18 · species recorded

Melilla

North African coast and cliffs, with the Mar Chica wetland just across the border.

species recorded

Audouin's gull

Larus audouinii

Coast and sea · Resident

Yellow-legged gull

Larus michahellis

Coast and sea · Resident

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Towns and cities · Resident

European robin

Erithacus rubecula

Woodland, dehesa and scrub · Resident

Common blackbird

Turdus merula

Woodland, dehesa and scrub · Resident

Barn swallow

Hirundo rustica

Towns and cities · Summer visitor

Grey heron

Ardea cinerea

Wetlands · Resident

European turtle dove

Streptopelia turtur

Woodland, dehesa and scrub · Summer visitor

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Wetlands · Resident

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

Mountains and crags · Resident

Common nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

Woodland, dehesa and scrub · Summer visitor

Spotless starling

Sturnus unicolor

Towns and cities · Resident

Black-winged stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Wetlands · Summer visitor

Common swift

Apus apus

Towns and cities · Summer visitor

Black wheatear

Oenanthe leucura

Mountains and crags · Resident

Eurasian coot

Fulica atra

Wetlands · Resident

European bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Steppes and farmland · Summer visitor

Eurasian hoopoe

Upupa epops

Woodland, dehesa and scrub · Resident

Other regions

Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla-La Mancha Catalonia Valencian Community Extremadura Galicia Community of Madrid Region of Murcia Navarre Basque Country La Rioja Ceuta