Birds of Malta

Introduction
This is the main section in our website. Here you'll find a list of all the birds that were recorded in Malta. We are working on having a seperate information page on every bird in the list, but as this is no quick job, we are doing this gradually. These pages contain a brief description of the bird, its status in Malta, Photos, Sounds and even videos.

Ultimately, this website will cover all the Birds that have occurred in Malta over the years. It will therefore cover the Maltese Ornithology and it will become a reference for all those who want to learn about the maltese avifauna. As previously mentioned, this is no easy job considering all the research needed, and therefore this will take some time. The main information, (number of records etc), regarding rare and vagrant birds are being obtained both from various publications from the past, mainly those of Birdlife Malta, and from a database with all the information on rare birds personally compiled over the years by Raymond Galea.

Before browsing through this section you should know the following facts:
1. This list contains a total of 392 species, all the Birds recorded in Malta
2. Where the status is listed as Common or Regular it doesn't necessarily mean that it may be seen all year round, but in most cases it means that its common during migration.
3. The birds with a Very Rare status are mainly vagrant birds which have only been recorded few times. Some of these birds are also birds which used to be commoner but have now become much rarer.
4. Some bird records are of birds ringed by licensed Birdlife Malta ringers. Ringing is a scientific method used to study birds and their behaviour. Ringing is also very effective as it reveals the presence of very rare or even new species. Ringing may only be carried out by licensed ringers who undertake a serious training before gaining their licence. Photographs of these birds were taken for identification and record purposes before the birds were released back into the wild without any harm. Some of these photographs are shown in the bird's information pages.

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(New Bird information pages are being added regularly)

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Page 1 : Red-throated Diver - Common Crane

English Name	Maltese Name	Scientific Name	Status
Red-Throated Diver Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Black-necked Grebe Cory's (Scopoli's) Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Yelkouan Shearwater Balearic Shearwater Mediterranean Storm Petrel Leach's Storm Petrel Northern Gannet Pygmy Cormorant Great Cormorant Shag White Pelican Great Bittern Little Bittern Night Heron Squacco Heron Cattle Egret Western Reef Heron Little Egret Great White Egret Grey Heron Purple Heron Black Stork White Stork Glossy Ibis Eurasian Spoonbill Greater Flamingo Mute Swan Bean Goose White-Fronted Goose Greylag Goose Red-Breasted Goose Egyptian Goose Ruddy Shelduck Common Shelduck Eurasian Wigeon Falcated Duck Gadwall Baikal Teal Blue-winged Teal Eurasian Teal Mallard Pintail Garganey Shoveler Marbled Teal Red Crested Pochard Common Pochard Ferruginous Duck Tufted Duck Greater Scaup Common Scotter Common Goldeneye Smew Red-Breasted Merganser Goosander White-Headed Duck Honey Buzzard Black Kite Red Kite White -Tailed Eagle Egyptian Vulture Griffon Vulture Short-toed Eagle Marsh Harrier Hen Harrier Pallid Harrier Montagu's Harrier Eurasian Sparrowhawk Common Buzzard Long Legged Buzzard Rough Legged Buzzard Lesser Spotted Eagle Golden Eagle Booted Eagle Osprey Lesser Kestrel Common Kestrel American Kestrel Red-footed Falcon Merlin Hobby Eleonora's Falcon Sooty Falcon Lanner Falcon Saker Falcon Peregrine Falcon Barbary Falcon Common Quail Water Rail Spotted Crake Little Crake Baillon's Crake Corn Crake Striped Crake Moorhen Allen's Gallinule American Purple Gallinule Purple Gallinule Common Coot Red-Knobbed Coot Common Crane	Bughaddas Blongun Zghir Blongun Prim Blongun Sekond Ciefa Garnija Sewda Garnija tal-Atlantiku Garnija Garnija tal-Baleariku Kangu ta' Filfla Kangu tal-Atlantiku Sula Margun Zghir Margun Margun tat-Toppu Pellikan Kappun Russett tas-Sigar Kwakka Agrett Isfar Agrett tal-Bhejjem Agrett tax-Xatt Agrett Abjad Russett Abjad Russet Griz Russett Ahmar Cikonja Sewda Cikonja Bajda Velleran Paletta Fjamingu Cinju Wizza tal-Ful Wizza tal-Maskra Wizza Griza Wizza Hamra Wizza ta' l-Egittu Kuluvert Ahmar Kuluvert tas-Salib Silfjun Ewropej Silfjun Asjatiku Kuluvert Griz Sarsella tas-Siberja Sarsella tal-Gewnah Ikhal Sarsella Kuluvert Silfjun Sarsella Hamra Palettuna Sarsella Mnaqqxa Brajmla Prima Brajmla Brajmla Hamra Brajmla tat-Toppu Brajmla Rasha Sewda Brajmla Sewda Brajmla ta' l-Ghajn Serra Bajda Serra Serra Prima Brajmla Rasha Bajda Kuccarda Astun Iswed Astun Ahmar Ajkla tal-Bahar Avultun Abjad Avultun Prim Ajkla Bajda Baghdan Ahmar Baghadan Ikhal Baghdan Abjad Baghadan Griz Sparvier Kuccarda Prima Kuccarda Hamra Kuccarda tal-Kalzetti Ajkla tat-Tikek Ajkla Rjali Ajkla tal-Kalzetti Arpa Spanjulett Sekond Spanjulett Spanjulett Amerikan Zumbrell Seqer ta' Denbu Seqer tal-Hannieqa Bies tar-Regina Zumbrell Gharbi Bies tad-Dezert Bies tal-Lvant Bies Bies ta' Barbarija Summiena Gallozz tax-Xitwa Gallozz tat-Tikek Gallozz Zghir Gallozz Tal-Faxxi Gallozz Ahmar Gallozz ta' l-Istrixxi Gallozz Iswed Gallozz ta' l-Afrika Gallozz ta' l-Amerika Gallozz Prim Tigiega tal-Bahar Tigiega tat-Toppu Grawwa	Gavia stellata Tachybaptus ruficollis Podiceps cristatus Podiceps nigricollis Calonectris diomedea Puffinus griseus Puffinius Puffinus Puffinus Yelkouan Puffinus mauretanicus Hydrobates melitensis Oceanodroma leucorhoa Morus bassanus Phalacrocorax pygmaeus Phalacrocorax carbo Phalacrocorax aristotelis Pelecanus onocrotalus Botaurus stellaris Ixobrychus minutus Nycticorax nycticorax Ardeola ralloides Bubulcus ibis Egretta gularis Egretta garzetta Ardea alba Ardea cinerea Ardea purpurea Ciconia nigra Ciconia ciconia Plegadis falcinellus Platalea leucorodia Phoenicopterus roseus Cygnus olor Anser fabalis Anser albifrons Anser anser Branta ruficollis Alopochen aegyptiacus Tadorna ferruginea Tadorna tadorna Anas penelope Anas falcata Anas strepera Anas formosa Anas discors Anas crecca Anas platyrhynchos Anas acuta Anas querquedula Anas clypeata Marmaronetta angustirostris Netta rufina Aythya ferina Aythya nyroca Aythya fuligula Aythya marila Melanitta nigra Bucephala clangula Mergellus albellus Mergus serrator Mergus merganser Oxyura leucocephala Pernis apivorus Milvus migrans Milvus milvus Haliaeetus albicilla Neophron percnopterus Gyps fulvus Circaetus gallicus Circus aeruginosus Circus cyaneus Circus macrourus Circus pygargus Accipiter nisus Buteo buteo Buteo rufinus Buteo lagopus Aquila pomarina Aquila chrysaetos Aquila pennatus Pandion haliaetus Falco naumanni Falco tinnunculus Falco sparverius Falco vespertinus Falco columbarius Falco subbuteo Falco eleonorae Falco concolor Falco biarmicus Falco cherrug Falco peregrinus Falco pelegrinoides Coturnix coturnix Rallus aquaticus Porzana porzana Porzana parva Porzana pusilla Crex crex Aenigmatolimnas marginalis Gallinula chloropus Porphyrio alleni Porphyrio martinica Porphyrio porphyrio Fulica atra Fulica cristata Grus grus	Very Rare Scarce, Scarce Breeder Scarce Regular Common, Common Summer Breeder Very Rare Very Rare Common, Regular 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