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Golestan (deprecated)
This checklist includes all bird species found in Golestan (deprecated) , 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: Golestan (deprecated) [map]
Other names: Golestān, Golestan Province
Description: Boundaries revised in 2002
Number of species: 399
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2021-12-29
Last modified: 2023-07-04
See also: http://iranbirdrecords.ir/page/Golestan
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2021-12-29
Last modified: 2023-07-04
See also: http://iranbirdrecords.ir/page/Golestan
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| White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| Marbled Teal | Marmaronetta angustirostris | |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
| 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 | |
| Caspian Snowcock | Tetraogallus caspius | |
| Chukar Partridge | Alectoris chukar | |
| See-see Partridge | Ammoperdix griseogularis | |
| Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus | |
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
| 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 | |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
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| Pallas's Sandgrouse | Syrrhaptes paradoxus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata | |
| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
| Black-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles orientalis | |
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| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 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 | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Siberian Crane | Leucogeranus leucogeranus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | |
| Great Bustard | Otis tarda | |
| Macqueen's Bustard | Chlamydotis macqueenii | |
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| Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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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 | |
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| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 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 | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental |
| White-tailed Lapwing | Vanellus leucurus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Slender-billed Curlew | Numenius tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| 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 | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental |
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| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Armenian Gull | Larus armenicus | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| River Tern | Sterna aurantia | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
| Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Levant Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brevipes | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| Pallas's Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-tailed Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
| Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | |
| Pallid Scops Owl | Otus brucei | |
| Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | |
| Syrian Woodpecker | Dendrocopos syriacus | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
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| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| 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 | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | |
| 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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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Turkestan Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
| Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
| Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| Alpine Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
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| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
| Black-throated Accentor | Prunella atrogularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Radde's Accentor | Prunella ocularis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
| Pale Rock Sparrow | Carpospiza brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
| Chestnut-shouldered Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris xanthocollis | |
| White-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla nivalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
| 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 | |
| White-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas carnipes | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Rare/Accidental |
| Crimson-winged Finch | Rhodopechys sanguineus | |
| Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | |
| Desert Finch | Rhodospiza obsoleta | |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
| Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
| Common Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | Rare/Accidental |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| European Serin | Serinus serinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-fronted Serin | Serinus pusillus | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-headed Bunting | Granativora bruniceps | |
| Black-headed Bunting | Granativora melanocephala | |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
| Grey-necked Bunting | Emberiza buchanani | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
| Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | |
| Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
| Little Bunting | Schoeniclus pusillus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-breasted Bunting | Schoeniclus aureolus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| Sombre Tit | Poecile lugubris | |
| Caspian Tit | Poecile hyrcanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
| Great Tit | Parus major | |
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| European Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | |
| Black-headed Penduline Tit | Remiz macronyx | |
| Eastern Penduline Tit | Remiz consobrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bar-tailed Lark | Ammomanes cinctura | |
| Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | |
| Lesser Short-toed Lark | Alaudala rufescens | |
| Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | |
| Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | |
| Black Lark | Melanocorypha yeltoniensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
| Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
| White-winged Lark | Alauda leucoptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Oriental Sky Lark | Alauda gulgula | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | Rare/Accidental |
| River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | Rare/Accidental |
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| Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | |
| Sykes's Warbler | Iduna rama | |
| Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | |
| 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 | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Eurasian Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| Pale Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne obsoleta | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| White-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus leucotis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hume's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis humei | Rare/Accidental |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Mountain Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus lorenzii | |
| Plain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus neglectus | |
| Green Leaf Warbler | Seicercus nitidus | |
| Greenish Leaf Warbler | Seicercus trochiloides | Rare/Accidental |
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| Streaked Scrub Warbler | Scotocerca inquieta | |
| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | |
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| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Asian Desert Warbler | Curruca nana | Rare/Accidental |
| Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
| Eastern Orphean Warbler | Curruca crassirostris | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Ménétries's Warbler | Curruca mystacea | |
| Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
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| Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
| Western Rock Nuthatch | Sitta neumayer | |
| Eastern Rock Nuthatch | Sitta tephronota | |
| Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | |
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| Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
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| White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
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| Rufous Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| White-throated Irania | Irania gutturalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
| Semi-collared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
| Eversmann's Redstart | Adelura erythronota | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
| Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
| Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Variable Wheatear | Oenanthe picata | |
| Finsch's Wheatear | Oenanthe finschii | |
| Red-tailed Wheatear | Oenanthe chrysopygia | |
| Kurdish Wheatear | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | |
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| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | |
| Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | |
| Red-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
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