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Divers/Loons
Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver
White-billed Diver
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Great-crested Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Petrels and Shearwaters
Northern Fulmar
Great Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Little Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Yelkouan Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Fea's Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel
European Storm Petrel
Leach's Storm Petrel
Wilson's Storm Petrel
White-faced Storm Petrel
Madeiran Storm Petrel
Gannets, Boobies and Albatrosses
Northern Gannet
Black-browed Albatross
Brown Booby
Pelicans and Cormorants
White Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican
Great Cormorant
Pygmy Cormorant
Shag
Herons
European Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Bittern
Striated Heron
Green-backed Heron
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
White Stork
Black Stork
Glossy Ibis
Bald Ibis
Greater Flamingo
Spoonbill
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Great Egret
Squacco Heron
Swans, Geese and Ducks
Mute Swan
Bewick's Swan
Whooper Swan
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Greenland White-fronted Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Tundra Bean Goose
Taiga Bean Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Barnacle Goose
Pale-bellied Brent Goose
Dark-bellied Brent Goose
Black Brant
Red-breasted Goose
Common Shelduck
Ruddy Shelduck
Egyptian Goose
Mandarin Duck
Mallard Duck
Black Duck
Gadwall
Pintail
Shoveler
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Marbled Duck
Eurasian Teal
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Baikal Teal
Garganey
Common Pochard
Red-crested Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Tufted Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Common Eider
King Eider
Steller's Eider
Common Scoter
Velvet Scoter
Surf Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Harlequin Duck
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Smew
Goosander
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
White-headed Duck
Vultures, Eagles, Hawks and Falcons
Lammergeier
Griffon Vulture
Black Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
White-tailed Eagle
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Spanish Imperial Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Spotted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Short-toed Eagle
Booted Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Red Kite
Black Kite
Marsh Harrier
Black-winged Kite
Hen Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Rough-legged Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Steppe Buzzard
Honey Buzzard
Crested Honey Buzzard
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Levant Sparrowhawk
Goshawk
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Hobby
Eleonora's Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Barbary Falcon
Merlin
Gyr Falcon
Saker Falcon
Lanner Falcon
Partridges, Pheasants and Grouse
Willow Grouse
Red Grouse
Ptarmigan
Capercailie
Black Grouse
Hazel Grouse
Red-legged Partridge
Chukar
Rock Partridge
Barbary Partridge
Black Francolin
Caucasian Snowcock
Caspian Snowcock
Quail
Grey Partridge
Small Button Quail
Ring-necked Pheasant
Golden Pheasant
Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Rails and Crakes
Corncrake
Water Rail
Spotted Crake
Sora
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake
Moorhen
Common Coot
Crested Coot
Purple Gallinule
Cranes and Bustards
Common Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Great Bustard
Little Bustard
Houbara Bustard
Waders/Shorebirds
Oystercatcher
Pied Avocet
Black-winged Stilt
Stone Curlew
Senegal Thick-knee
Cream-coloured Courser
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Killdeer
Greater Sandplover
Lesser Sandplover
Caspian Plover
Grey Plover
Dotterel
Greater Golden Plover
Pacific Golden Plover
American Golden Plover
Lapwing
Spur-winged Plover
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Red Knot
Great Knot
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Turnstone
Dunlin
Little Stint
Curlew Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Terek Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Eurasian Curlew
Slender-billed Curlew
Whimbrel
Woodcock
Common Snipe
Jack Snipe
Great Snipe
Painted Snipe
Grey Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Wilson's Phalarope
Baird's Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Long-toed Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Ruff
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed Dowitcher
Skuas/Jaegers, Gulls and Terns
Great Skua
Arctic Skua
Pomarine Skua
Long-tailed Skua
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Common Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Caspian Gull
Audouin's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Kittiwake
Ross's Gull
Sabine's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Ivory Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
White-eyed Gull
Sooty Gull
Little Tern
Sandwich Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Lesser-crested Tern
Elegant Tern
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
White-cheeked Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
Auks
Little Auk
Puffin
Black Guillemot
Common Guillemot
Brunnich's Guillemot
Razorbill
Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Doves
Rock Dove
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Turtle Dove
Oriental Turtle Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Cuckoos
Common Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Owls
Tawny Owl
Eagle Owl
Great Grey Owl
Ural Owl
Snowy Owl
Hawk Owl
Tengmalm's Owl
Pygmy Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Barn Owl
Dark-breasted Barn Owl
Little Owl
Scops Owl
Pale Scops Owl
Nightjars and Nighthawk
European Nightjar
Red-necked Nightjar
Common Nighthawk
Swifts
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
Chimney Swift
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Bee-eaters
European Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Little Green Bee-eater
Roller and Parakeets
Roller
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Woodpeckers
Black Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Grey-headed Woodpecker
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Syrian Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Middle-spotted Woodpecker
Lesser-spotted Woodpecker
White-backed Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Wryneck
Larks
Eurasian Skylark
Oriental Skylark
Crested Lark
Thekla Lark
Woodlark
Short-toed Lark
Lesser Short-toed Lark
Calandra Lark
Bimaculated Lark
Desert Lark
Hoopoe Lark
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Temminck's Lark
Horned Lark
Dupont's Lark
Black Lark
Swallows and Martins
Sand Martin
Crag Martin
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
House Martin
Cliff Swallow
Pipits and Wagtails
Tawny Pipit
Richard's Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Water Pipit
Siberian Pipit
American Pipit
Berthelot's Pipit
Rock Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Pechora Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Blue-headed Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Wren, Dipper and Waxwing
Wren
Dipper
Bohemian Waxwing
Bulbuls
Spectacled Bulbul
Common Bulbul
Accentors
Dunnock
Alpine Accentor
Siberian Accentor
Radde's Accentor
Thrushes, Chats and Wheatears
European Robin
Common Nightingale
Thrush Nightingale
Rufous Bush Robin
Bluethroat
Red-flanked Bluetail
Siberian Rubythroat
White-throated Robin
Common Redstart
Moussier's Redstart
Black Redstart
Blackstart
Northern Wheatear
Greenland Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Black-eared Wheatear
Black Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Cyprus Pied Wheatear
Mourning Wheatear
Hooded wheatear
Finsch's Wheatear
Red-tailed Wheatear
White-crowned Wheatear
Whinchat
Fuerteventura Stonechat
Common Stonechat
Blue Rock Thrush
Rock Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Fieldfare
Blackbird
Ring Ouzel
Grey-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Veery
Hermit Thrush
White's Thrush
American Robin
Siberian Thrush
Dark-throated Thrush
Eye-browed Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Old World Warblers
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Blackcap
Orphean Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Sardinian Warbler
Cyprus Warbler
Ruppell's Warbler
Common Whitethroat
Spectacled Warbler
Subalpine Warbler
Desert Warbler
Dartford Warbler
Marmora's Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Aquatic Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Zitting Cisticola
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
River Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
European Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Olivaceous Warbler
Booted Warbler
Syke's Warbler
Willow Warbler
Wood Warbler
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Chiffchaff
Iberian Chiffchaff
Siberian Chiffchaff
Arctic Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Two-barred Greenish Warbler
Green Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Radde's Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Leaf Warbler
Pallas's Warbler
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Semi-collared Flycatcher
Tits
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Azure Tit
Crested Tit
Willow Tit
Marsh Tit
Siberian Tit
Sombre Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Bearded Tit
Penduline Tit
Nuthatches
Eurasian Nuthatch
Corsican Nuthatch
Rock Nuthatch
Wallcreeper and Treecreepers
Wallcreeper
Eurasian Treecreeper
Short-toed Treecreeper
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Brown Shrike
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Great Grey Shrike
Steppe Grey Shrike
Lesser Grey Shrike
Magpies and Jays
Azure-winged Magpie
Magpie
Jay
Siberian Jay
Crows
Nutcracker
Jackdaw
Red-billed Chough
Alpine Chough
Rook
Hooded Crow
Carrion Crow
Raven
House Crow
Starlings and Oriole
Common Starling
Rose-coloured Starling
Spotless Starling
Tristram's Starling
Golden Oriole
Sparrows
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Rock Sparrow
Hill Sparrow - Pale Rock Sparrow
Dead Sea Sparrow
Vireos
Red-eyed Vireo
Finches
Snowfinch
Chaffinch
Blue Chaffinch
Brambling
Linnet
Twite
Common Redpoll
Arctic Redpoll
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Eurasian Siskin
Citril Finch
European Serin
Red-fronted Serin
Bullfinch
Pine Grosbeak
Hawfinch
Parrot Crossbill
Scottish Crossbill
Common Crossbill
Two-barred Crossbill
Common Rosefinch
Trumpeter Finch
Buntings
Reed Bunting
Little Bunting
Snow Bunting
Lapland Longspur
Rustic Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting
Yellowhammer
Cirl Bunting
Pine Bunting
Cinereous Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Black-headed Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Corn Bunting
Rock Bunting
North American Passerines
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Northern Parula
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Grey Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Dark-eyed Junco
Bobolink