National bird of Italy

List of birds of Italy

Italian birds

This article provides a comprehensive list of bird species found in Italy. As of March 2024, Italy boasts a rich avifauna with a total of 577 recorded species in the wild, as documented by Avibase.

Among these, 13 species have been introduced by human activity, while one has unfortunately been extirpated, and four others have not been sighted since before 1950. Additionally, one species is considered hypothetical, and the status of another remains undetermined.

A

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Alpine accentorPrunella collarisPrunellidae
Alpine swiftApus melbaApodidae
Audouin’s gullIchthyaetus audouiniiLaridae

B

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Bank swallowRiparia ripariaHirundinidae
Barn owlTyto albaTytonidae
Barn swallowHirundo rusticaHirundinidae
Barred warblerSylvia nisoriaSylviidae
Bearded reedlingPanurus biarmicusPanuridae
Bearded vultureGypaetus barbatusAccipitridae
Black grouseTetrao tetrixPhasianidae
Black kiteMilvus migransAccipitridae
Black redstartPhoenicurus ochrurosMuscicapidae
Black storkCiconia nigraCiconiidae
Black ternChlidonias nigerLaridae
Black woodpeckerDryocopus martiusPicidae
Black-crowned night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxArdeidae
Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephalaEmberizidae
Black-headed gullChroicocephalus ridibundusLaridae
Black-tailed godwitLimosa limosaScolopacidae
Black-winged stiltHimantopus himantopusRecurvirostridae
Blue rock-thrushMonticola solitariusMuscicapidae
Bonelli’s eagleAquila fasciataAccipitridae
Boreal owlAegolius funereusStrigidae

C

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandraAlaudidae
Carrion crowCorvus coroneCorvidae
Caspian gullLarus cachinnansLaridae
Cattle egretBubulcus ibisArdeidae
Cetti’s warblerCettia cettiCettiidae
Cirl buntingEmberiza cirlusEmberizidae
Coal titPeriparus aterParidae
Collared flycatcherFicedula albicollisMuscicapidae
Collared pratincoleGlareola pratincolaGlareolidae
Common buzzardButeo buteoAccipitridae
Common chaffinchFringilla coelebsFringillidae
Common chiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPhylloscopidae
Common cuckooCuculus canorusCuculidae
Common firecrestRegulus ignicapillaRegulidae
Common house-martinDelichon urbicumHirundinidae
Common kingfisherAlcedo atthisAlcedinidae
Common nightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosMuscicapidae
Common pochardAythya ferinaAnatidae
Common quailCoturnix coturnixPhasianidae
Common ravenCorvus coraxCorvidae
Common redpollAcanthis flammeaFringillidae
Common redshankTringa totanusScolopacidae
Common redstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusMuscicapidae
Common sandpiperActitis hypoleucosScolopacidae
Common shelduckTadorna tadornaAnatidae
Common snipeGallinago gallinagoScolopacidae
Common swiftApus apusApodidae
Common ternSterna hirundoLaridae
Common treecreeperCerthia familiarisCerthiidae
Common wood-pigeonColumba palumbusColumbidae
Corn buntingEmberiza calandraEmberizidae
Corn crakeCrex crexRallidae
Cory’s shearwaterCalonectris diomedeaProcellariidae
Crested larkGalerida cristataAlaudidae
Crested titLophophanes cristatusParidae

D

Common NameScientific NameFamily
DunnockPrunella modularisPrunellidae

E

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterusAccipitridae
Eleonora’s falconFalco eleonoraeFalconidae
Eurasian blackbirdTurdus merulaTurdidae
Eurasian blackcapSylvia atricapillaSylviidae
Eurasian blue titParus caeruleusParidae
Eurasian bullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaFringillidae
Eurasian collared-doveStreptopelia decaoctoColumbidae
Eurasian cootFulica atraRallidae
Eurasian crag-martinPtyonoprogne rupestrisHirundinidae
Eurasian dotterelCharadrius morinellusCharadriidae
Eurasian eagle-owlBubo buboStrigidae
Eurasian golden orioleOriolus oriolusOriolidae
Eurasian green woodpeckerPicus viridisPicidae
European bee-eaterMerops apiasterMeropidae
European golden-ploverPluvialis apricariaCharadriidae
European goldfinchCarduelis carduelisFringillidae
European herring gullLarus argentatusLaridae
European honey buzzardPernis apivorusAccipitridae
European nightjarCaprimulgus europaeusCaprimulgidae
European pied flycatcherFicedula hypoleucaMuscicapidae
European robinErithacus rubeculaMuscicapidae
European rollerCoracias garrulusCoraciidae
European serinSerinus serinusFringillidae
European shagGulosus aristotelisPhalacrocoracidae
European stonechatSaxicola rubicolaMuscicapidae
European storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusHydrobatidae
European turtle-doveStreptopelia turturColumbidae
Eurasian jayGarrulus glandariusCorvidae
Eurasian magpiePica picaCorvidae
Eurasian nuthatchSitta europaeaSittidae
Eurasian reed warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusAcrocephalidae
Eurasian skylarkAlauda arvensisAlaudidae
Eurasian sparrowhawkAccipiter nisusAccipitridae
Eurasian siskinSpinus spinusFringillidae
Eurasian wigeonMareca penelopeAnatidae
Eurasian wrenTroglodytes troglodytesTroglodytidae
Eurasian woodcockScolopax rusticolaScolopacidae
Eurasian wryneckJynx torquillaPicidae
European greenfinchChloris chlorisFringillidae
European turtle doveStreptopelia turturColumbidae
European honey-buzzardPernis apivorusAccipitridae
European nightjarCaprimulgus europaeusCaprimulgidae
European pied flycatcherFicedula hypoleucaMuscicapidae
European robinErithacus rubeculaMuscicapidae
European rollerCoracias garrulusCoraciidae
European serinSerinus serinusFringillidae
European shagGulosus aristotelisPhalacrocoracidae
European stonechatSaxicola rubicolaMuscicapidae
European storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusHydrobatidae
European turtle-doveStreptopelia turturColumbidae
European jayGarrulus glandariusCorvidae
European magpiePica picaCorvidae
European nuthatchSitta europaeaSittidae
European reed warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusAcrocephalidae
European skylarkAlauda arvensisAlaudidae
European sparrowhawkAccipiter nisusAccipitridae
European siskinSpinus spinusFringillidae
European wigeonMareca penelopeAnatidae
European wrenTroglodytes troglodytesTroglodytidae
European woodcockScolopax rusticolaScolopacidae
European wryneckJynx torquillaPicidae

F

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Ferruginous duckAythya nyrocaAnatidae
FieldfareTurdus pilarisTurdidae

G

Common NameScientific NameFamily
GadwallMareca streperaAnatidae
GarganeySpatula querquedulaAnatidae
Glossy ibisPlegadis falcinellusThreskiornithidae
GoldcrestRegulus regulusRegulidae
Gray heronArdea cinereaArdeidae
Gray partridgePerdix perdixPhasianidae
Gray wagtailMotacilla cinereaMotacillidae
Gray-headed woodpeckerPicus canusPicidae
Great bitternBotaurus stellarisArdeidae
Great cormorantPhalacrocorax carboPhalacrocoracidae
Great crested grebePodiceps cristatusPodicipedidae
Great egretArdea albaArdeidae
Great reed warblerAcrocephalus arundinaceusAcrocephalidae
Great spotted cuckooClamator glandariusCuculidae
Great spotted woodpeckerDendrocopos majorPicidae
Great titParus majorParidae
Greater short-toed larkCalandrella brachydactylaAlaudidae
Greater whitethroatSylvia communisSylviidae
Green-winged tealAnas creccaAnatidae
Golden eagleAquila chrysaetosAccipitridae
Gull-billed ternGelochelidon niloticaLaridae

H

Common NameScientific NameFamily
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesFringillidae
Hazel grouseBonasa bonasiaPhasianidae
House sparrowPasser domesticusPasseridae

K

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Kentish ploverCharadrius alexandrinusCharadriidae

L

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Lanner falconFalco biarmicusFalconidae
Lesser crested ternThalasseus bengalensisLaridae
Lesser gray shrikeLanius minorLaniidae
Lesser kestrelFalco naumanniFalconidae
Lesser spotted woodpeckerDryobates minorPicidae
Lesser whitethroatSylvia currucaSylviidae
Little bitternIxobrychus minutusArdeidae
Little bustardTetrax tetraxOtididae
Little crakeZapornia parvaRallidae
Little egretEgretta garzettaArdeidae
Little grebeTachybaptus ruficollisPodicipedidae
Little owlAthene noctuaStrigidae
Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubiusCharadriidae
Little ternSternula albifronsLaridae
Long-eared owlAsio otusStrigidae
Long-tailed titAegithalos caudatusAegithalidae

M

Common NameScientific NameFamily
MallardAnas platyrhynchosAnatidae
Marsh titPoecile palustrisParidae
Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustrisAcrocephalidae
Mediterranean gullIchthyaetus melanocephalusLaridae
Melodious warblerHippolais polyglottaSylviidae
Middle spotted woodpeckerDendrocoptes mediusPicidae
Mistle thrushTurdus viscivorusTurdidae
Montagu’s harrierCircus pygargusAccipitridae
Mute swanCygnus olorAnatidae

N

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Northern lapwingVanellus vanellusCharadriidae
Northern goshawkAccipiter gentilisAccipitridae
Northern shovelerSpatula clypeataAnatidae
Northern wheatearOenanthe oenantheMuscicapidae

O

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulanaEmberizidae

P

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Peregrine falconFalco peregrinusFalconidae
Pied avocetRecurvirostra avosettaRecurvirostridae
Purple heronArdea purpureaArdeidae
Pygmy cormorantMicrocarbo pygmeusPhalacrocoracidae

R

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Red crossbillLoxia curvirostraFringillidae
Red kiteMilvus milvusAccipitridae
Red-backed shrikeLanius collurioLaniidae
Red-billed choughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxCorvidae
Red-crested pochardNetta rufinaAnatidae
Red-footed falconFalco vespertinusFalconidae
Red-legged partridgeAlectoris rufaPhasianidae
Reed buntingEmberiza schoeniclusEmberizidae
Ring ouzelTurdus torquatusTurdidae
Ring-necked pheasantPhasianus colchicusPhasianidae
Rock buntingEmberiza ciaEmberizidae
Rock partridgeAlectoris graecaPhasianidae
Rock pigeonColumba liviaColumbidae
Rock ptarmiganLagopus mutaPhasianidae
Rock sparrowPetronia petroniaPasseridae
Rufous-tailed rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisTurdidae

S

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Sandwich ternThalasseus sandvicensisLaridae
Sardinian warblerSylvia melanocephalaSylviidae
Sedge warblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusAcrocephalidae
Short-toed snake-eagleCircaetus gallicusAccipitridae
Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactylaCerthiidae
Song thrushTurdus philomelosTurdidae
Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensisPasseridae
Spotted crakePorzana porzanaRallidae
Spotted flycatcherMuscicapa striataMuscicapidae
Squacco heronArdeola ralloidesArdeidae
Stock pigeonColumba oenasColumbidae
Subalpine warblerSylvia cantillansSylviidae

T

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Tawny owlStrix alucoStrigidae
Tree pipitAnthus trivialisMotacillidae
Tufted duckAythya fuligulaAnatidae

U

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Ural owlStrix uralensisStrigidae

W

Common NameScientific NameFamily
WallcreeperTichodroma murariaTichodromidae
Water pipitAnthus spinolettaMotacillidae
Water railRallus aquaticusRallidae
Western Bonelli’s warblerPhylloscopus bonelliPhylloscopidae
Western capercaillieTetrao urogallusPhasianidae
Western Orphean warblerSylvia hortensisSylviidae
Western swamphenPorphyrio porphyrioRallidae
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraMuscicapidae
Whiskered ternChlidonias hybridaLaridae
White storkCiconia ciconiaCiconiidae
White wagtailMotacilla albaMotacillidae
White-backed woodpeckerDendrocopos leucotosPicidae
White-eyed pochardAythya nyrocaAnatidae
White-headed duckOxyura leucocephalaAnatidae
White-winged black ternChlidonias leucopterusLaridae
Whooper swanCygnus cygnusAnatidae
Willow ptarmiganLagopus lagopusPhasianidae
Willow warblerPhylloscopus trochilusPhylloscopidae
Wood pigeonColumba palumbusColumbidae
Wood sandpiperTringa glareolaScolopacidae
Wood warblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPhylloscopidae

Y

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Yellow wagtailMotacilla flavaMotacillidae
Yellow-legged gullLarus michahellisLaridae
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaEmberizidae

Z

Common NameScientific NameFamily
Zitting cisticolaCisticola juncidisCisticolidae

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