This checklist includes all bird species found in Wadden Sea National Park , 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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Country or region: Wadden Sea National Park [map]
Other names: Nationalpark Vadehavet
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Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Introduced species |
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 | |
Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Uncertain origin |
Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | Uncertain origin |
Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Rare/Accidental |
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 |
Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Rare/Accidental |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | |
Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Uncertain origin |
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 | |
Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | Rare/Accidental |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
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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 | |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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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 | |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
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 | |
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Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
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Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
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Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
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Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Rare/Accidental |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
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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 | |
Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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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Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Rare/Accidental |
Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | |
Razorbill | Alca torda | |
Common Guillemot | Uria aalge | |
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Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Vulnerable |
Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
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 | |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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 | |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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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 | |
Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | |
Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | Rare/Accidental |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | 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 Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
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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 | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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 | |
Parrot Crossbill | Loxia pytyopsittacus | |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
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 | |
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 |
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Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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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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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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Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Rare/Accidental |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | |
Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | |
Hume's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis humei | Rare/Accidental |
Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis proregulus | |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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 | |
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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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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Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
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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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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