List of birds of Spain

563 bird species have been recorded in Spain, including its outlying islands. The most important of the latter are the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands.

Gaviiformes

* Gaviidae
** Red-throated Diver - "Gavia stellata"
** Black-throated Diver - "Gavia arctica"
** Great Northern Diver - "Gavia immer"
** White-billed Diver - "Gavia adamsii"

Podicipediformes

* Podicipedidae
** Pied-billed Grebe - "Podilymbus podiceps" Rare/Accidental
** Little Grebe - "Tachybaptus ruficollis"
** Great Crested Grebe - "Podiceps cristatus"
** Red-necked Grebe - "Podiceps grisegena"
** Slavonian Grebe - "Podiceps auritus"
** Black-necked Grebe - "Podiceps nigricollis"

Procellariiformes

* Diomedeidae
** Black-browed Albatross - "Thalassarche melanophris"

* Procellariidae
** Northern Fulmar - "Fulmarus glacialis"
** Bulwer's Petrel - "Bulweria bulwerii"
** Cory's Shearwater - "Calonectris diomedea"
** Cape Verde Shearwater - " Calonectris edwardsii" Outlying islands only
** Great Shearwater - "Puffinus gravis "
** Sooty Shearwater - "Puffinus griseus "
** Manx Shearwater - "Puffinus puffinus "
** Balearic Shearwater - "Puffinus mauretanicus" Near-threatened
** North Atlantic Little Shearwater - "Puffinus baroli"

* Hydrobatidae
** Wilson's Petrel - "Oceanites oceanicus"
** White-faced Petrel - "Pelagodroma marina"
** Storm Petrel - "Hydrobates pelagicus"
** Leach's Petrel - "Oceanodroma leucorhea"
** Swinhoe's Petrel - "Oceanodroma monorhis"
** Madeiran Petrel - "Oceanodroma castro"

Pelecaniformes

* Phaethontidae
** Red-billed Tropicbird - "Phaeton aetherius"

* Pelecanidae
** Great White Pelican " Pelecanus onocrotalus"

* Sulidae
** Gannet - "Morus bassanus"
** Masked Booby - " Sula dactylatra"
** Brown Booby - " Sula leucogaster"

* Phalacrocoracidae
** Cormorant - "Phalacrocorax carbo"
** Common Shag - "Phalacrocorax aristotelis"
** Pygmy Cormorant - " Phalacrocorax pygmaeus" Near-threatened
* Fregatidae
** Magnificent Frigatebird - " Fregata magnificens"

Ciconiiformes

* Ardeidae
** Bittern - "Botaurus stellata"
** American Bittern - "Botaurus lentiginosa"
** Little Bittern - "Ixobrychus minutus"
** Dwarf Bittern - " Ixobrychus sturmii"
** Night Heron - "Nycticorax nycticorax"
** Squacco Heron - "Ardeola ralloides"
** Cattle Egret - "Bubulcus ibis"
** Little Egret - "Egretta garzetta"
** Western Reef-Heron - " Egretta gularis"
** Great White Egret - "Ardea alba"
** Grey Heron - "Ardea cinerea"
** Great Blue Heron - " Ardea herodias"
** Purple Heron - "Ardea purpurea"

* Ciconiidae
** Black Stork - "Ciconia nigra"
** White Stork - "Ciconia ciconia"
** Marabou Stork - "Leptoptilos crumeniferus"

* Threskiornithidae
** Bald Ibis - "Geronticus eremita" Critically endangered
** Glossy Ibis - "Plegadis falcinellus"
** Common Spoonbill - "Platalea leucorodia"
** African Spoonbill - " Platalea alba"

Phoenicopteriformes

* Phoenicopteridae
** Greater Flamingo - " Phoenicopterus roseus"
** Lesser Flamingo - " Phoenicopterus minor" Near-threatened

Anseriformes

* Anatidae
** Fulvous Whistling-Duck - " Dendrocygna bicolor"
** White-faced Whistling-Duck - " Dendrocygna viduata"
** Mute Swan - "Cygnus olor"
** Tundra Swan - "Cygnus columbianus"
** Whooper Swan - "Cygnus cygnus"
** Bean Goose - "Anser fabalis"
** Pink-footed Goose - "Anser brachyrhynchus"
** White-fronted Goose - "Anser albifrons"
** Lesser White-fronted Goose - "Anser erythropus" Vulnerable
** Greylag Goose - "Anser anser"
** Snow Goose - "Anser caerulescens" most records are presumed escapes from captivity
** Canada Goose - "Branta canadensis"
** Barnacle Goose - "Branta leucopsis"
** Brent Goose - "Branta bernicla"
** Red-breasted Goose - "Branta ruficollis" Vulnerable
** Egyptian Goose - "Alopochen aegyptiaca"
** Ruddy Shelduck - "Tadorna ferruginea"
** Common Shelduck - "Tadorna tadorna"
** Wood Duck - "Aix sponsa " Introduced species
** Wigeon - "Anas penelope"
** American Wigeon - "Anas americana"
** Gadwall - "Anas strepera"
** Baikal Teal - " Anas formosa" Vulnerable
** Common Teal - "Anas crecca"
** Mallard - "Anas platyrhynchos"
** Northern Pintail - "Anas acuta"
** Garganey - "Anas querquedula"
** Blue-winged Teal - "Anas discors" Rare/Accidental
** Northern Shoveler - "Anas clypeata"
** Marbled Teal - " Marmaronetta angustirostris" Vulnerable
** Red-crested Pochard - "Netta rufina"
** Pochard - "Aythya ferina"
** Ring-necked Duck - "Aythya collaris" Rare/Accidental
** Ferruginous Duck - "Aythya nyroca" Near-threatened
** Tufted Duck - "Aythya fuligula"
** Greater Scaup - "Aythya marila"
** Lesser Scaup - "Aythya affinis"
** Common Eider - "Somateria mollissima"
** King Eider - "Somateria spectabilis"
** Steller's Eider - "Polysticta stelleri"
** Long-tailed Duck - "Clangula hyemalis"
** Common Scoter - "Melanitta nigra"
** Surf Scoter - "Melanitta perspicillata" Rare/Accidental
** Velvet Scoter - "Melanitta fusca"
** Bufflehead - "Bucephala albeola" Rare/Accidental
** Barrow's Goldeneye - "Bucephala islandica"
** Common Goldeneye - "Bucephala clangula"
** Smew - "Mergellus albellus"
** Red-breasted Merganser - "Mergus serrator"
** Goosander - "Mergus merganser"
** Ruddy Duck - "Oxyura jamaicensis"
** White-headed Duck - " Oxyura leucocephala" Endangered

Falconiformes

*Pandionidae
**Osprey - "Pandion haliaetus"

*Accipitridae
**European Honey Buzzard - "Pernis apivorus"
**Black-shouldered Kite - " Elanus caeruleus"
**Black Kite - "Milvus migrans"
**Red Kite - "Milvus milvus"
**White-tailed Eagle - "Haliaeetus albicilla" Near-threatened
**Lammergeier - " Gypaetus barbatus"
**Egyptian Vulture - "Neophron percnopterus"
**Eurasian Griffon Vulture - " Gyps fulvus"
**Cinereous Vulture - " Aegypius monachus" Near-threatened
**Short-toed Eagle - "Circaetus gallicus"
**Marsh Harrier - "Circus aeruginosus"
**Hen Harrier - "Circus cyaneus"
**Pallid Harrier - "Circus macrourus" Near-threatened
**Montagu's Harrier - "Circus pygargus"
**Dark Chanting Goshawk - " Melierax metabates" Rare/Accidental
**Goshawk - "Accipiter gentilis"
**Eurasian Sparrowhawk - "Accipiter nisus"
**Common Buzzard - "Buteo buteo"
**Rough-legged Buzzard - "Buteo lagopus"
**Long-legged Buzzard - " Buteo rufinus"
**Greater Spotted Eagle - "Aquila clanga" Vulnerable
**Lesser Spotted Eagle - " Aquila pomarina"
**Tawny Eagle - " Aquila rapax" Rare/Accidental
**Steppe Eagle - " Aquila nipalensis"
**Spanish Eagle - " Aquila adalberti" Vulnerable
**Eastern Imperial Eagle - " Aquila heliaca" Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
**Golden Eagle - "Aquila chrysaetos"
**Bonelli's Eagle - " Aquila fasciatus"
**Booted Eagle - " Aquila pennatus"

*Falconidae
**Lesser Kestrel - "Falco naumanni" Vulnerable
**Common Kestrel - "Falco tinnunculus"
**Red-footed Falcon - "Falco vespertinus"
**Merlin - "Falco columbarius"
**Eurasian Hobby - "Falco subbuteo"
**Lanner Falcon - " Falco biarmicus"
**Gyr Falcon - "Falco rusticolus"
**Barbary Falcon - "Falco pelegrinoides"
**Peregrine Falcon - "Falco peregrinus"

Galliformes

* Tetraonidae
** Ptarmigan - "Lagopus muta"
** Eurasian Black Grouse - "Tetrao tetrix"
** Capercaillie - "Tetrao urogallus"
** Hazel Grouse - " Bonasa bonasia"

* Odontophoridae
** California Quail - " Callipepla californica" Introduced species
** Northern Bobwhite - " Colinus virginianus" Introduced species

* Phasianidae
** Rock Partridge - " Alectoris graeca"
** Chukar - " Alectoris chukar" Introduced species
** Barbary Partridge - " Alectoris barbara" Introduced species
** Red-legged Partridge - "Alectoris rufa"
** Grey Partridge - "Perdix perdix"
** Common Quail - "Coturnix coturnix"
** Common Pheasant - "Phasianus colchicus" Introduced species
* Numididae
** Helmeted Guineafowl - "Numida meleagris" Outlying islands only
* Turnicidae
** Small Buttonquail - "Turnix sylvatica"

Gruiformes

* Gruidae
** Demoiselle Crane - " Anthropoides virgo"
** Common Crane - " Grus grus"

* Rallidae
** Water Rail - "Rallus aquaticus"
** Corn Crake - "Crex crex" Vulnerable
** Spotted Crake - "Porzana porzana"
** Sora - "Porzana carolina" Rare/Accidental
** Little Crake - "Porzana parva"
** Baillon's Crake - "Porzana pusilla"
** Purple Swamphen - "Porphyrio porphyrio"
** Allen's Gallinule - "Porphyrio alleni" Rare/Accidental
** American Purple Gallinule - "Porphyrio martinica" Rare/Accidental
** Common Moorhen - "Gallinula chloropus"
** Red-knobbed Coot - "Fulica cristata"
** Coot - "Fulica atra"

* Otidae
** Great Bustard - "Otis tarda" Vulnerable
** Houbara Bustard - "Chlamydotis undulata"
** Little Bustard - "Tetrax tetrax" Near-threatened

Charadriiformes

* Haematopodidae
** African Black Oystercatcher - "Haematopus moquini" Outlying islands only Near-threatened
** Common Pied Oystercatcher - "Haematopus ostralegus"

* Recurvirostridae
** Black-winged Stilt - "Himantopus himantopus"
** Avocet - "Recurvirostra avosetta"

* Burhinidae
** Stone Curlew - "Burhinus oedicnemus"

* Glareolidae
** Egyptian Plover - "Pluvianus aegyptius" Outlying islands only
** Cream-coloured Courser - "Cursorius cursor" rare
** Collared Pratincole - "Glareola pratincola"
** Black-winged Pratincole - "Glareola nordmanni" Data deficient
* Charadriidae
** Little Ringed Plover - "Charadrius dubius"
** Ringed Plover - "Charadrius hiaticula"
** Semipalmated Plover - "Charadrius semipalmatus"
** Killdeer - "Charadrius vociferus"
** Kentish Plover - "Charadrius alexandrinus"
** Lesser Sand Plover - "Charadrius mongolus"
** Greater Sand Plover - "Charadrius leschenaultii"
** Eurasian Dotterel - "Charadrius morinellus"
** American Golden Plover - "Pluvialis dominica"
** Pacific Golden Plover - "Pluvialis fulva" Rare/Accidental
** Golden Plover - "Pluvialis apricaria"
** Grey Plover - "Pluvialis squatarola"
** Sociable Lapwing - "Vanellus gregarius" Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
** Lapwing - "Vanellus vanellus"
** Spur-winged Plover - "Vanellus spinosus"

* Scolopacidae
** Woodcock - "Scolopax rusticola"
** Jack Snipe - "Lymnocryptes minimus"
** Common Snipe - "Gallinago gallinago"
** Great Snipe - "Gallinago media" Near-threatened
** Short-billed Dowitcher - "Limnodromus griseus" Rare/Accidental
** Long-billed Dowitcher - "Limnodromus scolopaceus" Rare/Accidental
** Black-tailed Godwit - "Limosa limosa"
** Hudsonian Godwit - "Limosa haemastica" Rare/Accidental
** Bar-tailed Godwit - "Limosa lapponica"
** Whimbrel - "Numenius phaeopus"
** Slender-billed Curlew - "Numenius tenuirostris" Critically endangered
** Curlew - "Numenius arquata"
** Spotted Redshank - "Tringa erythropus"
** Common Redshank - "Tringa totanus"
** Marsh Sandpiper - "Tringa stagnatilis"
** Common Greenshank - "Tringa nebularia"
** Greater Yellowlegs - "Tringa melanoleuca" Rare/Accidental
** Lesser Yellowlegs - "Tringa flavipes" Rare/Accidental
** Solitary Sandpiper - "Tringa solitaria" Rare/Accidental
** Green Sandpiper - "Tringa ochropus"
** Wood Sandpiper - "Tringa glareola"
** Terek Sandpiper - "Xenus cinereus"
** Common Sandpiper - "Actitis hypoleucos"
** Spotted Sandpiper - "Actitis macularius" Rare/Accidental
** Turnstone - "Arenaria interpres"
** Great Knot - "Calidris tenuirostris" Rare/Accidental
** Red Knot - "Calidris canutus"
** Sanderling - "Calidris alba"
** Semipalmated Sandpiper - "Calidris pusilla" Rare/Accidental
** Western Sandpiper - "Calidris mauri" Rare/Accidental
** Little Stint - "Calidris minuta"
** Temminck's Stint - "Calidris temminckii"
** Least Sandpiper - "Calidris minutilla" Rare/Accidental
** White-rumped Sandpiper - "Calidris fuscicollis" Rare/Accidental
** Baird's Sandpiper - "Calidris bairdii" Rare/Accidental
** Pectoral Sandpiper - "Calidris melanotos"
** Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - "Calidris acuminata" Rare/Accidental
** Curlew Sandpiper - "Calidris ferruginea"
** Stilt Sandpiper - "Calidris himantopus" Rare/Accidental
** Purple Sandpiper - "Calidris maritima"
** Dunlin - "Calidris alpina" Rare/Accidental
** Broad-billed Sandpiper - "Limicola falcinellus"
** Buff-breasted Sandpiper - "Tryngites subruficollis" Near-threatened
** Ruff - "Philomachus pugnax"
** Wilson's Phalarope - "Phalaropus tricolor"
** Red-necked Phalarope - "Phalaropus lobatus"
** Grey Phalarope - "Phalaropus fulicaria"

* Stercorariidae
** South Polar Skua - "Stercorarius maccormicki"
** Pomarine Skua - "Stercorarius pomarinus"
** Arctic Skua - "Stercorarius parasiticus"
** Long-tailed Skua - "Stercorarius longicaudus"
** Great Skua - "Stercorarius skua"

* Laridae
** Mediterranean Gull - "Larus melanocephalus"
** Laughing Gull - "Larus atricilla"
** Franklin's Gull - "Larus pipixcan"
** Little Gull - "Larus minutus"
** Sabine's Gull - "Larus sabini"
** Bonaparte's Gull - "Larus philadelphia"
** Black-headed Gull - "Larus ridibundus"
** Yellow-legged Gull - "Larus michahellis"
** Grey-headed Gull - "Larus cirrocephalus"
** Slender-billed Gull - "Larus genei"
** Audouin's Gull - "Larus audouinii" Near-threatened
** Ring-billed Gull - "Larus delawarensis"
** Common Gull - "Larus canus"
** Lesser Black-backed Gull - "Larus fuscus"
** Herring Gull - "Larus argentatus"
** Iceland Gull - "Larus glaucoides"
** Glaucous Gull - "Larus hyperboreus"
** Great Black-backed Gull - "Larus marinus"
** Black-legged Kittiwake - "Rissa tridactyla"

* Sternidae
** Gull-billed Tern - "Gelochelidon nilotica"
** Caspian Tern - "Hydroprogne caspia"
** Royal Tern - "Sterna maximus"
** Lesser Crested Tern - "Sterna bengalensis"
** Sandwich Tern - "Sterna sandvicensis"
** Elegant Tern - "Sterna elegans" Near-threatened
** Roseate Tern - "Sterna dougallii"
** Common Tern - "Sterna hirundo"
** Arctic Tern - "Sterna paradisaea"
** Forster's Tern - "Sterna forsteri"
** Bridled Tern - "Onychoprion anaethetus"
** Sooty Tern - "Onychoprion fuscata"
** Little Tern - "Sternula albifrons"
** Whiskered Tern - "Chlidonias hybridus"
** Black Tern - "Chlidonias niger"
** White-winged Tern - "Chlidonias leucopterus"
** Brown Noddy - "Anous stolidus" Outlying islands only

* Alcidae
** Common Guillemot - "Uria aalge"
** Razorbill - "Alca torda"
** Black Guillemot - "Cepphus grylle"
** Little Auk - "Alle alle"
** Atlantic Puffin - "Fratercula arctica"

Pterocliformes

* Pteroclidae
** Pallas's Sandgrouse - "Syrrhaptes paradoxus"
** Pin-tailed Sandgrouse - "Pterocles alchata"
** Black-bellied Sandgrouse - "Pterocles orientalis"
** Four-banded Sandgrouse - "Pterocles quadricinctus" Outlying islands only

Columbiformes

* Columbidae
** Rock Dove - "Columba livia"
** Stock Dove - "Columba oenas"
** Wood Pigeon - "Columba palumbus"
** Bolle's Pigeon - "Columba bollii" Canary Islands only Near-threatened
** Laurel Pigeon - "Columba junoniae" Canary Islands only Vulnerable
** Turtle Dove - "Streptopelia turtur"
** Eurasian Collared Dove - "Streptopelia decaocto"
** African Collared Dove - "Streptopelia roseogrisea"
** Namaqua Dove - "Oena capensis" Outlying islands only

Psittaciformes

* Psittacidae
** Budgerigar - "Melopsittacus undulatus" Introduced species
** Rose-ringed Parakeet - "Psittacula krameri" Introduced species
** Peach-faced Lovebird - "Agapornis roseicollis" Introduced species
** Yellow-collared Lovebird - "Agapornis personatus" Introduced species
** Blue-crowned Parakeet - "Aratinga acuticaudata" Introduced species
** Red-masked Parakeet - "Aratinga erythrogenys" Introduced species Near-threatened
** Nanday Parakeet - "Nandayus nenday" Introduced species
** Burrowing Parrot - "Cyanoliseus patagonus" Introduced species
** Monk Parakeet - "Myiopsitta monachus" Introduced species

Cuculiformes

* Cuculidae
** Great Spotted Cuckoo - "Clamator glandarius"
** Common Cuckoo - "Cuculus canorus"

Strigiformes

* Tytonidae
** Barn Owl - "Tyto alba"

* Strigidae
** Scops Owl - "Otus scops"
** Eurasian Eagle Owl - "Bubo bubo"
** Northern Hawk Owl - "Surnia ulula"
** Little Owl - "Athene noctua"
** Tawny Owl - "Strix aluco"
** Eurasian Pygmy-Owl - "Glaucidium passerinum"
** Long-eared Owl - "Asio otus"
** Short-eared Owl - "Asio flammeus"
** Marsh Owl - "Asio capensis"
** Tengmalm's Owl - "Aegolius funereus"

Caprimulgiformes

* Caprimulgidae
** European Nightjar - "Caprimulgus europaeus"
** Red-necked Nightjar - "Caprimulgus ruficollis"

Apodiformes

* Apodidae
** Needle-tailed Swift - "Hirundapus caudacutus" Rare/Accidental
** Common Swift - "Apus apus"
** Pallid Swift - "Apus pallidus"
** Alpine Swift - "Apus melba"
** Little Swift - "Apus affinis" Rare/Accidental
** Plain Swift - "Apus unicolor" Outlying islands only
** White-rumped Swift - "Apus caffer"

Coraciiformes

* Alcedinidae
** European Kingfisher - "Alcedo atthis"

* Meropidae
** Blue-cheeked Bee-eater - "Merops persicus" '
** European Bee-eater - "Merops apiaster"

* Coraciidae
** European Roller - "Coracias garrulus"

* Upupidae
** Hoopoe - "Upupa epops"

Piciformes

* Picidae
** Eurasian Wryneck - "Jynx torquilla"
** Green Woodpecker - "Picus viridis"
** Great Spotted Woodpecker - "Dendrocopos major"
** Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - "Dendrocopos minor"
** Middle Spotted Woodpecker - "Dendrocopos medius"
** White-backed Woodpecker - "Dendrocopos leucotos"
** Black Woodpecker - "Dryocopus martius"
** Grey-headed Woodpecker - "Picus canus"

Passeriformes

*Alaudidae
**Greater Hoopoe-lark, "Alaemon alaudipes"
**Calandra Lark, "Melanocorypha calandra"
**Bimaculated Lark, "Melanocorypha bimaculata"
**White-winged Lark, "Melanocorypha leucoptera"
**Black Lark, "Melanocorypha yeltoniensis"
**Greater Short-toed Lark, "Calandrella brachydactyla"
**Lesser Short-toed Lark, "Calandrella rufescens"
**Dupont's Lark, "Chersophilus duponti"
**Crested Lark, "Galerida cristata"
**Thekla Lark, "Galerida theklae"
**Wood Lark, "Lullula arborea"
**Skylark, "Alauda arvensis"
**Shore Lark, "Eremophila alpestris"
**Temminck's Lark, "Eremophila bilopha"

*Hirundinidae
**Sand Martin, "Riparia riparia"
**Crag Martin, "Ptyonoprogne rupestris"
**Barn Swallow, "Hirundo rustica"
**Red-rumped Swallow, "Hirundo daurica"
**House Martin, "Delichon urbicum"

*Motacillidae
**Citrine Wagtail, " Motacilla citreola", rare
**White Wagtail, " Motacilla alba"
**Grey Wagtail, " Motacilla cinerea"
**Blue-headed Wagtail, "Motacilla flava"
**Richard's Pipit, "Anthus richardi"
**Tawny Pipit, "Anthus campestris", rare
**Berthelot's Pipit, "Anthus berthelotii"
**Tree Pipit, "Anthus trivialis"
**Olive-backed Pipit, "Anthus hodgsoni ", rare
**Pechora Pipit, "Anthus gustavi", rare
**Meadow Pipit, "Anthus pratensis"
**Red-throated Pipit, "Anthus cervinus", rare
**Water Pipit, "Anthus spinoletta"
**Rock Pipit, "Anthus petrosus"

*Pycnonotidae
**Common Bulbul, "Pycnonotus barbatus"
*Regulidae
**Goldcrest, "Regulus regulus"
**Canary Islands Kinglet, "Regulus teneriffae"
**Firecrest, "Regulus ignicapillus"

*Bombycillidae
**Bohemian Waxwing, "Bombycilla garrulus"

*Cinclidae
**European Dipper, "Cinclus cinclus"

*Troglodytidae
**Wren, "Troglodytes troglodytes"

*Prunellidae
**Dunnock, "Prunella modularis "
**Alpine Accentor, "Prunella collaris"

*Turdidae
**Rock Thrush, "Monticola saxatilis"
**Blue Rock-Thrush, "Monticola solitarius"
**White's Thrush or Scaly Thrush, "Zoothera dauma", rare
**Ring Ouzel, "Turdus torquatus"
**Blackbird, "Turdus merula"
**Dark-throated Thrush, "Turdus atrogularis", rare
**Fieldfare, "Turdus pilaris"
**Redwing, "Turdus iliacus"
**Song Thrush, "Turdus philomelos"
**Mistle Thrush, "Turdus viscivorus"

*Cisticolidae
**Zitting Cisticola, "Cisticola juncidis"

*Sylviidae
**Cetti's Warbler, "Cettia cetti"
**Grasshopper Warbler, "Locustella naevia"
**River Warbler, "Locustella fluviatilis", rare
**Savi's Warbler, "Locustella luscinioides"
**Moustached Warbler, "Acrocephalus melanopogon"
**Aquatic Warbler, "Acrocephalus paludicola", rare
**Sedge Warbler, "Acrocephalus schoenobaenus"
**Paddyfield Warbler, "Acrocephalus agricola", rare
**Reed Warbler, "Acrocephalus scirpaceus"
**Blyth's Reed Warbler, "Acrocephalus dumetorum", rare
**Marsh Warbler, "Acrocephalus palustris"
**Great Reed Warbler, "Acrocephalus arundinaceus"
**Basra Reed-Warbler, "Acrocephalus griseldis" Near-threatened
**Booted Warbler, "Hippolais caligata", rare
**Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, "Hippolais pallida", very rare
**Western Olivaceous Warbler, "Hippolais opaca"
**Melodious Warbler, "Hippolais polyglotta"
**Icterine Warbler, "Hippolais icterina"
**Willow Warbler, "Phylloscopus trochilus"
**Common Chiffchaff, "Phylloscopus collybita"
**Iberian Chiffchaff, "Phylloscopus brehmii"
**Western Bonelli's Warbler, "Phylloscopus bonelli"
**Wood Warbler, "Phylloscopus sibilatrix"
**Dusky Warbler, "Phylloscopus fuscatus", rare
**Radde's Warbler, "Phylloscopus schwarzi", rare
**Pallas's Warbler, "Phylloscopus proregulus", rare
**Yellow-browed Warbler, "Phylloscopus inornatus"
**Arctic Warbler, "Phylloscopus borealis", rare - what is the source of information? According to Spanish Rarities Committee member the record in Sept 2008 is the first for Spain!?
**Greenish Warbler, "Phylloscopus trochiloides", rare
**Blackcap, "Sylvia atricapilla"
**Garden Warbler, "Sylvia borin"
**Whitethroat, "Sylvia communis"
**Lesser Whitethroat, "Sylvia curruca"
**African Desert Warbler, "Sylvia nana"
**Barred Warbler, "Sylvia nisoria"
**Orphean Warbler, "Sylvia hortensis"
**Subalpine Warbler, "Sylvia cantillans"
**Sardinian Warbler, "Sylvia melanocephala"
**Spectacled Warbler, "Sylvia conspicillata"
**Dartford Warbler, "Sylvia undata"
**Marmora's Warbler "Sylvia sarda"
*Muscicapidae
**Spotted Flycatcher, "Muscicapa striata"
**Pied Flycatcher, "Ficedula hypoleuca"
**Collared Flycatcher, "Ficedula albicollis", rare
**Red-breasted Flycatcher, "Ficedula parva"
**European Robin, "Erithacus rubecula"
**Bluethroat, "Luscinia svecica"
**Thrush Nightingale, "Luscinia luscinia"
**Nightingale, "Luscinia megarhynchos"
**Rufous Bush Robin, "Cercotrichas galactotes"
**Black Redstart, "Phoenicurus ochruros"
**Common Redstart, "Phoenicurus phoenicurus"
**Moussier's Redstart, "Phoenicurus moussieri"
**Whinchat, "Saxicola rubetra"
**Canary Island Stonechat, "Saxicola dacotiae" Near-threatened
**European Stonechat, "Saxicola rubicola"
**Siberian Stonechat, "Saxicola maura", rare
**Northern Wheatear, "Oenanthe oenanthe"
**Isabelline Wheatear, "Oenanthe isabellina"
**Desert Wheatear, "Oenanthe deserti"
**Black-eared Wheatear, "Oenanthe hispanica"
**White-crowned Wheatear, "Oenanthe leucopyga" Rare/Accidental
**Black Wheatear, "Oenanthe leucura"

*Paradoxornithidae
**Bearded Tit, "Panurus biarmicus"

*Aegithalidae
**Long-tailed Tit, "Aegithalos longicaudus "

*Paridae
**Marsh Tit, "Parus palustris"
**Coal Tit, "Parus ater"
**Crested Tit, "Parus cristatus"
**Great Tit, "Parus major"
**Blue Tit, "Parus caeruleus"
**African Blue Tit, "Cyanistes teneriffae" Outlying islands only
*Sittidae
**Eurasian Nuthatch, "Sitta europaea"

*Tichodromidae
**Wallcreeper, "Tichodroma muraria"

*Certhiidae
**Common Treecreeper, "Certhia familiaris"
**Short-toed Treecreeper, "Certhia brachydactyla"

*Remizidae
**Penduline Tit, "Remiz pendulinus"

*Oriolidae
**Golden Oriole, "Oriolus oriolus"

*Laniidae
**Great Grey Shrike, "Lanius excubitor"
**Southern Grey Shrike, " Lanius meridionalis"
**Lesser Grey Shrike, " Lanius minor"
**Red-backed Shrike, " Lanius collurio"
**Isabelline Shrike, " Lanius isabellinus"
**Woodchat Shrike, " Lanius senator"
**Masked Shrike, "Lanius nubicus"

*Corvidae
**Carrion Crow, "Corvus corone"
**Common Raven, "Corvus corax"
**Hooded Crow, "Corvus cornix"
**Jackdaw, "Corvus monedula"
**Rook, "Corvus frugilegus"
**Eurasian Jay, "Garrulus glandarius"
**Chough, " Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax "
**European Magpie, "Pica pica"
**Spotted Nutcracker, "Nucifraga caryocatactes"
**Azure-winged Magpie, "Cyanopica cyana"
**Alpine Chough, "Pyrrhocorax graculus"

*Sturnidae
**Common Hill Myna, "Gracula religiosa"
**Rosy Starling, "Sturnus roseus", but increasing
**Common Starling, "Sturnus vulgaris"
**Spotless Starling, "Sturnus unicolor"

*Ploceidae
**Red-billed Quelea, "Quelea quelea" Outlying islands only
*Estrildidae
**Orange-cheeked Waxbill, "Estrilda melpoda"
**Black-rumped Waxbill, "Estrilda troglodytes"
**Common Waxbill, "Estrilda astrild"
**Black-headed Waxbill, "Estrilda atricapilla"
**Red Avadavat, "Amandava amandava"
**White-throated Munia, "Lonchura malabarica" Introduced species
**White-headed Munia, "Lonchura maja"

*Viduidae
**Eastern Paradise-Whydah, "Vidua paradisaea"

*Vireonidae
**Red-eyed Vireo, "Vireo olivaceus"

*Emberizidae
**Yellowhammer, "Emberiza citrinella"
**Pine Bunting, "Emberiza leucocephalos"
**Cirl Bunting "Emberiza cirlus"
**Rock Bunting, "Emberiza cia"
**Ortolan Bunting, "Emberiza hortulana"
**Cretzschmar's Bunting, "Emberiza caesia"
**House Bunting, "Emberiza sahari"
**Little Bunting, "Emberiza pusilla"
**Rustic Bunting, "Emberiza rustica"
**Yellow-breasted Bunting, "Emberiza aureola"
**Black-headed Bunting, "Emberiza melanocephala"
**Red-headed Bunting, "Emberiza bruniceps"
**Reed Bunting, "Emberiza schoeniclus"
**Corn Bunting, "Miliaria calandra"
**Snow Bunting, "Plectrophenax nivalis"
**Lapland Bunting, "Calcarius lapponicus"
**White-throated Sparrow, "Zonotrichia albicollis" Rare/Accidental

*Cardinalidae
**Rose-breasted Grosbeak, "Pheucticus ludovicianus", Rare/Accidental
*Fringillidae
**Chaffinch, "Fringilla coelebs"
**Blue Chaffinch, "Fringilla teydea" Conservation-dependent
**Brambling, "Fringilla montifringilla"
**Pine Grosbeak, "Pinicola enucleator"
**Common Rosefinch, "Carpodacus erythrinus"
**Parrot Crossbill, "Loxia pytyopsittacus"
**Common Crossbill, "Loxia curvirostra"
**Two-barred Crossbill, "Loxia leucoptera"
**European Greenfinch, "Carduelis chloris"
**Common Redpoll, "Carduelis flammea"
**Eurasian Siskin, "Carduelis spinus"
**European Goldfinch, "Carduelis carduelis"
**Twite, "Carduelis flavirostris"
**Eurasian Linnet, "Carduelis cannabina"
**European Serin, "Serinus serinus"
**Island Canary, "Serinus canaria"
**Citril Finch, "Serinus citrinella"
**Yellow-fronted Canary, "Serinus mozambicus">
**Eurasian Bullfinch, "Pyrrhula pyrrhula"
**Hawfinch, "Coccothraustes coccothraustes"
**Trumpeter Finch, "Rhodopechys githaginea"

*Passeridae
**House Sparrow, "Passer domesticus"
**Spanish Sparrow, "Passer hispaniolensis"
**Eurasian Tree Sparrow, "Passer montanus"
**Rock Sparrow, "Petronia petronia"
**White-winged Snowfinch, "Montifringilla nivalis"

References

*"Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists" - Martin Collinson, British Birds vol 99 (June 2006), 306-323