This checklist includes all bird species found in Christiansø , 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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Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | |
Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | |
Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Introduced species |
Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | |
Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Near-threatened |
Steller's Eider | Polysticta stelleri | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
Goosander | Mergus merganser | |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Introduced species |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Vulnerable |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
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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 | |
Stock Dove | Columba oenas | |
Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | Rare/Accidental |
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Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Western Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
Corncrake | Crex crex | |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
Little Crake | Zapornia parva | Rare/Accidental |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | |
Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | |
Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | |
White-billed Diver | Gavia adamsii | Near-threatened |
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Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
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European Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | Rare/Accidental |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
White-tailed Lapwing | Vanellus leucurus | Rare/Accidental |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | 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 |
Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
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Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | |
Razorbill | Alca torda | |
Little Auk | Alle alle | |
Common Guillemot | Uria aalge | |
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Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Vulnerable |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
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 | |
Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Rare/Accidental |
Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | 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 | |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | Rare/Accidental |
Tengmalm's Owl | Aegolius funereus | |
Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
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Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Rare/Accidental |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Rare/Accidental |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | Rare/Accidental |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | Rare/Accidental |
Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | Rare/Accidental |
Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | Rare/Accidental |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
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 | |
Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | Rare/Accidental |
European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
Common Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
Arctic Redpoll | Acanthis hornemanni | |
Parrot Crossbill | Loxia pytyopsittacus | |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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Black-headed Bunting | Granativora melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
Rustic Bunting | Schoeniclus rusticus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Little Bunting | Schoeniclus pusillus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-breasted Bunting | Schoeniclus aureolus | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
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Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
Great Tit | Parus major | |
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European Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | |
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Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | |
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Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | Rare/Accidental |
Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Rare/Accidental |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | Rare/Accidental |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | Rare/Accidental |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Western Bonelli's Warbler | Rhadina bonelli | Rare/Accidental |
Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | |
Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | |
Hume's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis humei | Rare/Accidental |
Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis proregulus | |
Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Iberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus ibericus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
Sulphur-bellied Warbler | Phylloscopus griseolus | Rare/Accidental |
Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | Rare/Accidental |
Greenish Leaf Warbler | Seicercus trochiloides | |
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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 | |
Eastern Subalpine Warbler | Curruca cantillans | Rare/Accidental |
Western Subalpine Warbler | Curruca inornata | Rare/Accidental |
Sardinian Warbler | Curruca melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
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 | |
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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 | |
Rufous-tailed Robin | Larvivora sibilans | Rare/Accidental |
Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | Rare/Accidental |
Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | Rare/Accidental |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | Rare/Accidental |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Rare/Accidental |
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White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | Rare/Accidental |
Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | Rare/Accidental |
Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | Rare/Accidental |
Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | Rare/Accidental |
Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
Redwing | Turdus iliacus | Near-threatened |
Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus |
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