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Ysyk-Köl
This checklist includes all bird species found in Ysyk-Köl , 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: Ysyk-Köl [map]
Other names: Issyk-Kul Region, Issyk-Kul'skaya oblast', Issyk-Kul'skaja oblast'
Number of species: 356
Number of globally threatened species: 16
Last modified: 2024-12-25
Number of globally threatened species: 16
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | |
| Graylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Taiga Bean-Goose | Anser fabalis | |
| Tundra Bean-Goose | Anser serrirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Vulnerable |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
| Stejneger's Scoter | Melanitta stejnegeri | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | Endangered |
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| Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | |
| Gray Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
| Daurian Partridge | Perdix dauurica | |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
| Himalayan Snowcock | Tetraogallus himalayensis | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Chukar | Alectoris chukar | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| Hill Pigeon | Columba rupestris | |
| Snow Pigeon | Columba leuconota | |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | |
| Yellow-eyed Pigeon | Columba eversmanni | Vulnerable |
| Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
| Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
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| Pallas's Sandgrouse | Syrrhaptes paradoxus | |
| Black-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles orientalis | |
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| Asian Houbara | Chlamydotis macqueenii | Vulnerable |
| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | Near-threatened |
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| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | |
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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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| Ibisbill | Ibidorhyncha struthersii | |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
| Tibetan Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus atrifrons | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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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 |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
| 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 | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Arctic Loon | Gavia arctica | |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Pygmy Cormorant | Microcarbo pygmaeus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Near-threatened |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Eastern Cattle-Egret | Ardea coromanda | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
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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 |
| Himalayan Griffon | Gyps himalayensis | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | |
| Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Vulnerable |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
| Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Vulnerable |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Eurasian Goshawk | Astur gentilis | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Pallas's Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | Endangered |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
| Upland Buzzard | Buteo hemilasius | |
| Eastern Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | |
| Northern Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | |
| 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 | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
| White-winged Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucopterus | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Endangered |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Rare/Accidental |
| Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | |
| Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
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| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Northern Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| Yellow-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| Rufous-naped Tit | Periparus rufonuchalis | |
| Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | |
| Azure Tit | Cyanistes cyanus | |
| Great Tit | Parus major | |
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| White-crowned Penduline-Tit | Remiz coronatus | |
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| White-winged Lark | Alauda leucoptera | |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| Hume's Lark | Calandrella acutirostris | |
| Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | |
| Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | |
| Asian Short-toed Lark | Alaudala cheleensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Turkestan Short-toed Lark | Alaudala heinei | |
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| Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | |
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| Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | |
| Sykes's Warbler | Iduna rama | |
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
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| Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes certhiola | |
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
| Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Pale Martin | Riparia diluta | |
| Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| European Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis rufula | |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| Hume's Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | |
| Sulphur-bellied Warbler | Phylloscopus griseolus | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Mountain Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus sindianus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Green Warbler | Phylloscopus nitidus | |
| Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
| Western Crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus occipitalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Scrub Warbler | Scotocerca inquieta | |
| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | |
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| White-browed Tit-Warbler | Leptopoecile sophiae | |
| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
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| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Eastern Orphean Warbler | Curruca crassirostris | |
| Asian Desert Warbler | Curruca nana | |
| Menetries's Warbler | Curruca mystacea | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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| Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | |
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| Eastern Rock Nuthatch | Sitta tephronota | |
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| Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
| Bar-tailed Treecreeper | Certhia himalayana | |
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| Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
| Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
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| White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | Rare/Accidental |
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
| Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | |
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Blue Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | |
| Himalayan Rubythroat | Calliope pectoralis | |
| Rufous-backed Redstart | Phoenicurus erythronotus | |
| White-capped Redstart | Phoenicurus leucocephalus | |
| Blue-capped Redstart | Phoenicurus coeruleocephala | |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Variable Wheatear | Oenanthe picata | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
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| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
| Altai Accentor | Prunella himalayana | |
| Brown Accentor | Prunella fulvescens | |
| Black-throated Accentor | Prunella atrogularis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| White-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas carnipes | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
| Red-mantled Rosefinch | Carpodacus rhodochlamys | |
| Great Rosefinch | Carpodacus rubicilla | |
| Long-tailed Rosefinch | Carpodacus sibiricus | |
| Red-fronted Rosefinch | Carpodacus puniceus | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| Crimson-winged Finch | Rhodopechys sanguineus | |
| Mongolian Finch | Bucanetes mongolicus | |
| Plain Mountain Finch | Leucosticte nemoricola | |
| Black-headed Mountain Finch | Leucosticte brandti | |
| Desert Finch | Rhodospiza obsoleta | |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
| Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
| Eurasian Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| Gray-crowned Goldfinch | Carduelis caniceps | |
| Fire-fronted Serin | Serinus pusillus | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Red-headed Bunting | Emberiza bruniceps | |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
| Godlewski's Bunting | Emberiza godlewskii | |
| Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |
| White-capped Bunting | Emberiza stewarti | |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
| Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | |
| Gray-necked Bunting | Emberiza buchanani | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | |
| Yellow-browed Bunting | Emberiza chrysophrys | Rare/Accidental |
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