This checklist includes all bird species found in Tehran (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: Tehran (deprecated) [map]
Other names: Tehrān, Tehran Province
Description: Boundaries revised in 2002
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White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | |
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | Rare/Accidental |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | |
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 | |
Grey Francolin | Francolinus pondicerianus | |
Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
Caucasian Black Grouse | Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi | |
Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
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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 | |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | Rare/Accidental |
Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata | |
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
Black-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles orientalis | |
Crowned Sandgrouse | Pterocles coronatus | |
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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 | |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | |
Macqueen's Bustard | Chlamydotis macqueenii | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
Western Reef Egret | Egretta gularis | |
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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 |
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 |
Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental |
White-tailed Lapwing | Vanellus leucurus | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
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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Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Armenian Gull | Larus armenicus | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
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 | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
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 | |
White-tailed Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Rare/Accidental |
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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Spotted Owlet | Athene brama | |
Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | |
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 | |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | |
Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos medius | |
Syrian Woodpecker | Dendrocopos syriacus | |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
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Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
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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 | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | Rare/Accidental |
Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | Introduced species |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
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 | |
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Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
Alpine Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
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 | |
Radde's Accentor | Prunella ocularis | |
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Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Rare/Accidental |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
Dead Sea Sparrow | Passer moabiticus | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
Pale Rock Sparrow | Carpospiza brachydactyla | |
Eurasian Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
White-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla nivalis | |
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Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | Rare/Accidental |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
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 | |
Mongolian Finch | Eremopsaltria mongolica | |
Desert Finch | Rhodospiza obsoleta | |
European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
Common Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
Red-fronted Serin | Serinus pusillus | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Red-headed Bunting | Granativora bruniceps | Rare/Accidental |
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 | |
Rustic Bunting | Schoeniclus rusticus | 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 | |
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Greater Hoopoe Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
Bar-tailed Lark | Ammomanes cinctura | |
Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | |
Black-crowned Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
Lesser Short-toed Lark | Alaudala rufescens | |
Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | |
Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | |
Black Lark | Melanocorypha yeltoniensis | |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
White-winged Lark | Alauda leucoptera | |
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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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | Rare/Accidental |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
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 | |
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Eastern Bonelli's Warbler | Rhadina orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
Hume's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis humei | Rare/Accidental |
Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis proregulus | Rare/Accidental |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
Mountain Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus lorenzii | Rare/Accidental |
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 | |
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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Grey Hypocolius | Hypocolius ampelinus | |
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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 | |
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 | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
Hooded Wheatear | Oenanthe monacha | |
Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
Variable Wheatear | Oenanthe picata | |
Hume's Wheatear | Oenanthe albonigra | |
Finsch's Wheatear | Oenanthe finschii | |
Mourning Wheatear | Oenanthe lugens | |
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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