List of Spanish birds: non-passerines

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.

This page lists the Spanish bird species in the non-passerine families. See List of Spanish birds: passerines for the rest of the list.

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 - Calonectis 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
- Little Shearwater - Puffinus assimilis

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
- 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
- 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 - Phasanius 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
- Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla

Sternidae
- Gull-billed Tern - Sterna nilotica
- Caspian Tern - Sterna 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 - Sterna anaethetus
- Sooty Tern - Sterna fuscata
- Little Tern - Sterna 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
- Rosy-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