List of birds of Italy

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Italy. The avifauna of Italy included a total of 577 species recorded in the wild by March 2024, according to Avibase. Of these species, 13 have been introduced by humans, one has been extirpated, and four others have not been recorded since before 1950. One species is hypothetical and another's status has not been determined.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.^[1]

The following tags have been used to highlight some categories of occurrence. The notes of population status, such as "endangered", apply to the worldwide population, not that only in Italy, and are from Bird Checklists of the World.^[2]

• (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Italy, also called a vagrant
• (I) Introduced - a species introduced by humans directly or indirectly to Italy which has a self-supporting population
• (H) Hypothetical - a species which has been reported but not confirmed
• (S) Status uncertain - a species whose status has not been determined