Site Report: Parque del Retiro

Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)

Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei)

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

Stock Dove (Columba oenas)

Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)

City park.

2015-04-03: We stopped in at the park waiting for the Prado to open. I think that there was more birdlife in this park than any other area we visited in Spain, and all of the birds were very habituated to people being around. I was finally dragged away in order to visit the museum.

Kingdom: Animals (23 records)

Phylum: Chordates (23 records)

Class: Birds (23 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Order: Bucerotiformes (1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
- Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Common Swift (Apus apus)

Order: Parrots (1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

Order: Perching Birds (13 records)
- Family: Bushtits
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- European Serin (Serinus serinus)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Family: Kinglets
- Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (2 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei)