This checklist includes all bird species found in Lesbos (former) , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Lesbos (former) [map]
Other names: Λέσβος; Lesvos; Lésvos
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Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Uncertain origin |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Rare/Accidental |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Rare/Accidental |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Uncertain origin |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca | |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Rare/Accidental |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Rare/Accidental |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Chukar Partridge | Alectoris chukar | |
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European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | Rare/Accidental |
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Great Bustard | Otis tarda | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
Stock Dove | Columba oenas | Rare/Accidental |
Common Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | Rare/Accidental |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | Rare/Accidental |
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Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
Corn Crake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
Little Crake | Zapornia parva | |
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Demoiselle Crane | Grus virgo | Rare/Accidental |
Common Crane | Grus grus | Rare/Accidental |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Rare/Accidental |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Uncertain origin Near-threatened |
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Eurasian Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
European Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
White-tailed Lapwing | Vanellus leucurus | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Sand Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | Rare/Accidental |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Vulnerable |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Audouin's Gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii | Vulnerable |
Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
Common Gull | Larus canus | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Rare/Accidental |
European Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
Armenian Gull | Larus armenicus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
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Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
Black-throated Loon | Gavia arctica | |
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European Storm Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Rare/Accidental |
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Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
Yelkouan Shearwater | Puffinus yelkouan | Vulnerable |
Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
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Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | Rare/Accidental |
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Pygmy Cormorant | Microcarbo pygmaeus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
European Shag | Gulosus aristotelis | |
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Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Western Cattle Egret | Ardea ibis | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Near-threatened |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
Crested Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | Rare/Accidental |
Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | Near-threatened |
Short-toed Snake Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Rare/Accidental |
Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
Levant Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza brevipes | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Eurasian Goshawk | Astur gentilis | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | Rare/Accidental |
Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | |
Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | |
Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | Rare/Accidental |
Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Rare/Accidental |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocoptes medius | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Rare/Accidental |
Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | |
Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Near-threatened |
Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
Northern Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | Rare/Accidental |
Western Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus | Rare/Accidental |
Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | |
Northern Raven | Corvus corax | |
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Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
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Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Sombre Tit | Poecile lugubris | |
Eurasian Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
Great Tit | Parus major | |
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Eurasian Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | Rare/Accidental |
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Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | Rare/Accidental |
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Woodlark | Lullula arborea | |
Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | Rare/Accidental |
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark | Alaudala rufescens | Rare/Accidental |
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Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
Eurasian Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Western House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
European Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis rufula | |
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Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | |
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Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
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Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler | Phylloscopus orientalis | |
Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus proregulus | Rare/Accidental |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | Rare/Accidental |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | Rare/Accidental |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | |
Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | Rare/Accidental |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
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River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
Eastern Orphean Warbler | Curruca crassirostris | |
Menetries's Warbler | Curruca mystacea | Rare/Accidental |
Rüppell's Warbler | Curruca ruppeli | |
Sardinian Warbler | Curruca melanocephala | |
Eastern Subalpine Warbler | Curruca cantillans | |
Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
Spectacled Warbler | Curruca conspicillata | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | Rare/Accidental |
Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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Krüper's Nuthatch | Sitta krueperi | |
Western Rock Nuthatch | Sitta neumayer | |
Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
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Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | |
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Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
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Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
Redwing | Turdus iliacus | Near-threatened |
Common Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | Rare/Accidental |
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Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | Rare/Accidental |
Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | Rare/Accidental |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
Semicollared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | Rare/Accidental |
European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
Hooded Wheatear | Oenanthe monacha | Rare/Accidental |
Western Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | Rare/Accidental |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
Finsch's Wheatear | Oenanthe finschii | Rare/Accidental |
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White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | Rare/Accidental |
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Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Rare/Accidental |
Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
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Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | Rare/Accidental |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
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Eurasian Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Rare/Accidental |
Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | Rare/Accidental |
European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
Common Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | Rare/Accidental |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
Red-fronted Serin | Serinus pusillus | Rare/Accidental |
European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | Rare/Accidental |
Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | Rare/Accidental |
Cinereous Bunting | Emberiza cineracea | Near-threatened |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
Cretzschmar's Bunting | Emberiza caesia | |
Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | |
Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-breasted Bunting | Emberiza aureola | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | |
Common Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus |
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