This checklist includes all bird species found in Vorarlberg , 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 Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). 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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Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Introduced species |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | |
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Introduced species |
Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Uncertain origin |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Near-threatened |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
Goosander | Mergus merganser | |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Introduced species |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Introduced species |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Vulnerable |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | Rare/Accidental |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | Introduced species |
Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Introduced species |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Rock Partridge | Alectoris graeca | Near-threatened |
Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
Northern Hazel Grouse | Tetrastes bonasia | |
Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | |
Western Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus | |
Eurasian Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | |
Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
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Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Rare/Accidental |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Vulnerable |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Stock Dove | Columba oenas | |
Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | Rare/Accidental |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Western Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
Corncrake | Crex crex | |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
Little Crake | Zapornia parva | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | |
Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | |
Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | Rare/Accidental |
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Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Rare/Accidental |
Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | Uncertain origin |
Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
Northern Bald Ibis | Geronticus eremita | Introduced species Endangered |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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Pygmy Cormorant | Microcarbo pygmaeus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Eurasian Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | Rare/Accidental |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Rare/Accidental |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | Rare/Accidental |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | Rare/Accidental |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Rare/Accidental |
Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Rare/Accidental |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Rare/Accidental |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
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Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Rare/Accidental |
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Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | Rare/Accidental |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | Rare/Accidental |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Rare/Accidental |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | Rare/Accidental |
Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
White-tailed Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | |
Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Eurasian Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium passerinum | |
Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
Tengmalm's Owl | Aegolius funereus | |
Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
Eurasian Eagle Owl | Bubo bubo | |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Grey-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | |
Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | |
Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos medius | |
White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
Syrian Woodpecker | Dendrocopos syriacus | |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides tridactylus | |
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European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Uncertain origin |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
Alpine Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
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Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
White-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla nivalis | |
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Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | Rare/Accidental |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | |
Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
Common Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
Citril Finch | Carduelis citrinella | |
European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Rare/Accidental |
Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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Black-headed Bunting | Granativora melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
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Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Crested Tit | Lophophanes cristatus | |
Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | |
Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | |
Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
Great Tit | Parus major | |
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European Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | |
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Lesser Short-toed Lark | Alaudala rufescens | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Rare/Accidental |
Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
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Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | |
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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | Rare/Accidental |
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Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | Rare/Accidental |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Rare/Accidental |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Eurasian Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Western Bonelli's Warbler | Rhadina bonelli | |
Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | |
Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
Greenish Leaf Warbler | Seicercus trochiloides | Rare/Accidental |
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Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
Eurasian Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | |
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Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
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Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | |
Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
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Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | |
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Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
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White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
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Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Rare/Accidental |
Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | Rare/Accidental |
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Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
Redwing | Turdus iliacus | Near-threatened |
Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | |
Naumann's Thrush | Turdus naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | Rare/Accidental |
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