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Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari
This checklist includes all bird species found in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari , 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 2025. 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: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari [map]
Other names: Chahār Maḩāll va Bakhtīārī, Chahar Mah¸all va Bakhtiari, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Chahār Maḩāl va Bakhtīārī,استان چهارمحال و بختیاری
Description: Boundaries revised in 2002 (formerly IRcm)
Number of species: 343
Number of globally threatened species: 17
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2023-07-01
Last modified: 2026-01-06
See also: http://iranbirdrecords.ir/page/Chahar-Mahal%20%26%20Bakhtiari
Number of globally threatened species: 17
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2023-07-01
Last modified: 2026-01-06
See also: http://iranbirdrecords.ir/page/Chahar-Mahal%20%26%20Bakhtiari
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| Graylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | Vulnerable |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Rare/Accidental |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Marbled Duck | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Vulnerable |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
| White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | Endangered |
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| Caspian Snowcock | Tetraogallus caspius | |
| See-see Partridge | Ammoperdix griseogularis | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Chukar | Alectoris chukar | |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
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| Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata | |
| Black-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles orientalis | |
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| Great Bustard | Otis tarda | Endangered |
| Asian Houbara | Chlamydotis macqueenii | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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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 | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
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| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | Rare/Accidental |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
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| Demoiselle Crane | Grus virgo | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| European Golden-Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| White-tailed Lapwing | Vanellus leucurus | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | Rare/Accidental |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
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| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
| Armenian Gull | Larus armenicus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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| Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | |
| Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Vulnerable |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
| Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Vulnerable |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | Rare/Accidental |
| Levant Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Goshawk | Astur gentilis | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Rare/Accidental |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocoptes medius | |
| Syrian Woodpecker | Dendrocopos syriacus | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | Rare/Accidental |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
| Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Near-threatened |
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| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| Yellow-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Introduced species |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | |
| Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Sombre Tit | Poecile lugubris | |
| Eurasian Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
| Great Tit | Parus major | |
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| Eurasian Penduline-Tit | Remiz pendulinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Greater Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | |
| Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | |
| Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | |
| Turkestan Short-toed Lark | Alaudala heinei | |
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| Delicate Prinia | Prinia lepida | |
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| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | Rare/Accidental |
| Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | Rare/Accidental |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Rare/Accidental |
| Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | Rare/Accidental |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| Pale Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne obsoleta | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| European Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis rufula | |
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| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Introduced species |
| White-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus leucotis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Plain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus neglectus | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Rare/Accidental |
| Mountain Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus sindianus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Green Warbler | Phylloscopus nitidus | |
| Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
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| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Eastern Orphean Warbler | Curruca crassirostris | |
| Asian Desert Warbler | Curruca nana | Rare/Accidental |
| Menetries's Warbler | Curruca mystacea | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Afghan Babbler | Argya huttoni | |
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| Western Rock Nuthatch | Sitta neumayer | |
| Eastern Rock Nuthatch | Sitta tephronota | |
| Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
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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 |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | |
| Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | 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 | |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
| Semicollared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-backed Redstart | Phoenicurus erythronotus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Rare/Accidental |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
| Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Rare/Accidental |
| Hume's Wheatear | Oenanthe albonigra | Rare/Accidental |
| Finsch's Wheatear | Oenanthe finschii | |
| Mourning Wheatear | Oenanthe lugens | |
| Kurdish Wheatear | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | |
| Persian Wheatear | Oenanthe chrysopygia | |
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| Hypocolius | Hypocolius ampelinus | |
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| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-throated Sparrow | Gymnoris xanthocollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
| Pale Rockfinch | Carpospiza brachydactyla | |
| White-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla nivalis | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Crimson-winged Finch | Rhodopechys sanguineus | |
| Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | |
| Desert Finch | Rhodospiza obsoleta | |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
| Twite | Linaria flavirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| European Serin | Serinus serinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Fire-fronted Serin | Serinus pusillus | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-necked Bunting | Emberiza buchanani | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Rare/Accidental |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | Rare/Accidental |
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