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Malta Bird Checklist Malta Bird Checklist English Scientific Malti 1 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Summiena 2 Chukar Alectoris chukar Ċukar 3 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Faġan 4 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala Brajmla Rasha Bajda 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Ċinju 6 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Wiżża Ħamra 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser Wiżża Griża 8 Bean Goose Anser fabalis Wiżża tal-Ful 9 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Wiżża tal-Maskra 10 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Brajmla Sewda 11 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Brajmla tal-Għajn 12 Smew Mergellus albellus Serra Bajda 13 Goosander Mergus merganser Serra Prima 14 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Serra 15 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Kuluvert tas-Salib 16 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Kuluvert Aħmar 17 Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris Sarsella Mnaqqxa 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Brajmla Prima 19 Common Pochard Aythya ferina Brajmla 20 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Brajmla Ħamra 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Brajmla tat-Toppu 22 Greater Scaup Aythya marila Brajmla Rasha Sewda 23 Garganey Spatula querquedula Sarsella Ħamra 24 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Palettuna 25 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Sarsella tal-Faxx 26 Gadwall Mareca strepera Kuluvert Griż 27 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Silfjun Ewropew 28 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Kuluvert 29 Northern Pintail Anas acuta Silfjun 30 Common Teal Anas crecca Sarsella 31 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Blonġun Żgħir 32 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Blonġun Prim 33 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Blonġun Sekond 34 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Fjamingu 35 Rock Dove Columba livia Tudun tal-Ġebel 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas Tudun tas-Siġar 37 Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tudun 38 European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur Gamiema 39 Eurasian Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto Gamiema tal-Kullar 40 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Gamiela tal-Ilwien 41 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis Ganga ta’ Spanja 42 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata Ganga 43 Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis Buqrajq Aħmar 44 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Buqrajq 45 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Buqrajq Abjad 46 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Rundun tal-Labar 1 English Scientific Malti 47 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Rundun Żaqqu Bajda 48 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Rundun tal-Ħawwief 49 Little Swift Apus affinis Rundun Żgħir 50 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Rundun Kannelli 51 Common Swift Apus apus Rundun 52 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Daqquqa Prima 53 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Daqqua Kaħla 54 Western Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Gallozz tax-Xitwa 55 Corncrake Crex crex Gallozz Aħmar 56 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Gallozz tat-Tikek 57 Little Crake Zapornia parva Gallozz Żgħir 58 Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla Gallozz tal-Faxxi 59 Striped Crake Amaurornis marginalis Gallozz Imnaqqax 60 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Gallozz Sultan 61 Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Gallozz tal-Afrika 62 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Gallozz Iswed 63 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata Tiġieġa tat-Toppu 64 Common Coot Fulica atra Tiġieġa tal-Baħar 65 Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo Damiġella 66 Common Crane Grus grus Grawwa 67 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Pitarra 68 Great Bustard Otis tarda Pitarrun 69 African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata Għubara 70 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Bugħaddas 71 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Kanġu ta’ Filfla 72 Leach’s Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous Kanġu tal-Atlantiku 73 Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel Hydrobates monorhis Kanġu tal-Lvant 74 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Garnija Sewda 75 Scopoli’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Ċiefa 76 Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis Ċiefa tal-Atlantiku 77 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Garnija tal-Atlantiku 78 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Garnija 79 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Garnija Balearika 80 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Ċikonja Sewda 81 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Ċikonja Bajda 82 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Paletta 83 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Velleran 84 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris Kappun 85 Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Russett tas-Siġar 86 Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax Kwakka 87 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Agrett Isfar 88 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Agrett tal-Bhejjem 89 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Russett Griż 90 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Russett Aħmar 91 Great White Egret Ardea alba Russett Abjad 92 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Agrett Abjad 2 English Scientific Malti 93 Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis Agrett tax-Xatt 94 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Pellikan 95 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus Sula 96 Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus Margun Żgħir 97 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis Margun tat-Toppu 98 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Margun 99 Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus Tellerita 100 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Gallina tal-Baħar 101 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Xifa 102 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Fras-servjent 103 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Pluviera Griża 104 Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Pluviera 105 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Pluviera Żgħira 106 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus Birwina 107 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Monakella Prima 108 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Monakella 109 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Monakella Żgħira 110 Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii Birwina tal-Lvant 111 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus Birwina tal-Asja 112 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Venewwa 113 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus Venewwa tal-Ixpruni 114 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Venewwa tal-Qtajja’ 115 White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus Venewwa Denbha Abjad 116 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Pluverott ta’ Denbu 117 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Gurlin Sekond 118 Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris Gurlin Żgħir 119 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Gurlin 120 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Girwiel Nordiku 121 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Girwiel Prim 122 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Monakella Imperjali 123 Red Knot Calidris canutus Pispisella Prima 124 Ruff Calidris pugnax Girwiel 125 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Pispisella Bumunqar 126 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Pispisella Ħamra 127 Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii Tertuxa Griża 128 Sanderling Calidris alba Pispisella Bajda 129 Dunlin Calidris alpina Pispisella tad-Dabra 130 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Pispisella tal-Baħar 131 Little Stint Calidris minuta Tertuxa 132 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Girwiel Amerikan 133 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Pispisella Amerikana 134 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Girwiel tal-Bekkaċċ 135 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Gallina 136 Great Snipe Gallinago media Bekkaċċ ta’ Mejju 137 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Bekkaċċ 138 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Ċinkonja 3 English Scientific Malti 139 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Baruża 140 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Baruża Griża 141 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Pispisella tax-Xifa 142 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Pispisella 143 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Swejda 144 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Ċuvett 145 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Ċewċewwa 146 Common Redshank Tringa totanus Pluverott 147 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Swejda Ċara 148 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Ċewċewwa Żgħira 149 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Nankina 150 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Perniċjotta 151 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Gawwija Żgħira 152 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Gawwija tal-Ingilterra 153 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei Gawwija Munqarha Rqiq 154 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Gawwija Rasha Kannella 155 Pallas’s Gull Larus ichthyaetus Gawwija Imperjali 156 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus Gawwija Rasha Sewda 157 Audouin’s Gull Larus audouinii Gawwija Munqarha Aħmar 158 Mew Gull Larus canus Gawwija Sekonda 159 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Gawwija Daharha Iswed 160 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus Gawwija Saqajha Roża 161 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Gawwija Prima 162 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Gawwija tal-Kaspju 163 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Gawwija Bajda 164 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Ċirlewwa Żgħira 165 Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Ċirlewwa Bumunqar 166 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Ċirlewwa Prima 167 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Ċirlewwa tal-Mustaċċi 168 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Ċirlewwa tal-Lvant 169 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Ċirlewwa Sewda 170 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Ċirlewwa Roża 171 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Ċirlewwa tal-Baħar 172 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Ċirlewwa tal-Artiku 173 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Ċirlewwa tal-Libja 174 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Ċirlewwa tax-Xitwa 175 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Skuwa Denbha Twil 176 Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Skuwa tal-Artiku 177 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Skuwa 178 Great Skua Catharacta skua Skuwa Prima 179 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica Purċinell 180 Razorbill Alca torda Mus 181 Little Auk Alle alle Purċinell Żgħir 182 Common Murre Uria aalge Mus Irqiq 183 Common Barn-owl Tyto alba Barbaġann 184 Little Owl Athene noctua Kokka
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