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This checklist includes all bird species found in Latvia , 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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Country or region: Latvia [map]
Other names: Republic of Latvia
Number of species: 379
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2016-12-04
Last modified: 2023-06-11
See also: http://www.putni.lv/saraksti/lvpsss.xlsx
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2016-12-04
Last modified: 2023-06-11
See also: http://www.putni.lv/saraksti/lvpsss.xlsx
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| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Introduced species |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Graylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | |
| Taiga Bean-Goose | Anser fabalis | |
| Tundra Bean-Goose | Anser serrirostris | |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Introduced species |
| Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Introduced species |
| 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 | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Steller's Eider | Polysticta stelleri | |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
| Stejneger's Scoter | Melanitta stejnegeri | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | Rare/Accidental |
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| Hazel Grouse | Tetrastes bonasia | |
| Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | |
| Western Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus | |
| Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | |
| Gray Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Introduced species |
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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 | |
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| Pallas's Sandgrouse | Syrrhaptes paradoxus | |
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| Great Bustard | Otis tarda | |
| Macqueen's Bustard | Chlamydotis macqueenii | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | |
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| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | |
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| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
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| Dovekie | Alle alle | |
| Common Murre | Uria aalge | |
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | Introduced species |
| Razorbill | Alca torda | |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
| Ross's Gull | Rhodostethia rosea | Rare/Accidental |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
| Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Rare/Accidental |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Arctic Loon | Gavia arctica | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | Rare/Accidental |
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| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
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| Pygmy Cormorant | Microcarbo pygmaeus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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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 | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | |
| Rüppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | |
| Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Rare/Accidental |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | |
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | |
| Northern Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | |
| Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium passerinum | |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
| Ural Owl | Strix uralensis | |
| Great Gray Owl | Strix nebulosa | |
| 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 | |
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| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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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 | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | Introduced species |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Rare/Accidental |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | Rare/Accidental |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
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| Siberian Jay | Perisoreus infaustus | |
| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | Rare/Accidental |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | |
| 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 | |
| Great Tit | Parus major | |
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| Eurasian Penduline-Tit | Remiz pendulinus | |
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| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | |
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| Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Rare/Accidental |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes certhiola | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Hume's Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus proregulus | |
| Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | 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 | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Asian Desert Warbler | Curruca nana | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
| Common Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | |
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| Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
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| Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
| Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
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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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| White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | Rare/Accidental |
| Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | Rare/Accidental |
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Rare/Accidental |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Rare/Accidental |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
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| Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | Rare/Accidental |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | Rare/Accidental |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
| Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
| Eurasian Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
| Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
| Lesser Redpoll | Acanthis cabaret | Rare/Accidental |
| Hoary Redpoll | Acanthis hornemanni | |
| Parrot Crossbill | Loxia pytyopsittacus | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
| Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | Rare/Accidental |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | |
| Yellow-breasted Bunting | Emberiza aureola | |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | |
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | |
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