Birds of Malta

List of Common Birds Found in Malta

Native Birds

• Audouin’s Gull
• Barn Swallow
• Black-eared Wheatear
• Black-headed Gull
• Black Kite
• Black-winged Stilt
• Black-winged Stilt
• Blue Rock Thrush
• Blue Tit
• Booted Eagle
• Brambling
• Cetti’s Warbler
• Chaffinch
• Coal Tit
• Collared Dove
• Collared Flycatcher
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chiffchaff
• Common Greenshank
• Common Kestrel
• Common Linnet
• Common Nightingale
• Common Pochard
• Common Raven
• Common Redshank
• Common Ringed Plover
• Common Rosefinch
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Snipe
• Common Swift
• Common Tern
• Corn Bunting
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Eurasian Curlew
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Teal
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Eurasian Wren
• European Bee-eater
• European Crested Tit
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Green Woodpecker
• European Honey Buzzard
• European Nuthatch
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Robin
• European Roller
• European Serin
• European Siskin
• European Starling
• European Stonechat
• European Turtle Dove
• Ferruginous Duck
• Firecrest
• Garganey
• Goldcrest
• Goldfinch
• Great Cormorant
• Great Crested Grebe
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Gray Heron
• Gray Wagtail
• Hawfinch
• Hooded Crow
• Hoopoe
• House Sparrow
• Isabelline Wheatear
• Kentish Plover
• Little Egret
• Little Tern
• Long-tailed Tit
• Mallard
• Marsh Harrier
• Meadow Pipit
• Merlin
• Montagu’s Harrier
• Northern Goshawk
• Northern Pintail
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Wheatear
• Ortolan Bunting
• Osprey
• Pallid Harrier
• Peregrine Falcon
• Red-footed Falcon
• Red Kite
• Redstart
• Red-throated Pipit
• Rock Pipit
• Ruff
• Sandwich Tern
• Sardinian Warbler
• Short-toed Eagle
• Short-toed Treecreeper
• Skylark
• Spanish Sparrow
• Spectacled Warbler
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Spotted Redshank
• Stonechat
• Tawny Pipit
• Tree Sparrow
• Tufted Duck
• Water Pipit
• Western Jackdaw
• Western Marsh Harrier
• Whimbrel
• Whinchat
• White Wagtail
• Willow Warbler
• Wood Sandpiper
• Wood Warbler
• Yellow-legged Gull
• Yellow Wagtail
• Zitting Cisticola

Non-native Birds

• Allen’s Gallinule
• Chukar Patridge
• Common Nighthawk
• Egyptian Nightjar
• Great Bustard
• Laughing Dove
• Little Swift
• Spotted Sandgrouse

Some of Malta’s best sites to go birdwatching include Buskett Gardens, Ghadira Nature Reserve, and Salina Nature Reserve. The peak season for birding in Malta typically occurs during the spring and autumn migration.