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This checklist includes all bird species found in Luxembourg , 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: Luxembourg [map]
Other names: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Number of species: 325
Number of introduced species: 6
Date last reviewed: 2015-04-14
Last modified: 2024-08-03
See also: http://www.luxnatur.lu/lnv0051.htm
Number of introduced species: 6
Date last reviewed: 2015-04-14
Last modified: 2024-08-03
See also: http://www.luxnatur.lu/lnv0051.htm
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| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Introduced species |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | Rare/Accidental |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Rare/Accidental |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Introduced species |
| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Rare/Accidental |
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Introduced species |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Uncertain origin |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | Uncertain origin |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Uncertain origin |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
| Northern Hazel Grouse | Tetrastes bonasia | |
| Eurasian Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | Extirpated |
| Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | |
| Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Great Bustard | Otis tarda | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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| Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | Rare/Accidental |
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| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Rare/Accidental |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pygmy Cormorant | Microcarbo pygmaeus | Rare/Accidental |
| European Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | Rare/Accidental |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Uncertain origin Near-threatened |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | Rare/Accidental |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| White-tailed Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium passerinum | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
| Tengmalm's Owl | Aegolius funereus | |
| Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Eurasian Eagle Owl | Bubo bubo | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Grey-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
| Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | |
| Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | |
| Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos medius | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
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| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Rare/Accidental |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | Uncertain origin |
| 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 | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Near-threatened |
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| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
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| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | Rare/Accidental |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
| White-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla nivalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | Rare/Accidental |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
| Common Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
| Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | Rare/Accidental |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | Rare/Accidental |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Rare/Accidental |
| Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
| Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
| Little Bunting | Schoeniclus pusillus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| Crested Tit | Lophophanes cristatus | |
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | |
| Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | |
| Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
| Great Tit | Parus major | |
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| European Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | |
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| Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | Rare/Accidental |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
| Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | |
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| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | Rare/Accidental |
| River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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| Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Rare/Accidental |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | Rare/Accidental |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Eurasian Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | Rare/Accidental |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| Western Bonelli's Warbler | Rhadina bonelli | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis proregulus | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Greenish Leaf Warbler | Seicercus trochiloides | Rare/Accidental |
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| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Orphean Warbler | Curruca hortensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Sardinian Warbler | Curruca melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
| Eurasian Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
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| Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | |
| Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
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| Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
| Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
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| White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | Rare/Accidental |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
| Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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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 | |
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