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English name|Scientific name
A
Levant Sparrowhawk
Accipiter brevipes
Northern Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Paddyfield Warbler
Acrocephalus agricola
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus dumetorum
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogon
Aquatic Warbler
Acrocephalus paludicola
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustris
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Long-tailed Bushtit
Aegithalos caudatus
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereus
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachus
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensis
Razorbill
Alca torda
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
American Wigeon
Anas americana
Green-winged Teal
Anas carolinensis
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Eurasian Teal
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Eurasian Wigeon
Anas penelope
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Garganey
Anas querquedula
Gadwall
Anas strepera
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
Greylag Goose
Anser anser
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchus
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Anser erythropus
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus
Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris
Red-throated Pipit
Anthus cervinus
Eurasian Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosus
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
Richard's Pipit
Anthus richardi
Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
Common Swift
Apus apus
Alpine Swift
Apus melba
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Greater Spotted Eagle
Aquila clanga
Asian Imperial Eagle
Aquila heliaca
Steppe Eagle
Aquila nipalensis
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Aquila pomarina
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
Chinese Pond-heron
Ardeola bacchus
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Little Owl
Athene noctua
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Ferruginous Duck
Aythya nyroca
B
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellaris
Brant Goose
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsis
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollis
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Bubo bubo
Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiaca
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Trumpeter Finch
Bucanetes githagineus
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
Roughleg
Buteo lagopus
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo rufinus
C
Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactyla
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
European Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeus
Common Linnet
Carduelis cannabina
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
European Greenfinch
Carduelis chloris
Common Redpoll
Carduelis flammea
Twite
Carduelis flavirostris
Arctic Redpoll
Carduelis hornemanni
Eurasian Siskin
Carduelis spinus
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
Pallas's Rosefinch
Carpodacus roseus
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactyla
Eurasian Treecreeper
Certhia familiaris
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cetti
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Caspian Plover
Charadrius asiaticus
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Greater Sand Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Eurasian Dotterel
Charadrius morinellus
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
White Stork
Ciconia ciconia
Black Stork
Ciconia nigra
White-throated Dipper
Cinclus cinclus
Short-toed Snake Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
Western Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Pallid Harrier
Circus macrourus
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Feral Pigeon
Columba livia f. domestica
Stock Dove
Columba oenas
Common Wood Pigeon
Columba palumbus
European Roller
Coracias garrulus
Northern Raven
Corvus corax
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
Rook
Corvus frugilegus
Western Jackdaw
Corvus monedula
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnix
Corn Crake
Crex crex
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Azure Tit
Cyanistes cyanus
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
D
Common House Martin
Delichon urbicum
White-backed Woodpecker
Dendrocopos leucotos
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos medius
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos minor
Syrian Woodpecker
Dendrocopos syriacus
Black Woodpecker
Dryocopus martius
E
Great Egret
Egretta alba
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Western Reef Heron
Egretta gularis
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandra
Rock Bunting
Emberiza cia
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlus
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinella
Ortolan Bunting
Emberiza hortulana
Pine Bunting
Emberiza leucocephalos
Black-headed Bunting
Emberiza melanocephala
Little Bunting
Emberiza pusilla
Rustic Bunting
Emberiza rustica
Chestnut Bunting
Emberiza rutila
Common Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
F
Amur Falcon
Falco amurensis
Saker Falcon
Falco cherrug
Merlin
Falco columbarius
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonorae
Lesser Kestrel
Falco naumanni
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Eurasian Hobby
Falco subbuteo
Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
Red-footed Falcon
Falco vespertinus
Collared Flycatcher
Ficedula albicollis
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula parva
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
G
Crested Lark
Galerida cristata
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Great Snipe
Gallinago media
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
White-billed Diver
Gavia adamsii
Black-throated Loon
Gavia arctica
Great Northern Loon
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Black-winged Pratincole
Glareola nordmanni
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Eurasian Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium passerinum
Common Crane
Grus grus
Demoiselle Crane
Grus virgo
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvus
H
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
White-tailed Eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla
Bonelli's Eagle
Hieraaetus fasciatus
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Icterine Warbler
Hippolais icterina
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Hippolais pallida
Melodious Warbler
Hippolais polyglotta
Red-rumped Swallow
Hirundo daurica
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
I
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouinii
Booted Warbler
Iduna caligata
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutus
J
Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
L
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurio
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitor
Lesser Grey Shrike
Lanius minor
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senator
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Caspian Gull
Larus cachinnans
Mew Gull
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Slender-billed Gull
Larus genei
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-headed Gull
Larus ichthyaetus
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
Mediterranean Gull
Larus melanocephalus
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellis
Little Gull
Larus minutus
Franklin's Gull
Larus pipixcan
Common Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus
Sabine's Gull
Larus sabini
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Limicola falcinellus
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
River Warbler
Locustella fluviatilis
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioides
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naevia
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Two-barred Crossbill
Loxia leucoptera
Woodlark
Lullula arborea
Thrush Nightingale
Luscinia luscinia
Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
M
Marbled Duck
Marmaronetta angustrirostris
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fusca
Black Scoter
Melanitta nigra
Calandra Lark
Melanocorypha calandra
Smew
Mergus albellus
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
European Bee-eater
Merops apiaster
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Merops persicus
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Red Kite
Milvus milvus
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush
Monticola saxatilis
Blue Rock Thrush
Monticola solitarius
Snow Finch
Montifringilla nivalis
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
N
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufina
Spotted Nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Slender-billed Curlew
Numenius tenuirostris
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
O
Desert Wheatear
Oenanthe deserti
Black-eared Wheatear
Oenanthe hispanica
Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
Pied Wheatear
Oenanthe pleschanka
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolus
Great Bustard
Otis tarda
Eurasian Scops Owl
Otus scops
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
White-headed Duck
Oxyura leucocephala
P
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Bearded Reedling
Panurus biarmicus
Coal Tit
Parus ater
Blue Tit
Parus caeruleus
European Crested Tit
Parus cristatus
Great Tit
Parus major
Willow Tit
Parus montanus
Marsh Tit
Parus palustris
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Spanish Sparrow
Passer hispaniolensis
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Great White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdix
European Honey Buzzard
Pernis apivorus
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Pygmy Cormorant
Phalacrocorax pygmeus
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Ruff
Philomachus pugnax
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Phylloscopus bonelli
Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
Dusky Warbler
Phylloscopus fuscatus
Hume's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus humei
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatus
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus proregulus
Radde's Warbler
Phylloscopus schwarzi
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus
Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica
Grey-headed Woodpecker
Picus canus
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridis
Pine Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
European Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
American Golden Plover
Pluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritus
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegena
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
Steller's Eider
Polysticta stelleri
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
Little Crake
Porzana parva
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzana
Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla
Black-throated Accentor
Prunella atrogularis
Alpine Accentor
Prunella collaris
Dunnock
Prunella modularis
Siberian Accentor
Prunella montanella
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Pterocles exustus
Eurasian Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Eurasian Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
R
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticus
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillus
Goldcrest
Regulus regulus
Eurasian Penduline Tit
Remiz pendulinus
Sand Martin
Riparia riparia
Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
S
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra
Eurasian Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
European Serin
Serinus serinus
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaea
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
King Eider
Somateria spectabilis
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Skua
Stercorarius pomarinus
Great Skua
Stercorarius skua
Little Tern
Sterna albifrons
Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
Sandwich Tern
Sterna sandvicensis
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Oriental Turtle Dove
Streptopelia orientalis
European Turtle Dove
Streptopelia turtur
Tawny Owl
Strix aluco
Ural Owl
Strix uralensis
Rosy Starling
Sturnus roseus
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Hawk-Owl
Surnia ulula
Eurasian Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borin
Subalpine Warbler
Sylvia cantillans
Common Whitethroat
Sylvia communis
Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca
Sardinian Warbler
Sylvia melanocephala
Barred Warbler
Sylvia nisoria
Pallas's Sandgrouse
Syrrhaptes paradoxus
T
Hazel Grouse
Tetrastes bonasia
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurus
Black Grouse
Tetrao tetrix
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallus
Little Bustard
Tetrax tetrax
Wallcreeper
Tichodroma muraria
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Winter Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Tryngites subruficollis
Black-throated Thrush
Turdus atrogularis
Redwing
Turdus iliacus
Common Blackbird
Turdus merula
Naumann's Thrush
Turdus naumanni
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatus
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
U
Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops
V
Sociable Lapwing
Vanellus gregarius
White-tailed Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
X
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus