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This checklist includes all bird species found in Ain , 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 Clements, version 2024. 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: Ain [map]
Number of species: 370
Number of globally threatened species: 23
Number of introduced species: 10
Date last reviewed: 2021-03-21
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/collTerr/departement/01/tab/especes
Number of globally threatened species: 23
Number of introduced species: 10
Date last reviewed: 2021-03-21
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/collTerr/departement/01/tab/especes
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| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Introduced species |
| Graylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Taiga Bean-Goose | Anser fabalis | |
| Tundra Bean-Goose | Anser serrirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | Uncertain origin |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Introduced species |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Introduced species |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | Introduced species |
| Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | Uncertain origin |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Marbled Duck | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Near-threatened |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | Uncertain origin |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Vulnerable |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Near-threatened |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Vulnerable |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Introduced species |
| White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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| Hazel Grouse | Tetrastes bonasia | |
| Western Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus | |
| Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | |
| Gray Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
| Reeves's Pheasant | Syrmaticus reevesii | Introduced species Vulnerable |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | Near-threatened |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | |
| Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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| Great Bustard | Otis tarda | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | Near-threatened |
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| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
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| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| European Golden-Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Uncertain origin |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | 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 |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Near-threatened |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
| European Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Arctic Loon | Gavia arctica | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | |
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| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Pygmy Cormorant | Microcarbo pygmaeus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| European Shag | Gulosus aristotelis | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | Introduced species |
| Northern Bald Ibis | Geronticus eremita | Introduced species Endangered |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | |
| Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Eurasian Goshawk | Astur gentilis | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | |
| Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium passerinum | |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides tridactylus | |
| Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocoptes medius | |
| White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dryobates minor | |
| Gray-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
| Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | |
| Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | |
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| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| 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 | |
| Iberian Gray Shrike | Lanius meridionalis | Vulnerable |
| Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | Rare/Accidental |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Near-threatened |
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| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Northern Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
| Yellow-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| Crested Tit | Lophophanes cristatus | |
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | |
| Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | |
| Eurasian Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
| Azure Tit | Cyanistes cyanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Tit | Parus major | |
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| Eurasian Penduline-Tit | Remiz pendulinus | |
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| Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | |
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| Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | |
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| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | Vulnerable |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
| Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| European Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis rufula | |
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| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
| Western Bonelli's Warbler | Phylloscopus bonelli | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus ibericus | |
| Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | Rare/Accidental |
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| 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 | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Western Orphean Warbler | Curruca hortensis | |
| Sardinian Warbler | Curruca melanocephala | |
| Western Subalpine Warbler | Curruca iberiae | |
| Eastern Subalpine Warbler | Curruca cantillans | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
| Spectacled Warbler | Curruca conspicillata | Rare/Accidental |
| Dartford Warbler | Curruca undata | Near-threatened |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
| Common Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | |
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| Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | |
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| Corsican Nuthatch | Sitta whiteheadi | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
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| Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
| Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | |
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| Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | 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 | |
| Red-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
| Moussier's Redstart | Phoenicurus moussieri | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Western Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
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| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Italian Sparrow | Passer italiae | Vulnerable |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
| Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
| White-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla nivalis | |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
| Eurasian Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
| 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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| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
| Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Rare/Accidental |
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