Estuario de Río Guadiaro, near Sotogrande
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  Little ringed plover, Castuera, Extremadura

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Pluvianidae

The Egyptian plover is found across equatorial Africa and along the Nile River.

• Egyptian plover (pluvial), Pluvianus aegyptius (B, Canary Islands)

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.

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  Eurasian whimbrel, Fuerteventura
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  Eurasian curlew, Albufera Natural Park
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  Black-tailed godwit, Cabo de gata, Almería
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  Ruddy turnstone, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
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  Ruff, Parc natural de s’Albufera de Mallorca, Mallorca
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  Sanderling, Fuerteventura
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  Dunlin, Santa Pola, Alicante
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  Dunlin and little stints, Paraje Natural Punta Entinas Sabinar, Andalusia
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  Common snipe, Empuriabrava, Catalonia
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  Common sandpiper, Melilla
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  Green sandpiper, Castuera, Extremadura
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  Spotted redshank, Parc natural de s’Albufera de Mallorca, Mallorca
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  Wood sandpiper, Llobregat Delta, Barcelona
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  Common redshank, Parc natural de s’Albufera de Mallorca, Mallorca

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Glareolidae

Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards.

• Cream-coloured courser (corredor sahariano), Cursorius cursor (R in mainland Spain only)
• Collared pratincole (canastera común), Glareola pratincola
• Black-winged pratincole (canastera alinegra), Glareola nordmanni (R)

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  Collared pratincole, Viladecans, Catalonia

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, including the gulls and terns. Gulls are typically medium sized to large, grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings; they have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of smaller to medium size seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head; most hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Gulls and terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years.

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  Black-legged kittiwake, Port of Las Palmas, Las Palmas, Canary Islands
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  Slender-billed gulls, Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia
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  Black-headed gull, Ferrol
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  Mediterranean gull, Costa Ballena, Chipiona, Cádiz
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  Audouin's gull, Palma de Mallorca
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  European herring gull, San Sebastián
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  Yellow-legged gull, Barcelona
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  Lesser black-backed gull, Fuerteventura
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  Great black-backed gull, Burela, Lugo, Galicia
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  Little tern, Spain
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  Caspian tern, Llobregat Delta, Barcelona
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  Whiskered terns, Ebro Delta, Catalonia
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  Common tern, Valencia
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  Sandwich tern, Llobregat Delta, Barcelona

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae

The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants.

• South polar skua (págalo polar), Stercorarius maccormicki (R)
• Great skua (págalo grande), Stercorarius skua
• Pomarine skua (págalo pomarino), Stercorarius pomarinus
• Arctic skua (págalo parásito), Stercorarius parasiticus
• Long-tailed skua (págalo rabero), Stercorarius longicaudus

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Alcidae

Auks are superficially similar to penguins due to their black-and-white plumage, their upright posture and some of their habits; however, they are not related to the penguins and differ in being able to fly. Auks live on the open sea, only deliberately coming ashore to nest.

• Little auk (mérgulo atlántico), Alle alle (R)
• Common guillemot (arao común), Uria aalge
• Razorbill (alca común), Alca torda near-threatened
• Black guillemot (arao aliblanco), Cepphus grylle (R)
• Atlantic puffin (frailecillo atlántico), Fratercula arctica

Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their long wings have black markings, as does the head.

• Red-billed tropicbird (rabijunco etéreo), Phaeton aetherius (R except on Canary Islands)

Order: Gaviiformes   Family: Gaviidae

Divers, known as loons in North America, are a group of aquatic birds found widely in northern Eurasia and North America. They are roughly the size of cormorants, which they somewhat resemble when swimming, but to which they are completely unrelated.

• Red-throated diver (colimbo chico), Gavia stellata
• Black-throated diver (colimbo ártico), Gavia arctica
• Pacific diver (colimbo del Pacífico), Gavia pacifica (R)
• Great northern diver (colimbo grande), Gavia immer

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Oceanitidae

Southern storm petrels, are seabirds in the family Oceanitidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. These smallest of seabirds feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. Their flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.

• Wilson's storm petrel (paíño de Wilson), Oceanites oceanicus
• White-faced storm petrel (paíño pechialbo), Pelagodroma marina (R, except for Canary Islands)
• Black-bellied storm petrel (paíño ventrinegro), Fregetta tropica (R)

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae

The albatrosses are among the largest flying birds, with long, narrow wings for gliding. The majority are found in the Southern Hemisphere with only vagrants occurring in the North Atlantic.

• Black-browed albatross (albatros ojeroso), Thalassarche melanophris (R)
• Yellow-nosed albatross (albatros picofino), Thalassarche chlororhynchos (R)

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Hydrobatidae

Though the members of this family are similar in many respects to the southern storm petrels, including their general appearance and habits, there are enough genetic differences to warrant their placement in a separate family.

• European storm petrel (paíño europeo), Hydrobates pelagicus
• Swinhoe's storm petrel (paíño de Swinhoe), Hydrobates monorhis (R)
• Leach's storm petrel (paíño boreal), Hydrobates leucorheus
• Band-rumped storm petrel (paíño de Madeira), Hydrobates castro (R)

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  European storm petrel, Benidorm Island

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized petrels and shearwaters, characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.

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  Cory's shearwater, La Gomera
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  Great shearwater, off Bermeo, Bilbao
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  Balearic shearwater, Balearic Islands
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  Boyd's shearwater, Canary Islands

Order: Ciconiiformes   Family: Ciconiidae

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wetland birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory.

• Black stork (cigüeña negra), Ciconia nigra
• White stork (cigüeña blanca), Ciconia ciconia

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  Black storks, Salto Del Gitano, Cáceres, Extremadura
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  White stork, Huelva

Order: Suliformes   Family: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black, or black-and-white, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have red inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.

• Magnificent frigatebird (rabihorcado magnífico), Fregata magnificens (R)

Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.

• Northern gannet (alcatraz atlántico), Morus bassanus
• Masked booby (piquero enmascarado), Sula dactylatra (R)
• Red-footed booby (piquero patirrojo), Sula sula (R)
• Brown booby (piquero pardo), Sula leucogaster (R)

Order: Suliformes   Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white and a few being colourful.

• Pygmy cormorant (cormorán pigmeo), Microcarbo pygmeus (R)
• Great cormorant (cormorán grande), Phalacrocorax carbo
• European shag (cormorán moñudo), Gulosus aristotelis
• Double-crested cormorant (cormorán orejudo), Nannopterum auritum (R)

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  Great cormorant, Arteixo, A Coruña
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  European shag, Islas Cíes, Galicia

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers.

• African sacred ibis (ibis sagrado), Threskiornis aethiopicus (C)
• Northern bald ibis (ibis eremita), Geronticus eremita (B C)
• Glossy ibis (morito común), Plegadis falcinellus
• Eurasian spoonbill (espátula común), Platalea leucorodia

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  Glossy ibis, El Rocío, Huelva
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  Northern bald ibis, near Cádiz, Andalusia (reintroduced)
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  Eurasian spoonbill, near Almonte

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills.

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  Little bittern, Barcelona
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  Black-crowned night heron, Dehesa de abajo, Seville
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  Squacco heron, Catalonia
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  Western cattle egret, Morro Jable, Fuerteventura
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  Grey heron, Madrid
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  Purple heron, Albufera Natural Park, Palma de Mallorca
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  Great egrets, Catalonia
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  Little egret, Albufera Natural Park, Palma de Mallorca

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes.

• Great white pelican (pelícano común), Pelecanus onocrotalus (R)

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae

The family Pandionidae contains only one species, the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.

• Osprey (águila pescadora), Pandion haliaetus

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  Osprey, Mallorca

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight.

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  Black-winged kite, Calera y Chozas, Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha
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  Bearded vulture, Pyrenees, Catalonia
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  Egyptian vulture, Salto Del Gitano, Cáceres, Extremadura
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  Griffon vulture, Spain
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  Black vulture, Pyrenees, Catalonia
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  Short-toed snake eagle, Parque natural de la Sierra de Andújar
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  Booted eagle, La Cañada, Ávila
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  Spanish imperial eagle, Andalusia
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  Golden eagle, La Cañada, Ávila
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  Bonelli's eagle, Montsonís, Lleida, Catalonia
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  Eurasian sparrowhawk, Barcelona, Catalonia
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  Eurasian goshawk, Catalonia
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  Western marsh harrier, Valencia
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  Montagu's harrier, Castuera, Extremadura
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  Red kite, Lleida, Catalonia
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  Black kite, Huelva, Andalusia
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  Common buzzard, Catalonia

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Tytonidae

Barn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.

• Western barn owl, Tyto alba (lechuza común)

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  Western barn owl, Madrid

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae

The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.

• Tengmalm's owl (mochuelo boreal), Aegolius funereus
• Little owl (mochuelo europeo), Athene noctua
• Northern hawk-owl (cárabo gavilán), Surnia ulula (B R)
• Eurasian pygmy owl (mochuelo alpino), Glaucidium passerinum (R)
• Eurasian scops owl (autillo europeo), Otus scops
• Long-eared owl (búho chico), Asio otus
• Short-eared owl (búho campestre), Asio flammeus
• Marsh owl (búho moro), Asio capensis (R)
• Snowy owl (búho nival), Bubo scandiacus (R)
• Eurasian eagle-owl (búho real), Bubo bubo
• Pharaoh eagle-owl (búho del desierto), Bubo ascalaphus (R)
• Tawny owl (cárabo común), Strix aluco
• Maghreb owl (cárabo del Magreb), Strix mauritanica

• 
  Little owl, Spain
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  Scops owl, Seville
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  Eurasian eagle-owl, Madrid

Order: Bucerotiformes   Family: Upupidae

Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colour with a large erectile crest on their head.

• Eurasian hoopoe (abubilla común), Upupa epops

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  Eurasian hoopoe, Madrid

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Coraciidae

Rollers resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but the outer toe is not.

• Abyssinian roller (carraca abisinia), Coracias abyssinicus (R)
• European roller (carraca europea), Coracias garrulus

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  European roller, Extremadura

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails.

• Common kingfisher (martín pescador común), Alcedo atthis
• Belted kingfisher (martín gigante norteamericano), Megaceryle alcyon (R)

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  Common kingfisher, Andalusia

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Meropidae

The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colourful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.

• Blue-cheeked bee-eater (abejaruco persa), Merops persicus (R)
• European bee-eater (abejaruco europeo), Merops apiaster

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  European bee-eaters, Andalusia

Order: Piciformes   Family: Picidae

Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Most species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while a few species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.

• Eurasian wryneck (torcecuello euroasiático), Jynx torquilla
• Middle spotted woodpecker (pico mediano), Dendrocoptes medius
• Lesser spotted woodpecker (pico menor), Dryobates minor
• Great spotted woodpecker (pico picapinos), Dendrocopos major
• White-backed woodpecker (pico dorsiblanco), Dendrocopos leucotos
• Black woodpecker (picamaderos negro), Dryocopus martius
• Iberian green woodpecker (pito real ibérico), Picus sharpei
• Levaillant's woodpecker (pito real bereber), Picus vaillantii (North African enclaves only)

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  Eurasian wryneck, Córdoba
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  Lesser spotted woodpecker, Ávila
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  Great spotted woodpecker, Villaviciosa
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  Iberian green woodpecker, Madrid

Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in their bills having a tomial 'tooth'.

• Lesser kestrel (cernícalo primilla), Falco naumanni
• Common kestrel (cernícalo vulgar), Falco tinnunculus
• Red-footed falcon (cernícalo patirrojo), Falco vespertinus
• Amur falcon (cernícalo del Amur), Falco amurensis (R)
• Eleonora's falcon (halcón de Eleonora), Falco eleonorae
• Merlin (Esmerejón), Falco columbarius
• Eurasian hobby (alcotán europeo), Falco subbuteo
• Lanner falcon (halcón borní), Falco biarmicus (R except for North African enclaves)
• Saker falcon (halcón sacre), Falco cherrug (R)
• Gyrfalcon (halcón gerifalte), Falco rusticolus (R)
• Peregrine falcon (halcón peregrino), Falco peregrinus

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  Lesser kestrel, La Cañada, Ávila
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  Eurasian kestrel (F. t. canariensis), Gran Canaria
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  Eleonora's falcon, Cap Formentor, Mallorca
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  Peregrine falcon, La Cañada, Ávila

Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittacidae

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from 8 cm (3.1 in) to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Most of the more than 150 species in the family are found in the New World. They are popular as cagebirds and some have established feral populations away from their native ranges.

• Monk parakeet (cotorra argentina), Myiopsitta monachus (C)
• Mitred parakeet (aratinga mitrada), Psittacara mitratus (C)
• Red-masked parakeet (aratinga de Guayaquil), Psittacara erythrogenys (C)

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  Monk parakeets, Santa Ponsa

Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittaculidae

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from 8 cm (3.1 in) to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand. They are popular as cagebirds and some have established feral populations away from their native ranges.

• Rose-ringed parakeet (cotorra de Kramer), Psittacula krameri (C)

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Malaconotidae

Bushshrikes are similar in habits to shrikes, hunting insects and other small prey from a perch on a bush. Although similar in build to the shrikes, these tend to be either colourful species or largely black; some species are quite secretive.

• Black-crowned tchagra (chagra del Senegal), Tchagra senegalus (R except for North African enclaves)

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Laniidae

Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A shrike's beak is hooked, like that of a typical bird of prey.

• Brown shrike (alcaudón pardo), Lanius cristatus (R)
• Red-backed shrike (alcaudón dorsirrojo), Lanius collurio
• Isabelline shrike (alcaudón isabel), Lanius isabellinus (R)
• Lesser grey shrike (alcaudón chico), Lanius minor
• Great grey shrike (alcaudón norteño), Lanius excubitor (R except for North African enclaves)
• Iberian grey shrike (alcaudón real), Lanius meridionalis
• Woodchat shrike (alcaudón común), Lanius senator
• Masked shrike (alcaudón núbico), Lanius nubicus (R)

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  Iberian grey shrike, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
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  Great grey shrike, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
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  Woodchat shrike, Huelva

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Vireonidae

The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World and Southeast Asia; a few species are recorded as transatlantic vagrants to western Europe.

• Red-eyed vireo (vireo ojirrojo), Vireo olivaceus (R)

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Oriolidae

The Old World orioles are colourful passerine birds. They are not related to the New World orioles.

• Eurasian golden oriole (oropéndola europea), Oriolus oriolus

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  Eurasian golden oriole, Barcelona
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  Eurasian golden oriole, Ayódar, Valencia
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  Eurasian golden oriole, Ayódar, Valencia

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Corvidae

The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence.

• Eurasian jay (arrendajo euroasiático), Garrulus glandarius
• Iberian magpie (rabilargo ibérico), Cyanopica cooki
• Eurasian magpie (urraca común), Pica pica
• Maghreb magpie (urraca magrebí), Pica mauritanica (R except for North African enclaves)
• Eurasian nutcracker (cascanueces norteño), Nucifraga caryocatactes (R)
• Red-billed chough (chova piquirroja), Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
• Yellow-billed chough (chova piquigualda), Pyrrhocorax graculus
• Eurasian jackdaw (grajilla occidental), Coloeus monedula
• Rook (graja), Corvus frugilegus
• Carrion crow (corneja negra), Corvus corone
• Hooded crow (corneja cenicienta), Corvus cornix (R)
• Brown-necked raven (cuervo desertícola), Corvus ruficollis (R)
• Common raven (cuervo grande), Corvus corax

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  Iberian magpie, Almonte
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  Red-billed chough, La Palma, Canary Islands
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  Yellow-billed chough, Urkiola Natural Park, Basque Country
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  Carrion crow, Villafáfila, Zamora, Castile and León
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  Common raven, Pyrenees, Catalonia

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Bombycillidae

The waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter.

• Bohemian waxwing (ampelis europeo), Bombycilla garrulus (R)

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Paridae

The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects.

• Coal tit (carbonero garrapinos), Periparus ater
• Crested tit (herrerillo capuchino), Lophophanes cristatus
• Marsh tit (carbonero palustre), Poecile palustris
• African blue tit (herrerillo canario), Cyanistes teneriffae
• Eurasian blue tit (herrerillo común), Cyanistes caeruleus
• Great tit (carbonero común), Parus major

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  Coal tit, Madrid
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  Crested tit, Cantalejo, Castile and León
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  African blue tit, Gran Canaria
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  Eurasian blue tit, Logroño, La Rioja
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  Great tit, Marín, Galicia

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Remizidae

The penduline tits are a group of small passerine birds related to the true tits. They are insectivores.

• Eurasian penduline tit (pájaro moscón europeo), Remiz pendulinus

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Panuridae

This species, the only one in its family, is found in reed beds throughout temperate Europe and Asia.

• Bearded reedling (bigotudo), Panurus biarmicus

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Alaudidae

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds.

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  Thekla's lark, Loja, Granada
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  Crested lark, Andalusia
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  Greater short-toed lark, Spain
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  Calandra lark, Extremadura
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  Dupont's lark, Lleida
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  Mediterranean short-toed lark, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pycnonotidae

Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throats or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.

• Red-whiskered bulbul (bulbul orfeo), Pycnonotus jocosus (C)
• Common bulbul (bulbul naranjero), Pycnonotus barbatus (R except for North African enclaves)

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae

The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.

• Sand martin (avión zapador), Riparia riparia
• Eurasian crag martin (avión roquero), Ptyonoprogne rupestris
• Barn swallow (golondrina común), Hirundo rustica
• Common house martin (avión común occidental), Delichon urbicum
• European red-rumped swallow (golondrina dáurica), Cecropis rufula
• American cliff swallow (golondrina risquera), Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (R)

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  Sand martin, El Rocio
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  Eurasian crag martin, Extremadura
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  Barn swallows, Manzanares Linear Park, Madrid
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  European red-rumped swallow, Calpe

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cettiidae

The members of this family are found across southern and western Europe, Africa, Asia, and Polynesia.

• Cetti's warbler (cetia ruiseñor), Cettia cetti

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  Cetti's warbler, Huelva

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Aegithalidae

Long-tailed tits are a group of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They make woven bag nests in trees. Most eat a mixed diet which includes insects.

• Long-tailed tit (mito común), Aegithalos caudatus

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  Long-tailed tit A. c. irbii, Jerez de Los Caballeros, Extremadura

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Phylloscopidae

Leaf warblers are a family of small insectivorous birds found mostly in Eurasia and ranging into Wallacea and Africa. The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with greyish-green to greyish-brown colours.

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  Western Bonelli's warbler, Aragon
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  Canary Islands chiffchaff, Dragonal, Gran Canaria
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  Iberian chiffchaff, Viladecans, Catalonia

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Acrocephalidae

The members of this family are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but it also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa.

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  Common reed warbler, Spain
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  Western olivaceous warbler, Almería
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  Melodious warbler, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Locustellidae

Locustellidae are a family of small insectivorous songbirds found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. They are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed, and tend to be drab brownish or buffy all over.

• Savi's warbler (buscarla unicolor), Locustella luscinioides
• Common grasshopper warbler (buscarla pintoja), Locustella naevia

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cisticolidae

The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub

• Zitting cisticola (cistícola buitrón), Cisticola juncidis

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  Zitting cisticola, Extremadura

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sylviidae

The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. They mainly occur as breeding species in Europe, Asia and Africa. Some are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive head patterns, and musical songs.

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  Eurasian blackcap, Canary Islands
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  Sardinian warbler, Mallorca
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  Western subalpine warbler, Monfragüe
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  Spectacled warbler, Gran Canaria
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  Dartford warbler, Andalusia
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  Balearic warbler, Spain

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Leiothrichidae

The laughingthrushes are somewhat diverse in size and colour, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage.

• Red-billed leiothrix (leiótrix piquirrojo), Leiothrix lutea (C)

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Regulidae

The crests, also called kinglets in North America, are a small group of birds formerly often included in the Old World warblers, but now given family status because they are genetically distant.

• Common firecrest (reyezuelo listado), Regulus ignicapilla
• Goldcrest (reyezuelo sencillo), Regulus regulus

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  Common firecrest, Spain
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  Tenerife goldcrest Regulus regulus teneriffae, Tenerife

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Troglodytidae

The wrens are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.

• Eurasian wren (chochín paleártico), Troglodytes troglodytes

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sittidae

Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails and powerful bills and feet.

• Eurasian nuthatch (trepador azul), Sitta europaea

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tichodromidae

The wallcreeper is a small bird related to the nuthatch family, which has stunning crimson, grey and black plumage.

• Wallcreeper (treparriscos), Tichodroma muraria

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  Wallcreeper, Vadiello Reservoir, Huesca

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Certhiidae

Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees.

• Eurasian treecreeper (agateador euroasiático), Certhia familiaris
• Short-toed treecreeper (agateador europeo), Certhia brachydactyla

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  Short-toed treecreeper, Almonte

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Mimidae

The mimids are a family of New World passerine birds related to starlings; a few species have been recorded as transatlantic vagrants in Europe. The species tend towards dull greys and browns in their appearance.

• Grey catbird (pájaro gato gris), Dumetella carolinensis (R)

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sturnidae

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with strong iridescence.

• Rosy starling (estornino rosado), Pastor roseus (R)
• Common starling (estornino pinto), Sturnus vulgaris
• Spotless starling (estornino negro), Sturnus unicolor

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  Spotless starling, Seville

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Turdidae

The thrushes are a group of passerine birds with a global distribution. They are plump, soft plumaged, medium-sized insectivores and frugivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.

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  Song thrush, Arteixo, Galicia
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  Eurasian blackbird, Gran Canaria
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  Ring ouzel, Spain

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Muscicapidae

Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small insectivores. The appearance of these birds is highly varied; some have weak songs but others (notably the nightingales) have among the most complex and varied songs of all birds.

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  Robin, Tenerife endemic subspecies Erithacus rubecula superbus, Los Silos, Tenerife
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  Common nightingale, Los Aiguamolls del' Empordà, Catalunya
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  Common rock thrush, Spain
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  Blue rock thrush, Spain
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  Canary Islands stonechat, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
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  European stonechat, Loja, Granada
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  Northern wheatear, Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Castelló d'Empúries, Catalonia
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  Western black-eared wheatear, Spain
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  Black wheatear, Garraf, Barcelona

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cinclidae

Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements.

• White-throated dipper (mirlo acuático europeo), Cinclus cinclus

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Ploceidae

The weavers are small passerine birds related to the sparrows, native to Africa and southern Asia. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season. They are popular as cagebirds and some have established feral populations away from their native ranges.

• Black-headed weaver (tejedor cabecinegro), Ploceus melanocephalus (C)
• Yellow-crowned bishop (obispo coronigualdo), Euplectes afer (C)

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Estrildidae

The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colours and patterns. They are popular as cagebirds and several have established feral populations away from their native ranges.

• Orange-cheeked waxbill (estrilda carinaranja), Estrilda melpoda (C)
• Common waxbill (estrilda común), Estrilda astrild (C)
• Black-rumped waxbill (estrilda culinegra), Estrilda troglodytes (C)
• Red avadavat (bengalí rojo), Amandava amandava (C)

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  Common waxbill, Gran Canaria

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae

Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects.

• Rock sparrow (gorrión chillón), Petronia petronia
• White-winged snowfinch (gorrión alpino), Montifringilla nivalis
• Eurasian tree sparrow (gorrión molinero), Passer montanus
• Spanish sparrow (gorrión moruno), Passer hispaniolensis
• House sparrow (gorrión común), Passer domesticus

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  Rock sparrow, Monestir d'Avellanes, Catalunya
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  Spanish sparrow, Canary Islands
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  House sparrow (P. d. balearoibericus), Trujillo, Cáceres, Extremadura

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Prunellidae

The accentors are in the only bird family, Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic. They are small, fairly drab species superficially similar to sparrows.

• Alpine accentor (acentor alpino), Prunella collaris
• Dunnock (acentor común), Prunella modularis

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  Alpine accentor, Castellón, Valencia

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae

Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country.

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  Western yellow wagtail, Llobregat Delta, Barcelona
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  Grey wagtail, Logroño, Spain
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  Berthelot's pipit, La Merica, Valle Gran Rey, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Fringillidae

Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.

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  Tenerife blue chaffinch, Tenerife
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  Gran Canaria blue chaffinch, Gran Canaria
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  European greenfinch, Extremadura
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  Citril finch, Spain
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  European serin, Mallorca
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  Atlantic canary, Gran Canaria

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Calcariidae

The Calcariidae are a group of passerine birds which had been traditionally grouped with the buntings, but differ in a number of respects and are usually found in open grassy areas.

• Lapland longspur (escribano lapón), Calcarius lapponicus (R)
• Snow bunting (escribano nival), Plectrophenax nivalis (R)

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Emberizidae

The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with distinctively shaped bills. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns.

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  Corn bunting, Extremadura
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  Ortolan bunting, Sierra de Guara, Aragon
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  Cirl bunting, Ayódar, Valencia

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passerellidae

The New World sparrows (or American sparrows) are a large family of seed-eating passerine birds with distinctively bunting-like bills and formerly included with them in the Emberizidae. Several species have been recorded as transatlantic vagrants in Europe.

• White-throated sparrow (chingolo gorgiblanco), Zonotrichia albicollis (R)
• Song sparrow (chingolo cantor), Melospiza melodia (R)

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Icteridae

Icterids make up a family of small- to medium-sized, often colourful, New World passerine birds. Most species have black as a predominant plumage colour, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. The species in the family vary widely in size, shape, behaviour and colour. A few species have been recorded as transatlantic vagrants in Europe.

• Bobolink (tordo charlatán), Dolichonyx oryzivorus (R)

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Parulidae

The New World warblers are a group of small often colourful passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are more terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores. Several species have been recorded as transatlantic vagrants in Europe.

• Northern waterthrush (reinita charquera norteña), Parkesia noveboracensis (R)
• Black-and-white warbler (reinita trepadora), Mniotilta varia (R)
• Common yellowthroat (mascarita común), Geothlypis trichas (R)
• Yellow-rumped warbler (reinita coronada), Setophaga coronata (R)

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