Birds of Skopelos

In the dense forests and the fertile meadows of Skopelos Island, 67 species of wild native or migratory birds have been registered, some of those rare and threatened by extinction.

IK = Insufficiently Known, V = Vulnerable

Swans in Skopelos harbour

Motacilla Alba

Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Turdus philomelos

1.	Alpine Swift	Apus melba
Details 2.	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
3.	Bee-eater	Merops apiaster
Details 4.	Blackbird	Turdus merula
5.	Blackcap	Sylvia attricapilla
6.	Black-headed Bunting	Emberiza melanocefala
7.	Blue Rock Thrush	Monticola solitarius
8.	Bonelli’s Warbler	Phylloscopus bonelli
9.	Buzzard	Buteo buteo
10.	Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs
11.	Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collib
12.	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citrinella
13.	Corn Bunting	Emberiza calandra
14.	Cory’s Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea
15.	Cretzschmar’s Bunting	Emberiza caesia
Details 16.	Eleonora’s Falcon	Falco eleonorae	IK
17.	Firecrest	Regulus ignicapillus
18.	Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin
19.	Goldcrest	Regulus regulus
20.	Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus
21.	Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
22.	Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
23.	Great Tit	Parus major
24.	Green finch	Carduelis chloris
25.	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea
26.	Harrier	Circus sp
Details 27.	Herring Gull	Larus argentatus
28.	Hobby	Falco subbuteo
29.	Honey Buzzard	Pernis apivorus
30.	Hooded Crow	Corvus corone cornix
31.	Hoopoe	Upupa epops
Details 32.	House Martin	Delichon urbica
Details 33.	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
34.	Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
35.	Linnet	Acanthis cannabina
36.	Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus
37.	Little Owl	Athene noctua
38.	Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos
39.	Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus
40.	Olivaceous Warbler	Hippolais pallida
41.	Olive-tree Warbler	Hippolais olibetorum
42.	Partridge or Chukar	Alectoris chukar
Details 43.	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	I K
44.	Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	V
45.	Raven	Corvus corax
46.	Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio
47.	Red-rumped Swallow	Hirundo daurica
Details 48.	Rock Dove	Columba livia
49.	Rufus Bush Robin	Cecrotrichus galactotes
Details 50.	Sardinian Warbler	Sylvia melanocaphala
51.	Scops Owl	Otus scops
Details 52.	Shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis	V
53.	Short-toed Eagle	Circaetus gallicus
54.	Short-toed Lark	Calandrella cinerea
55.	Spanish Sparrow	Passer hispanidensis
56.	Sparrow Hawk	Accipiter nisus
57.	Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
58.	Subalpine Warbler	Sylvia cantillans
59.	Swallow	Hirundo rustica
60.	Swift	Apus apus
61.	Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestis
62.	Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur
63.	Whitethroat	Sylvia communis
64.	Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator
65.	Wren	Troglodytes troglodydes
66.	Yellow Hammer	Emberiza citrinella
67.	Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava