This checklist includes all bird species found in Georgia , 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 2022. 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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Graylag Goose | Anser anser | |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | |
Taiga Bean-Goose | Anser fabalis | |
Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | |
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
Marbled Teal | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Rare/Accidental |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | Rare/Accidental |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Rare/Accidental |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | |
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Caucasian Grouse | Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi | |
Gray Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus | |
Caucasian Snowcock | Tetraogallus caucasicus | |
Caspian Snowcock | Tetraogallus caspius | |
Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Chukar | Alectoris chukar | |
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Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Rare/Accidental |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
Stock Dove | Columba oenas | |
Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | Rare/Accidental |
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Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata | Rare/Accidental |
Black-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
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Great Bustard | Otis tarda | Rare/Accidental |
Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | |
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Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | Rare/Accidental |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | Rare/Accidental |
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Alpine Swift | Apus melba | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | Rare/Accidental |
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Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | |
Little Crake | Zapornia parva | |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
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Demoiselle Crane | Anthropoides virgo | |
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 | |
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Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
European Golden-Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Rare/Accidental |
Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | |
White-tailed Lapwing | Vanellus leucurus | |
Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Eurasian Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | |
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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 | |
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 | |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | |
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Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Rare/Accidental |
Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
Audouin's Gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii | Rare/Accidental |
Common Gull | Larus canus | |
Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
Armenian Gull | Larus armenicus | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
Arctic Loon | Gavia arctica | |
Common Loon | Gavia immer | Rare/Accidental |
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European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Rare/Accidental |
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Yelkouan Shearwater | Puffinus yelkouan | |
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Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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Pygmy Cormorant | Microcarbo pygmaeus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
European Shag | Gulosus aristotelis | Rare/Accidental |
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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | |
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Great Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
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Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | |
Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | |
Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | Rare/Accidental |
Levant Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brevipes | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Rare/Accidental |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
Pallas's Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | Rare/Accidental |
Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | |
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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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
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Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocoptes medius | |
White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
Syrian Woodpecker | Dendrocopos syriacus | |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dryobates minor | |
Gray-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | |
Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | |
Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Rare/Accidental |
Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Rare/Accidental |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | |
Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | Rare/Accidental |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Rare/Accidental |
Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | Rare/Accidental |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
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Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | Rare/Accidental |
Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
Yellow-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | |
Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Crested Tit | Lophophanes cristatus | Rare/Accidental |
Sombre Tit | Poecile lugubris | |
Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | |
Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
Great Tit | Parus major | |
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Eurasian Penduline-Tit | Remiz pendulinus | |
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Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | Rare/Accidental |
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | Rare/Accidental |
Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | |
Black Lark | Melanocorypha yeltoniensis | Rare/Accidental |
Turkestan Short-toed Lark | Alaudala heinei | |
Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
White-winged Lark | Alauda leucoptera | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | Rare/Accidental |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | |
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Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | |
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | Rare/Accidental |
Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | |
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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Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | Rare/Accidental |
River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Rare/Accidental |
Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
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Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus proregulus | Rare/Accidental |
Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | Rare/Accidental |
Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Mountain Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus sindianus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
Green Warbler | Phylloscopus nitidus | |
Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
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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 | |
Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
Eastern Orphean Warbler | Curruca crassirostris | |
Menetries's Warbler | Curruca mystacea | |
Sardinian Warbler | Curruca melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Subalpine Warbler | Curruca cantillans | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
Common Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | |
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Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | |
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Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
Krüper's Nuthatch | Sitta krueperi | |
Western Rock Nuthatch | Sitta neumayer | |
Eastern Rock Nuthatch | Sitta tephronota | |
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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 | |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
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Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | Rare/Accidental |
Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
Semicollared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
White-winged Redstart | Phoenicurus erythrogastrus | |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
Hume's Wheatear | Oenanthe albonigra | Rare/Accidental |
Finsch's Wheatear | Oenanthe finschii | |
Kurdish Wheatear | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | Rare/Accidental |
Persian Wheatear | Oenanthe chrysopygia | Rare/Accidental |
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Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
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Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
Radde's Accentor | Prunella ocularis | Rare/Accidental |
Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
Pale Rockfinch | Carpospiza brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla nivalis | |
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Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | Rare/Accidental |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | Rare/Accidental |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
Great Rosefinch | Carpodacus rubicilla | |
Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
Crimson-winged Finch | Rhodopechys sanguineus | Rare/Accidental |
Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | Rare/Accidental |
European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
Eurasian Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Rare/Accidental |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
Fire-fronted Serin | Serinus pusillus | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | |
Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | Rare/Accidental |
Gray-necked Bunting | Emberiza buchanani | Rare/Accidental |
Cinereous Bunting | Emberiza cineracea | Rare/Accidental |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus |
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