The list of Bulgarian birds includes all bird species which have been seen in the country. Birds marked with (W) are species which spend the winter in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

 but do not breed there, birds marked with (V) are vagrant species and birds marked with (I) are Introduced species

Introduced species

An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...

. The list is presented in taxonomic order

Taxonomic order

Taxonomic sequence is a sequence followed in listing of taxa which aids ease of use and roughly reflects the evolutionary relationships among the taxa...

. It includes 402 bird species from 11 orders, 50 families and 174 genera.

The varied natural habitat, relief and climate and relatively untouched environment are among the main reasons for the many bird species in the country. The numerous islands and wetlands along the Danube including the Persina Natural Park and Srebarna Nature Reserve

Srebarna Nature Reserve

The Srebarna Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in northeastern Bulgaria , near the village of the same name, 18 km west of Silistra and 2 km south of the Danube...

, as well as the lakes and swamps along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

The Bulgarian Black Sea Coast covers the entire eastern bound of Bulgaria stretching from the Romanian Black Sea resorts in the north to European Turkey in the south, along 378 km of coastline. White and golden sandy beaches occupy approximately 130 km of the 378 km long coast...

, support many species of diving and aquatic birds such as ducks, swans, pelicans, grebes, spoonbills and many others. The Eastern Rhodopes are among the strongholds of birds of prey in Europe, with most of the species in the continent nesting in that area. The mild climate in the extreme south offers good conditions for many Mediterranean birds as well as for wintering species from the north.

Order Anseriformes

Anseriformes

The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...

 (Ducks, Geese, Swan

Swan

Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae...

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• Family: Anatidae
  Anatidae
  Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...
  
  

Anatidae is a family from class Aves

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

 (Birds). It includes ducks, geese and swans which inhabit aquatic habitat such as lakes, swamps and rivers. Most of the Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an species breed to the north and are migratory. There are 131 species, 43 of which can be observed in Bulgaria.

• • Genus: Aix
    Aix (genus)
    Aix is a genus that contains two species of ducks: the Wood Duck , and the Mandarin Duck .The genus belongs to the family Anatidae in the waterfowl order Anseriformes...
    
    
    • Aix galericulata, Mandarin Duck
      Mandarin Duck
      The Mandarin Duck , or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. It is 41–49 cm long with a 65–75 cm wingspan.-Description:...
      
      
    • Aix sponsa, Wood Duck
      Wood Duck
      The Wood Duck or Carolina Duck is a species of duck found in North America. It is one of the most colourful of North American waterfowl.-Description:...
      
       (I)
  • Genus: Anas
    Anas
    Anas is a genus of dabbling ducks. It includes mallards, wigeons, teals, pintails and shovelers in a number of subgenera. Some authorities prefer to elevate the subgenera to genus rank...
    
    
    • Anas Acuta, Northern Pintail
      Northern Pintail
      The Pintail or Northern Pintail is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator...
      
      
    • Anas angustirostris, Marbled Duck
      Marbled Duck
      The Marbled Duck, or Marbled Teal , is a medium-sized duck. It used to be included among the dabbling ducks, but is now classed as a diving duck....
      
      
    • Anas clypeata, Northern Shoveler
      Northern Shoveler
      The Northern Shoveler , Northern Shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, and is a rare vagrant to Australia...
      
      
    • Anas crecca, Common Teal
      Common Teal
      The Eurasian Teal or Common Teal is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian Teal is often called simply the Teal due to being the only one of these small dabbling ducks in much of its range...
      
      
    • Anas falcata, Falcated Duck
      Falcated Duck
      The Falcated Duck or Falcated Teal is a Gadwall-sized dabbling duck.-Distribution and habitat:The Falcated duck breeds in eastern Asia...
      
      
    • Anas penelope, Eurasian Wigeon
    • Anas platyrhynchos, Mallard
      Mallard
      The Mallard , or Wild Duck , is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia....
      
      
    • Anas querquedula, Garganey
      Garganey
      The Garganey is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa, India Santragachi and Australasia in winter, where large flocks can occur. This species was first described by Linnaeus in 1758...
      
      
    • Anas strepera, Gadwall
      Gadwall
      The Gadwall is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae.- Description :The Gadwall is 46–56 cm long with a 78–90 cm wingspan. The male is slightly larger than the female, weighing on average 990 g against her 850 g...
      
      
  • Genus: Anser
    Anser (genus)
    The waterfowl genus Anser includes all grey geese and sometimes the white geese. It belongs to the true geese and swan subfamily . The genus has a Holarctic distribution, with at least one species breeding in any open, wet habitats in the subarctic and cool temperate regions of the Northern...
    
    
    • Anser albifrons, White-fronted Goose
      White-fronted Goose
      The Greater White-fronted Goose is a species of goose. The Greater White-fronted Goose is more closely related to the smaller Lesser White-fronted Goose...
      
      
    • Anser anser, Greylag Goose
      Greylag Goose
      The Greylag Goose , Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser....
      
      
    • Anser brachyrhynchus, Pink-footed Goose
      Pink-footed Goose
      The Pink-footed Goose is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark...
      
       (W)
    • Anser caerulescens, Snow Goose
      Snow Goose
      The Snow Goose , also known as the Blue Goose, is a North American species of goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage. The genus of this bird is disputed...
      
       (W)
    • Anser erythropus, Lesser White-fronted Goose
      Lesser White-fronted Goose
      The Lesser White-fronted Goose is a goose closely related to the larger White-fronted Goose .It breeds in northernmost Asia, but it is a scarce breeder in Europe. There is a re-introduction scheme in Fennoscandia....
      
       (W)
    • Anser fabalis, Bean Goose
      Bean Goose
      The Bean Goose is a medium to large goose breeding in northern Europe and Asia. It was split into two species by the American Ornithologists' Union in 2007, however it is still regarded as a single species by the British Ornithologists' Union – see below...
      
       (W)
  • Genus Aythya
    Aythya
    Aythya is a genus of diving ducks. It has twelve described species.Aythya shihuibas was described from the Late Miocene of China. An undescribed prehistoric species is known only from Early Pleistocene fossil remains found at Dursunlu, Turkey; it might however be referrable to a paleosubspecies of...
    
    
    • Aythya ferina, Common Pochard
    • Aythya fuligula, Tufted Duck
      Tufted Duck
      The Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula, is a medium-sized diving duck with a population of close to one million birds.- Description :The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill. It has an obvious head tuft that gives the species its name.The adult female is brown with paler...
      
       (W)
    • Aythya marila, Greater Scaup
      Greater Scaup
      The Greater Scaup , just Scaup in Europe, or colloquially known as "Bluebill", for its bright blue bill, is small compared to other diving ducks, however it is larger than the closely related Lesser Scaup...
      
       (W)
    • Aythya nyroca, Ferruginous Duck
      Ferruginous Duck
      The Ferruginous Duck is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia. The species is known colloquially by birders as "Fudge Duck"....
      
      
  • Genus Branta
    Branta
    The black geese of the genus Branta are waterfowl belonging to the true geese and swans subfamily Anserinae. They occur in the northern coastal regions of the Palearctic and all over North America, migrating to more southernly coasts in winter, and as resident birds in the Hawaiian Islands...
    
    
    • Branta bernicla, Brent Goose
      Brent Goose
      The Brant or Brent Goose, Branta bernicla, is a species of goose of the genus Branta. The Black Brant is an American subspecies. The specific descriptor bernicla is from the same source as "barnacle" in Barnacle Goose, which looks similar but is not a close relation.-Appearance:The Brant Goose is...
      
       (W)
    • Branta canadensis, Canada Goose
      Canada Goose
      The Canada Goose is a wild goose belonging to the genus Branta, which is native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, having a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brownish-gray body....
      
       (I)
    • Branta leucopsis, Barnacle Goose
      Barnacle Goose
      The Barnacle Goose belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species...
      
       (W)
    • Branta ruficollis, Red-breasted Goose
      Red-breasted Goose
      The Red-breasted Goose is an endangered species of goose in the genus Branta. It is sometimes separated in Rufibrenta but appears close enough to the Brent Goose to make this unnecessary, despite its distinct appearance.- Description :All the species of the Branta genus are distinguished by their...
      
       (W)
  • Genus Bucephala
    Goldeneye (duck)
    Goldeneye are small tree-hole nesting northern hemisphere seaducks belonging to the genus Bucephala. Their plumage is black and white, and they eat fish, crustaceans and other marine life....
    
    
    • Bucephala clangula, Common Goldeneye
      Common Goldeneye
      The Common Goldeneye is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. Their closest relative is the similar Barrow's Goldeneye....
      
       (W)
  • Genus Clangula
    • Clangula hyemalis, Long-tailed Duck
      Long-tailed Duck
      The Long-tailed Duck or Oldsquaw is a medium-sized sea duck. It is the only living member of its genus, Clangula; this was formerly used for the goldeneyes, with the Long-tailed Duck being placed in Harelda...
      
       (W)
  • Genus Cygnus
    • Cygnus atratus, Black Swan
      Black Swan
      The Black Swan is a large waterbird, a species of swan, which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. The species was hunted to extinction in New Zealand, but later reintroduced. Within Australia they are nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon climatic...
      
       (I)
    • Cygnus columbianus, Tundra Swan (W)
    • Cygnus cygnus, Whooper Swan
      Whooper Swan
      The Whooper Swan , Cygnus cygnus, is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American Trumpeter Swan. An old name for the Whooper Swan is Elk; it is so called in Francis Willughby and John Ray's Ornithology of 1676.-Description:The Whooper Swan is similar in...
      
       (W)
    • Cygnus olor, Mute Swan
      Mute Swan
      The Mute Swan is a species of swan, and thus a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa. The name 'mute' derives from it being less...
      
      

• • Genus Melanitta
    • Melanitta fusca, Velvet Scoter
      Velvet Scoter
      The Velvet Scoter , also called a Velvet Duck or whitewing , is a large sea duck, which breeds over the far north of Europe and Asia west of the Yenisey basin. A small, isolated population nests in eastern Turkey...
      
       (W)
    • Melanitta nigra, Common Scoter
      Common Scoter
      The Common Scoter is a large sea duck, 43-54 cm in length, which breeds over the far north of Europe and Asia east to the Olenyok River. The American/E Siberian M. americana is sometimes considered a subspecies of M. nigra.It winters further south in temperate zones, on the coasts of Europe as...
      
       (W)
  • Genus Mergus
    Mergus
    Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers, fish-eating ducks in the seaduck subfamily . The Hooded Merganser, often termed Mergus cucullatus, is not of this genus but closely related...
    
    
    • Mergus albellus, Smew
      Smew
      The Smew is a small duck, which is somewhat intermediate between the typical mergansers and the goldeneyes . It is the only member of the genus Mergellus; sometimes included in Mergus, this genus is distinct and might actually be a bit closer to the goldeneyes...
      
       (W)
    • Mergus merganser, Common Merganser
      Common Merganser
      The Common Merganser or Goosander Mergus merganser is a large duck, of rivers and lakes of forested areas of Europe, northern and central Asia, and North America. It eats fish and nests in holes in trees...
      
       (W)
    • Mergus serrator, Red-breasted Merganser
      Red-breasted Merganser
      The Red-breasted Merganser is a diving duck.-Taxonomy:The Red-breasted Merganser was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work, Systema Naturae.-Description:...
      
       (W)
  • Genus Netta
    Netta
    Netta is a genus of diving ducks. Unlike other diving ducks, the Netta species are reluctant to dive, and feed more like dabbling ducks.These are gregarious ducks, mainly found on fresh water...
    
    
    • Netta rufina, Red-crested Pochard
      Red-crested Pochard
      The Red-crested Pochard is a large diving duck.Their breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and southern and central Asia. They are somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south and into north Africa.The adult male is unmistakable. It has a rounded orange...
      
      
  • Genus Oxyura
    • Oxyura leucocephala, White-headed Duck
      White-headed Duck
      The White-headed Duck is a small stiff-tailed duck.Adult males have a grey and reddish body, a blue bill and a largely white head with a black cap and neck. Adult females have a grey-brown body with a white face and a darker bill, cap and a cheek stripe.This duck breeds in Spain and North Africa,...
      
       (W)
  • Genus Somateria
    • Somateria mollissima, Common Eider
      Common Eider
      The Common Eider, Somateria mollissima, is a large sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on...
      
       (W)
  • Genus Tadorna
    • Tadorna ferruginea, Ruddy Shelduck
      Ruddy Shelduck
      The Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae...
      
      
    • Tadorna tadorna, Common Shelduck
      Common Shelduck
      The Common Shelduck is a waterfowl species shelduck genus Tadorna. It is widespread and common in Eurasia, mainly breeding in temperate and wintering in subtropical regions; in winter, it can also be found in the Maghreb...
      
      

Order Apodiformes

Apodiformes

Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts , the tree swifts , and the hummingbirds . In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes...

 (Swifts)

• Family Apodidae

Apodidae is a family of small birds which are similar to the Swallows but a bit larger. The rarely stay on the ground with exception of the breeding period. There are 99 species, 3 of which breed in Bulgaria

• • Genus Apus
    Apus (genus)
    The bird genus Apus comprise some of the Old World members of the family Apodidae, commonly known as swifts.They are among the fastest birds in the world. They resemble swallows, to which they are not related, but have shorter tails and sickle-shaped wings...
    
    
    • Apus apus, Common Swift
      Common Swift
      The Common Swift is a small bird, superficially similar to the Barn Swallow or House Martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes...
      
      
    • Apus melba, Alpine Swift
      Alpine Swift
      The Alpine Swift syn. is a species of Swift. The bird is superficially similar to a large Barn Swallow or House Martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the order Apodiformes...
      
      
    • Apus pallidus, Pallid Swift
      Pallid Swift
      The Pallid Swift is a small bird, superficially similar to a Barn Swallow or House Martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since the swifts are in the order Apodiformes...
      
      

Order Ciconiiformes

Ciconiiformes

Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...

• Family Accipitridae
  Accipitridae
  The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a...
  
   (Eagle
  Eagle
  Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...
  
  s, Hawk
  Hawk
  The term hawk can be used in several ways:* In strict usage in Australia and Africa, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis. The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks,...
  
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Accipitridae is a widespread family of birds of prey which includes Eagles, Hawks, Sparrowhawks, Kites, Buzzards and others. There are 28 species which inhabit the territory of Bulgaria.

• • Genus Accipiter
    Accipiter
    The genus Accipiter is a group of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae, many of which are named as goshawks and sparrowhawks. They can be anatomically distinguished from their relatives by the lack of a procoracoid foramen. Two small and aberrant species usually placed here do possess a large...
    
    
    • Accipiter brevipes, Levant Sparrowhawk
      Levant Sparrowhawk
      The Levant Sparrowhawk is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers....
      
      
    • Accipiter gentilis, Goshawk
    • Accipiter nisus, Eurasian Sparrowhawk
  • Genus Aegypius
    • Aegypius monachus, Eurasian Black Vulture
      Eurasian Black Vulture
      The Cinereous Vulture is also known as the Black Vulture, Monk Vulture, or Eurasian Black Vulture. It is a member of the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers.This bird is an Old World vulture, and is only distantly related to the...
      
      
  • Genus Aquila
    Aquila (genus)
    Aquila is the genus of true eagles. It is often united with the buteos, sea eagles and other more heavyset Accipitridae, but more recently it appears as if they are less distinct from the more slender accipitrine hawks than believed...
    
    
    • Aquila chrysaetos, Golden Eagle
      Golden Eagle
      The Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas...
      
      
    • Aquila clanga, Greater Spotted Eagle
      Greater Spotted Eagle
      The Greater Spotted Eagle , occasionally just called the spotted eagle, is a large bird of prey. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae...
      
      
    • Aquila fasciata, Bonelli's Eagle
      Bonelli's Eagle
      The Bonelli's Eagle is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.It breeds in southern Europe, Africa both north and south of the Sahara Desert and across southern Asia to Indonesia...
      
      
    • Aquila heliaca, Eastern Imperial Eagle
      Eastern Imperial Eagle
      The Eastern Imperial Eagle is a large species of bird of prey that breeds from southeastern Europe to central Asia. Most populations are migratory and winter in northeastern Africa, and southern and eastern Asia. The Spanish Imperial Eagle, found in Spain and Portugal, was formerly lumped with...
      
      
    • Aquila nipalensis, Steppe Eagle
      Steppe Eagle
      The Steppe Eagle is a bird of prey. It is about in length and has a wingspan of . Females, weighing 2.3–4.9 kg , are slightly larger than males, at 2–3.5 kg . Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae...
      
      
    • Aquila pennata, Booted Eagle
      Booted Eagle
      The Booted Eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey. It is about in length and has a wingspan of . Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae....
      
      
    • Aquila pomarina, Lesser Spotted Eagle
      Lesser Spotted Eagle
      The Lesser Spotted Eagle is a large Eastern European bird of prey. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae...
      
      
  • Genus Buteo
    Buteo
    Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. In the Old World, members of this genus are called "buzzards", but "hawk" is used in North America...
    
    
    • Buteo buteo, Common Buzzard
      Common Buzzard
      The Common Buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey, whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. It is usually resident all year, except in the coldest parts of its range, and in the case of one subspecies.-Description:...
      
      
    • Buteo lagopus, Rough-legged Buzzard
      Rough-legged Buzzard
      The Rough-legged Buzzard , called the Rough-legged Hawk in North America, is a medium-large bird of prey. It is found in Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Eurasia during the breeding season and migrates south for the winter.The species exhibits a wide variety of plumage patterns...
      
       (W)
    • Buteo rufinus, Long-legged Buzzard
      Long-legged Buzzard
      The Long-legged Buzzard is a bird of prey.-Description:It is similar in appearance to the Rough-legged Buzzard , but larger and more robust. There are many different colour forms, but usually Long-leggeds have a clear orange tint to the plumage, red or orange tail, pale head and largely white...
      
      
  • Genus Circaetus
    Circaetus
    Circaetus, the snake eagles, is a genus of medium-sized eagles in the bird of prey family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as buzzards and harriers....
    
    
    • Circaetus gallicus, Short-toed Eagle
      Short-toed Eagle
      The Short-toed Snake Eagle also known as Short-toed Eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers.-Range and habitat:...
      
      
  • Genus Circus
    Circus
    A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...
    
    
    • Circus aeruginosus, Western Marsh Harrier
      Western Marsh Harrier
      The Western Marsh-harrier is a mid-sized harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa. It is also known as the Eurasian Marsh-harrier....
      
      
    • Circus cyaneus, Hen Harrier
      Hen Harrier
      The Hen Harrier or Northern Harrier is a bird of prey. It breeds throughout the northern parts of the northern hemisphere in Canada and the northernmost USA, and in northern Eurasia. This species is polytypic, with two subspecies. Marsh Hawk is a historical name for the American form.It migrates...
      
      
    • Circus macrourus, Pallid Harrier
      Pallid Harrier
      The Pale or Pallid Harrier is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. It breeds in southern parts of eastern Europe and central Asia and winters mainly in India and southeast Asia...
      
      
    • Circus pygargus, Montagu's Harrier
      Montagu's Harrier
      The Montagu's Harrier is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. Its common name commemorates the British naturalist George Montagu.-Plumage:...
      
      
  • Genus Elanus
    Elanus
    Black-winged Kites is a genus of bird of prey in the elanid kite subfamily. It consists of four species.* Black-winged Kite, Elanus caeruleus* Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris* White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus...
    
    
    • Elanus caeruleus, Black-winged Kite
      Black-winged Kite
      The Black-winged Kite is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much-smaller kestrels...
      
      
  • Genus Gypaetus
    • Gypaetus barbatus, Lammergeier
      Lammergeier
      The Lammergeier, Lammergeyer, or Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus barbatus , is the only member of the genus Gypaetus. Traditionally considered an Old World vulture, it actually forms a minor lineage of Accipitridae together with the Egyptian Vulture , its closest living relative...
      
      
  • Genus Gyps
    Gyps
    The Gyps vultures are a genus of Old World vultures in the bird family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks....
    
    
    • Gyps fulvus, Griffon Vulture
      Griffon Vulture
      The Griffon Vulture is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.The Griffon Vulture is long with a wingspan. In the nominate race the males weigh and females typically weigh , while in the Indian subspecies the vultures average...
      
      
  • Genus Haliaeetus
    • Haliaeetus albicilla, White-tailed Eagle
      White-tailed Eagle
      The White-tailed Eagle , also known as the Sea Eagle, Erne , or White-tailed Sea-eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which includes other raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers...
      
      
  • Genus Milvus
    Milvus
    Milvus is a genus of medium-sized birds of prey. It is an Old World group consisting of three kites which form part of the subfamily Milvinae...
    
    
    • Milvus migrans, Black Kite
      Black Kite
      The Black Kite is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. Unlike others of the group, they are opportunistic hunters and are more likely to scavenge. They spend a lot of time soaring and gliding in thermals in search of food. Their...
      
      
    • Milvus milvus, Red Kite
      Red Kite
      The Red Kite is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. The species is currently endemic to the Western Palearctic region in Europe and northwest Africa, though formerly also occurred just...
      
      
  • Genus Neophron
    Neophron
    Neophron of Sicyon was one of the most prolific of the ancient Greek dramatists, to whom are accredited one hundred and twenty pieces, of which only a few fragments of his Medea remain. This, it is said, Euripides used in his tragedy which bears the same title, although modern scholarship is...
    
    
    • Neophron percnopterus, Egyptian Vulture
      Egyptian Vulture
      The Egyptian Vulture is a small Old World vulture, found widely distributed from southwestern Europe and northern Africa to southern Asia. It is the only living member of the genus Neophron. It has sometimes also been known as the White Scavenger Vulture or Pharaoh's Chicken...
      
      
  • Genus Pandion
    • Pandion haliaetus, Osprey
      Osprey
      The Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...
      
      
  • Genus Pernis
    Pernis (bird)
    Pernis is a genus of birds in the raptor subfamily Perninae. It consists of three medium-sized broad-winged species.* European Honey Buzzard, Pernis apivorus* Crested Honey Buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus...
    
    
    • Pernis apivorus, Honey Buzzard
      Honey Buzzard
      The European Honey Buzzard , is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers....
      
      

• Family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, Bitterns)

Ardeidae is a family which includes wading birds such as Herons, Hgrets and Bitterns. Their main habitat are wet areas where the birds can prey on fish, frogs and other aquatic species. From the 61 species worldwide, 9 inhabit the Bulgarian wetlands, especially along the Danube

Danube

The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

 and coastal lakes and swamps.

• • Genus Ardea
    Ardea (genus)
    Ardea is a genus of herons. Linnaeus named this genus as the Great Herons, referring to the generally large size of these birds, typically 80–100 cm or more in length....
    
    
    • Ardea alba, Great Egret
      Great Egret
      The Great Egret , also known as the Great White Egret or Common Egret, White Heron, or Great White Heron, is a large, widely-distributed egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized...
      
      
    • Ardea cinerea, Grey Heron
      Grey Heron
      The Grey Heron , is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in the milder south and west, but many birds retreat in winter from the ice in colder regions...
      
      
    • Ardea purpurea, Purple Heron
      Purple Heron
      The Purple Heron is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The European populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa; the more northerly Asian populations also migrate further south within Asia...
      
      
  • Genus Ardeola
    Ardeola
    Ardeola is a genus of small herons, typically 40–50 cm long with 80–100 cm wingspan. Most breed in the tropical Old World, but the migratory Squacco Heron occurs in southern Europe and the Middle East and winters in Africa....
    
    
    • Ardeola ralloides, Squacco Heron
      Squacco Heron
      The Squacco Heron, Ardeola ralloides, is a small heron, long, of which the body is , with wingspan. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Europe and the Greater Middle East.-Behaviour:...
      
      
  • Genus Botaurus
    Botaurus
    Botaurus is a genus of bitterns, a group of wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae. It has a single representative species in each of North America, Central and South America, Eurasia and Australasia...
    
    
    • Botaurus stellaris, Great Bittern
      Great Bittern
      The Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies.-Etymology:...
      
      
  • Genus Bubulcus
    • Bubulcus ibis, Cattle Egret
      Cattle Egret
      The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret...
      
      
  • Genus Egretta
    Egretta
    Egretta is a genus of medium-sized herons, mostly breeding in warmer climates. Representatives of this family are found in most of the world, and the Little Egret, as well as being widespread throughout much of the Old World, has now started to colonise the Americas.These are typical egrets in...
    
    
    • Egretta garzetta, Little Egret
      Little Egret
      The Little Egret is a small white heron. It is the Old World counterpart to the very similar New World Snowy Egret.-Subspecies:Depending on authority, two or three subspecies of Little Egret are currently accepted....
      
      
  • Genus Ixobrychus
    Ixobrychus
    Ixobrychus is a genus of bitterns, a group of wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae. It has a single representative species in each of North America, South America, Eurasia and Australasia...
    
    
    • Ixobrychus minutus, Little Bittern
      Little Bittern
      The Little Bittern is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Madagascar. Birds from temperate regions in Europe and western Asia are migratory, wintering in Africa and further south in...
      
      
  • Genus Nycticorax
    Nycticorax
    Nycticorax is a genus of night herons. The name Nycticorax derives from the Greek for “night raven” and refers to the largely nocturnal feeding habits of this group of birds, and the croaking crow-like call of the best known species, the Black-crowned Night Heron.These are medium-sized herons which...
    
    
    • Nycticorax nycticorax, Black-crowned Night Heron
      Black-crowned Night Heron
      The Black-crowned Night Heron commonly abbreviated to just Night Heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia .-Description:Adults are...
      
      

• Family Burhinidae

Burhinidae consists of largely tropical birds with only several species to inhabit the temperate regions of Europe and Asia. There is 1 species which nestles in the territory of the country.

• • Genus Burhinus
    Burhinus
    Burhinus is a genus of bird in the Burhinidae family. It contains the following species:* Bush Stone-Curlew * Double-striped Thick-knee * Peruvian Thick-knee...
    
    
    • Burhinus oedicnemus, Stone Curlew
      Stone Curlew
      The Stone Curlew, Eurasian Thick-knee, or Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus is a northern species of the Burhinidae bird family....
      
      

• Family Charadriidae
  Charadriidae
  The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.- Morphology :They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings, but most species of lapwing may have more rounded wings...
  
  

The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. There are 15 out of 66 species in the family which can be observed in Bulgaria.

• • Genus Charadrius
    Charadrius
    Charadrius is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds. They are found throughout the world.Many of the Charadrius species are characterised by breast bands or collars...
    
    
    • Charadrius alexandrinus, Kentish Plover
      Kentish Plover
      The Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, is a small wader in the plover bird family. Despite its name, this species no longer breeds in Kent, or even Great Britain...
      
      
    • Charadrius asiaticus, Caspian Plover
      Caspian Plover
      The Caspian Plover is a wader in the plover family of birds.It breeds on open grassland in central Asia, mainly to the north and east of the Caspian Sea. This bird breeds in loose colonies, with three eggs being laid in a ground nest. These birds migrate south in winter to east Africa, usually...
      
      
    • Charadrius dubius, Little Ringed Plover
      Little Ringed Plover
      The Little Ringed Plover is a small plover. Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes with white above and a short dark bill...
      
      
    • Charadrius hiaticula, Ringed Plover
      Ringed Plover
      The Common Ringed Plover or Ringed Plover is a small plover.Adults are 17-19.5 cm in length with a 35–41 cm wingspan. They have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes...
      
      
    • Charadrius leschenaultii, Greater Sand Plover
      Greater Sand Plover
      The Greater Sand Plover, Charadrius leschenaultii, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as "Greater sandplover", but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is "Greater sand plover"....
      
      
    • Charadrius morinellus, Eurasian Dotterel
      Eurasian Dotterel
      The Eurasian Dotterel , or in Europe just Dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds.It breeds in the Arctic tundra of northern Eurasia, from Norway to eastern Siberia, and on suitable mountain plateaus such as the Scottish highlands and the Alps...
      
      
  • Genus Haematopus
    • Haematopus ostralegus, Eurasian Oystercatcher
      Eurasian Oystercatcher
      The Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, also known as the Common Pied Oystercatcher, or just Oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae. It is the most widespread of the oystercatchers, with three races breeding in western Europe, central Eurasia,...
      
      
  • Genus Himantopus
    • Himantopus himantopus, Black-winged Stilt
      Black-winged Stilt
      The Black-winged Stilt or Common Stilt is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family . Opinions differ as to whether the birds treated under the scientific name H. himantopus ought to be treated as a single species and if not, how many species to recognize...
      
      
  • Genus Pluvialis
    Pluvialis
    Pluvialis is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds. There are four species which breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere.In breeding plumage, they all have largely black underparts, and golden or silvery upperparts...
    
    
    • Pluvialis apricaria, Eurasian Golden Plover
      Eurasian Golden Plover
      The European Golden Plover is a largish plover. This species is similar to two other golden plovers. American Golden Plover, Pluvialis dominiica, and Pacific Golden Plover, Pluvialis fulva, are both smaller, slimmer and relatively longer-legged than European Golden Plover, and both have grey...
      
      
    • Pluvialis squatarola, Grey Plover
      Grey Plover
      The Grey Plover , known as the Black-bellied Plover in North America, is a medium-sized plover breeding in arctic regions. It is a long-distance migrant, with a nearly worldwide coastal distribution when not breeding....
      
      
  • Genus Recurvirostra
    • Recurvirostra avosetta, Pied Avocet
      Pied Avocet
      The Pied Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta, is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. They breed in temperate Europe and western and Central Asia. It is a migratory species and most winter in Africa or southern Asia...
      
      
  • Genus Vanellus
    Vanellus
    Vanellus is the genus of waders which provisionally contains all lapwings except Red-kneed Dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus. The name "vanellus" is Latin for "little fan", vanellus being the diminutive of vannus . The name is in reference to the sound lapwings' wings make in...
    
    
    • Vanellus gregarius, Sociable Lapwing
      Sociable Lapwing
      The Sociable Lapwing or Sociable Plover is a wader in the lapwing family of birds.It breeds on open grassland in Russia and Kazakhstan. Three to five eggs are laid in a ground nest...
      
      
    • Vanellus leucurus, White-tailed Lapwing
      White-tailed Lapwing
      The White-tailed Lapwing or White-tailed Plover is a wader in the lapwing genus.It breeds semi-colonially on inland marshes in Iraq, Iran and southern Russia. Four eggs are laid in a ground nest. The Iraqi and Iranian breeders are mainly residents, but Russian birds migrate south in winter to...
      
      
    • Vanellus spinosus, Spur-winged Plover
      Spur-winged Plover
      The Spur-winged Lapwing or Spur-winged Plover is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae....
      
      
    • Vanellus vanellus, Northern Lapwing
      Northern Lapwing
      The Northern Lapwing , also known as the Peewit, Green Plover or just Lapwing, is a bird in the plover family. It is common through temperate Eurasia....
      
      

• Family Ciconiidae (Storks)

Ciconiidae are family of large birds with long long necks and legs. They inhabit areas close to rivers, lakes, swamps and other water bodies, where the birds feed on small aquatic animals. There are 19 species worldwide, 3 of which can be found in Bulgaria.

• • Genus Ciconia
    Ciconia
    Ciconia is a genus of birds in the stork family. Six of the seven living species occur in the Old World, but the Maguari Stork has a South American range. In addition, fossils suggest that Ciconia storks were somewhat more common in the tropical Americas in prehistoric times.These are large storks,...
    
    
    • Ciconia ciconia, White Stork
      White Stork
      The White Stork is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to end of tail, with a wingspan...
      
      
    • Ciconia nigra, Black Stork
      Black Stork
      The Black Stork Ciconia nigra is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread, but rare, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe, predominantly in central and eastern regions. This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related White Stork. It is seen in...
      
      
  • Genus Mycteria
    Mycteria
    Mycteria is a genus of large tropical storks with representatives in the Americas, east Africa and southern and southeastern Asia. Two species have "ibis" in their scientific or old common names, but they are not related to these birds and simply look more similar to an ibis than do other...
    
    
    • Mycteria ibis, Yellow-billed Stork
      Yellow-billed Stork
      The Yellow-billed Stork, Mycteria ibis, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It occurs in Africa south of the Sahara and in Madagascar....
      
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• Family Falconidae
  Falconidae
  The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family is divided into two subfamiles, Polyborinae, which includes the caracaras and forest falcons, and Falconinae, the falcons, kestrels and falconets.-Description:Falcons and...
  
  

The family Falconidae includes about 60 species of diurnal birds of prey, notably the falcons and caracaras. There are 9 species which breed in Bulgaria.

• • Genus Falco
    Falcon
    A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....
    
    
    • Falco biarmicus, Lanner Falcon
      Lanner Falcon
      The Lanner Falcon is a large bird of prey that breeds in Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia. It is mainly resident, but some birds disperse more widely after the breeding season.-Description:...
      
      
    • Falco cherrug, Saker Falcon
      Saker Falcon
      The Saker Falcon is a very large falcon. This species breeds from eastern Europe eastwards across Asia to Manchuria. It is mainly migratory except in the southernmost parts of its range, wintering in Ethiopia, the Arabian peninsula, northern Pakistan and western China...
      
      
    • Falco columbarius, Merlin
      Merlin (bird)
      The Merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere. A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the Merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter.-European and North American...
      
      
    • Falco eleonorae, Eleonora's Falcon
      Eleonora's Falcon
      Eleonora's Falcon is a medium-sized falcon. It belongs to the hobby group, a rather close-knit number of similar falcons often considered a subgenus Hypotriorchis. The Sooty Falcon is sometimes considered its closest relative, but while they certainly belong to the same lineage, they do not seem...
      
      
    • Falco naumanni, Lesser Kestrel
      Lesser Kestrel
      The Lesser Kestrel is a small falcon. This species breeds from the Mediterranean across southern central Asia to China and Mongolia. It is a summer migrant, wintering in Africa and Pakistan and sometimes even to India and Iraq. It is rare north of its breeding range, and declining in its European...
      
      
    • Falco peregrinus, Peregrine Falcon
      Peregrine Falcon
      The Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"...
      
      
    • Falco subbuteo, Eurasian Hobby
      Eurasian Hobby
      The Eurasian Hobby , or just simply Hobby, is a small slim falcon. It belongs to a rather close-knit group of similar falcons often considered a subgenus Hypotriorchis.-Description:...
      
      
    • Falco tinnunculus, Common Kestrel
      Common Kestrel
      The Common Kestrel is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel, or Old World Kestrel. In Britain, where no other brown falcon occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".This species...
      
      
    • Falco vespertinus, Red-footed Falcon
      Red-footed Falcon
      The Red-footed Falcon , formerly Western Red-footed Falcon, is a bird of prey. It belongs to the family Falconidae, the falcons. This bird is found in eastern Europe and Asia although its numbers are dwindling rapidly due to habitat loss and hunting. It is migratory, wintering in Africa...
      
      

• Family Gaviidae
  • Genus Gavia
    • Gavia arctica, Black-throated Diver
      Black-throated Diver
      The Black-throated Loon is a migratory aquatic bird found in the northern hemisphere. The species is known as an Arctic Loon in North America and the Black-throated Diver in Eurasia, its current name is a compromise proposed by the International Ornithological Committee.-Taxonomy:The...
      
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    • Gavia immer, Great Northern Diver
      Great Northern Diver
      The Great Northern Loon, Great Northern Diver, or Common Loon , is a large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds...
      
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    • Gavia stellata, Red-throated Diver
      Red-throated Diver
      The Red-throated Loon or Red-throated Diver is a migratory aquatic bird found in the northern hemisphere. It breeds primarily in Arctic regions, and winters in northern coastal waters. It is the most widely distributed member of the loon or diver family. Ranging from in length, the Red-throated...
      
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• Family Glareolidae
  Glareolidae
  Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The coursers include the atypical Egyptian Plover, Pluvianus aegyptius, which has sometimes been placed in its own family...
  
  
  • Genus Glareola
    • Glareola nordmanni, Black-winged Pratincole
      Black-winged Pratincole
      The Black-winged Pratincole, Glareola nordmanni, is a wader in the pratincole bird family, Glareolidae.Their most unusual feature of the pratincoles is that although classed as waders they typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows, although they can also feed on the...
      
      
    • Glareola pratincola, Collared Pratincole
      Collared Pratincole
      The Collared Pratincole or Common Pratincole, Glareola pratincola, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae.Pratincoles are unusual among waders in that they typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows, although they can also feed on the ground.The Collared Pratincole is a...
      
      

• Family Laridae
  • Genus Chlidonias
    • Chlidonias hybridus, Whiskered Tern
      Whiskered Tern
      The Whiskered Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in size and minor plumage details....
      
      
    • Chlidonias leucopterus, White-winged Tern
      White-winged Tern
      The White-winged Tern, or White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus, is a small tern generally found in or near bodies of fresh water across from Southeastern Europe east to Australia....
      
      
    • Chlidonias niger, Black Tern
      Black Tern
      The Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America. As its name suggests, it has predominantly dark plumage.- Description :...
      
      
  • Genus Gelochelidon
    • Gelochelidon nilotica, Gull-billed Tern
      Gull-billed Tern
      The Gull-billed Tern formerly Sterna nilotica , is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...
      
      
  • Genus Hydroprogne
    • Hydroprogne caspia, Caspian Tern
      Caspian Tern
      The Caspian Tern is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no subspecies accepted either...
      
      
  • Genus Larus
    Larus
    Larus is a large genus of gulls with worldwide distribution . Many of its species are abundant and well-known birds in their ranges...
    
    
    • Larus argentatus, Herring Gull
    • Larus audouinii, Audouin's Gull
      Audouin's Gull
      The Audouin's Gull is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa. It breeds on small islands colonially or alone, laying 2-3 eggs on a ground nest...
      
      
    • Larus michahellis, Yellow-legged Gull
      Yellow-legged Gull
      The Yellow-legged Gull , sometimes referred to as Western Yellow-legged Gull , is a large gull of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, which has only recently achieved wide recognition as a distinct species...
      
      
    • Larus canus, Common Gull
      Common Gull
      The Common Gull or Mew Gull Larus canus is a medium-sized gull which breeds in northern Asia, northern Europe and northwestern North America. It migrates further south in winter...
      
      
    • Larus delawarensis, Ring-billed Gull
      Ring-billed Gull
      The Ring-billed Gull is a medium-sized gull.Adults are length and with a wingspan. The head, neck and underparts are white; the relatively short bill is yellow with a dark ring; the back and wings are silver gray; and the legs are yellow. The eyes are yellow with red rims...
      
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    • Larus fuscus, Lesser Black-backed Gull
      Lesser Black-backed Gull
      The Lesser Black-backed Gull is a large gull that breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from the British Isles south to West Africa...
      
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    • Larus genei, Slender-billed Gull
      Slender-billed Gull
      The Slender-billed Gull, Chroicocephalus genei, is a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean on islands and coastal lagoons. Most of the population is somewhat migratory, wintering further south to north Africa and India, and a...
      
      
    • Larus ichthyaetus, Great Black-headed Gull
      Great Black-headed Gull
      The Pallas's Gull or Great Black-headed Gull, Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus, is a large gull. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus....
      
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    • Larus marinus, Great Black-backed Gull
      Great Black-backed Gull
      The Great Black-backed Gull is the largest gull in the world, which breeds on the European and North American coasts and islands of the North Atlantic...
      
      
    • Larus melanocephalus, Mediterranean Gull
      Mediterranean Gull
      The Mediterranean Gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus, is a small gull which breeds almost entirely in Europe, mainly in the south east, especially around the Black Sea, and in central Turkey. There are colonies elsewhere in southern Europe, and this species has undergone a dramatic range expansion in...
      
      
    • Larus minutus, Little Gull
      Little Gull
      The Little Gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus or Larus minutus, is a small gull which breeds in northern Europe and Asia. It also has small colonies in parts of southern Canada. It is migratory, wintering on coasts in western Europe, the Mediterranean and the northeast USA. As is the case with many gulls,...
      
      
    • Larus ridibundus, Black-headed Gull
      Black-headed Gull
      The Black-headed Gull is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, wintering further south, but some birds in the milder westernmost areas of Europe are resident...
      
      
  • Genus Rissa
    Kittiwake
    The kittiwakes are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the Black-legged Kittiwake and the Red-legged Kittiwake . The epithets "Black-legged" and "Red-legged" are used to distinguish the two species in North America, but in Europe, where R...
    
    
    • Rissa tridactyla, Black-legged Kittiwake
      Black-legged Kittiwake
      The Black-legged Kittiwake is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae.This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Larus tridactylus....
      
      
  • Genus Stercorarius
    • Stercorarius longicaudus, Long-tailed Skua
      Long-tailed Skua
      The Long-tailed Skua, Stercorarius longicaudus is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae....
      
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    • Stercorarius parasiticus, Arctic Skua
      Arctic Skua
      The Parasitic Jaeger, also known as the Arctic Skua or Parasitic Skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae....
      
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    • Stercorarius pomarinus, Pomarine Skua
      Pomarine Skua
      The Pomarine Skua, Stercorarius pomarinus, known as Pomarine Jaeger in North America, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans.- Taxonomy :...
      
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    • Stercorarius skua, Great Skua
      Great Skua
      The Great Skua, Stercorarius skua, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. In Britain, it is sometimes known by the name Bonxie, a Shetland name of unknown origin.-Description:...
      
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  • Genus Sterna
    Sterna
    Sterna is a genus of terns in the bird family Sternidae. It used to encompass most "white" terns indiscriminately, but mtDNA sequence comparisons have recently determined that this arrangement is paraphyletic...
    
    
    • Sternula albifrons, Little Tern
      Little Tern
      The Little Tern, Sternula albifrons or Sterna albifrons, is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It was formerly placed into the genus Sterna, which now is restricted to the large white terns . The former North American and Red Sea S. a...
      
      
    • Sterna hirundo, Common Tern
      Common Tern
      The Common Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in temperate and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and east and central North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. It is sometimes...
      
      
    • Sterna paradisaea, Arctic Tern
      Arctic Tern
      The Arctic Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America...
      
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  • Genus Thalasseus
    Thalasseus
    Thalasseus, the crested terns, is a genus of six species of seabirds in the tern family. Thalasseus signifies a "creature of the sea". It has a worldwide distribution, and many of its species are abundant and well-known birds in their ranges...
    
    
    • Thalasseus sandvicensis, Sandwich Tern
  • Genus Uria
    Uria
    Uria is a genus of seabirds in the auk family known in Britain as guillemots, in most of North America as murres, and in Newfoundland and Labrador as turr. These are medium-sized birds with mainly brown or black plumage in the breeding season...
    
    
    • Uria aalge, Common Guillemot
      Common Guillemot
      The Common Murre or Common Guillemot is a large auk. It is also known as the Thin-billed Murre in North America. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North-Atlantic and North Pacific...
      
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  • Genus Xema
    • Xema sabini, Sabine's Gull
      Sabine's Gull
      The Sabine's Gull is a small gull. Its generic placement is disputed; some authors treat it as the sole species in the genus Xema as Xema sabini, while others retain it in the genus Larus as Larus sabini. It breeds in the arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through northernmost North America...
      
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• Family Pelecanidae
  • Genus Pelecanus
    • Pelecanus crispus, Dalmatian Pelican
      Dalmatian Pelican
      The Dalmatian Pelican is a member of the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe to India and China in swamps and shallow lakes. The nest is a crude heap of vegetation....
      
      
    • Pelecanus onocrotalus, Great White Pelican

• Family Phalacrocoracidae
  • Genus Phalacrocorax
    • Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Common Shag
      Common Shag
      The European Shag or Common Shag is a species of cormorant. It breeds around the rocky coasts of western and southern...
      
      
    • Phalacrocorax carbo, Great Cormorant
      Great Cormorant
      The Great Cormorant , known as the Great Black Cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the Black Cormorant in Australia and the Black Shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds...
      
      
    • Phalacrocorax pygmaeus, Pygmy Cormorant
      Pygmy Cormorant
      The Pygmy Cormorant is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It breeds in southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia. It is partially migratory, with northern populations wintering further south, mostly within in its breeding range...
      
      

• Family Podicipedidae
  • Genus Podiceps
    Podiceps
    Podiceps is a genus of birds in the grebe family.It has representatives breeding in Europe, Asia, North and South America. Most northern hemisphere species migrate in winter to the coast or warmer climates....
    
    
    • Podiceps auritus, Slavonian Grebe
      Slavonian Grebe
      The Horned Grebe or Slavonian Grebe, Podiceps auritus, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. The Slavonian Grebe is an excellent swimmer and diver, and pursues its fish prey underwater...
      
      
    • Podiceps cristatus, Great Crested Grebe
      Great Crested Grebe
      The Great Crested Grebe is a member of the grebe family of water birds.- Description :The Great Crested Grebe is long with a wingspan. It is an excellent swimmer and diver, and pursues its fish prey underwater. The adults are unmistakable in summer with head and neck decorations...
      
      
    • Podiceps grisegena, Red-necked Grebe
      Red-necked Grebe
      The Red-necked Grebe is a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Its wintering habitat is largely restricted to calm waters just beyond the waves around ocean coasts, although some birds may winter on large lakes...
      
      
    • Podiceps nigricollis, Black-necked Grebe
      Black-necked Grebe
      The Black-necked Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis, known in North America as the Eared Grebe, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. It occurs on every continent except Australia and Antarctica.-Taxonomy:There are three subspecies:*P. n...
      
      
  • Genus Tachybaptus
    Tachybaptus
    Tachybaptus is a genus of small members of the grebe family birds. It has representatives over much of the world, including the tropics.These grebes breed in small colonies in heavily vegetated areas of freshwater lakes...
    
    
    • Tachybaptus ruficollis, Little Grebe
      Little Grebe
      The Little Grebe , also known as Dabchick, member of the grebe family of water birds. At 23 to 29 cm in length it is the smallest European member of its family. It is commonly found in open bodies of water across most of its range.-Description:The Little Grebe is a small water bird with a pointed...
      
      

• Family Procellariidae
  Procellariidae
  The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes , which also includes the albatrosses, the storm-petrels, and the diving petrels.The procellariids are...
  
  
  • Genus Calonectris
    Calonectris
    Calonectris is a genus of seabirds. It comprises three large shearwaters. There are two other shearwater genera. Puffinus, which comprises about twenty small to medium-sized shearwaters, and Procellaria with another four large species...
    
    
    • Calonectris diomedea, Cory's Shearwater
      Cory's Shearwater
      The Cory's Shearwater is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.This species breeds on islands and cliffs in the Mediterranean, with the odd outpost on the Atlantic coast of Iberia. The nest is on open ground or among rocks or less often in a burrow where one white egg is laid,...
      
      
  • Genus Hydrobates
    • Hydrobates pelagicus, European Storm-petrel
      European Storm-petrel
      The European Storm Petrel or Storm Petrel is a small bird of the storm-petrel family, Hydrobatidae, part of the seabird order Procellariiformes. It is the only member of the genus Hydrobates.-Description:...
      
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  • Genus Puffinus
    Puffinus
    Puffinus is a genus of seabirds in the order Procellariiformes. It comprises about 20 small to medium-sized shearwaters. There are two other shearwater genera: Calonectris, which comprises three large shearwaters, and Procellaria with another four large species...
    
    
    • Puffinus puffinus, Manx Shearwater
      Manx Shearwater
      The Manx Shearwater is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx Shearwaters were called Manks Puffins in the 17th century. Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word for the cured carcasses of nestling shearwaters...
      
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    • Puffinus yelkouan, Yelkouan Shearwater
      Yelkouan Shearwater
      The Yelkouan Shearwater, Levantine Shearwater or Mediterranean Shearwater is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.-Description and identification:...
      
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• Family Pteroclididae
  • Genus Syrrhaptes
    Syrrhaptes
    Syrrhaptes is a genus of birds in the sandgrouse family. It comprises two central Asian species.* Tibetan Sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes tibetanus* Pallas's Sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxusThese are large birds breeding in open steppes or plateau...
    
    
    • Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Pallas's Sandgrouse
      Pallas's Sandgrouse
      The Pallas's Sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family named after the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas....
      
      

• Family Scolopacidae
  Scolopacidae
  The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...
  
  
  • Genus Actitis
    Actitis
    Actitis is a small genus of waders, comprising just two very similar bird species:* Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos, of Eurasia* Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia of North America...
    
    
    • Actitis macularia, Spotted Sandpiper
      Spotted Sandpiper
      The Spotted Sandpiper is a small shorebird, 18–20 cm long. Together with its sister species, the Common Sandpiper they make up the genus Actitis...
      
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    • Actitis hypoleucos, Common Sandpiper
      Common Sandpiper
      The Common Sandpiper is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the Spotted Sandpiper , make up the genus Actitis. They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize...
      
      
  • Genus Arenaria
    • Arenaria interpres, Ruddy Turnstone
      Ruddy Turnstone
      The Ruddy Turnstone is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae...
      
      
  • Genus Calidris
    • Calidris alba, Sanderling
      Sanderling
      The Sanderling is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia...
      
      
    • Calidris alpina, Dunlin
      Dunlin
      The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East...
      
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    • Calidris canutus, Red Knot
      Red Knot
      The Red Knot, Calidris canutus , is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot...
      
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    • Calidris ferruginea, Curlew Sandpiper
      Curlew Sandpiper
      The Curlew Sandpiper is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australasia...
      
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    • Calidris minuta, Little Stint
      Little Stint
      The Little Stint, Calidris minuta , is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia...
      
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    • Calidris temminckii, Temminck's Stint
      Temminck's Stint
      Temminck's Stint, Calidris or Erolia temminckii, is a small wader.This stint's breeding habitat is bogs and marshes in the taiga of Arctic northern Europe and Asia. It will breed in southern Scandinavia and occasionally Scotland. It has a distinctive hovering display flight. It nests in a scrape...
      
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  • Genus Gallinago
    Gallinago
    Gallinago is a genus of birds in the wader family Scolopacidae, containing 16 species. This genus contains the majority of the world's snipe species, the other three extant genera being Coenocorypha, with two species, and Lymnocryptes, the Jack Snipe. Morphologically, they are all similar, with a...
    
    
    • Gallinago gallinago, Common Snipe
      Common Snipe
      The Common Snipe is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia...
      
      
    • Gallinago media, Great Snipe
      Great Snipe
      The Great Snipe, Gallinago media is a small stocky wader in the genus Gallinago.This bird's breeding habitat is marshes and wet meadows with short vegetation in north-eastern Europe including north-western Russia. Great Snipes are migratory, wintering in Africa...
      
      
  • Genus Limicola
    • Limicola falcinellus, Broad-billed Sandpiper
      Broad-billed Sandpiper
      The Broad-billed Sandpiper is a small wading bird. It is the only member of the genus Limicola; some have proposed that it should be placed in the genus Erolia with the "stint" sandpipers, but more recent research suggests that it is should rather go into the genus Philomachus with the ruff and...
      
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  • Genus Limosa
    • Limosa lapponica, Bar-tailed Godwit
      Bar-tailed Godwit
      The Bar-tailed Godwit is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae, which breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra mainly in the Old World, and winters on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of the Old World...
      
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    • Limosa limosa, Black-tailed Godwit
      Black-tailed Godwit
      The Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa, is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the Limosa genus, the godwits...
      
      
  • Genus Lymnocryptes
    • Lymnocryptes minimus, Jack Snipe
      Jack Snipe
      The Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes...
      
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  • Genus Numenius
    • Numenius arquata, Eurasian Curlew
      Eurasian Curlew
      The Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia...
      
      
    • Numenius phaeopus, Whimbrel
      Whimbrel
      The Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the mostwidespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland....
      
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    • Numenius tenuirostris, Slender-billed Curlew
      Slender-billed Curlew
      The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, is a bird in the wader family Scolopacidae. It breeds in marshes and peat bogs in the taiga of Siberia, and is migratory, formerly wintering in shallow freshwater habitats around the Mediterranean...
      
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  • Genus Phalaropus
    • Phalaropus fulicaria, Grey Phalarope (V)
    • Phalaropus lobatus, Red-necked Phalarope
      Red-necked Phalarope
      The Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans....
      
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  • Genus Philomachus
    • Philomachus pugnax, Ruff
  • Genus Scolopax
    • Scolopax rusticola, Eurasian Woodcock
      Eurasian Woodcock
      The Eurasian Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia. It has cryptic camouflage to suit its woodland habitat, with reddish-brown upperparts and buff-coloured underparts...
      
      
  • Genus Tringa
    Tringa
    Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. They are mainly freshwater birds, often with brightly coloured legs as reflected in the English names of six species, as well as the specific names of two of these and the Green Sandpiper. They are typically associated with northern...
    
    
    • Tringa erythropus, Spotted Redshank
      Spotted Redshank
      The Spotted Redshank, Tringa erythropus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and northern Asia and migrates south to the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia for the winter...
      
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    • Tringa glareola, Wood Sandpiper
      Wood Sandpiper
      The Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...
      
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    • Tringa nebularia, Greenshank
      Greenshank
      The Common Greenshank is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. Its closest relative is the Greater Yellowlegs, together with which and the Spotted Redshank it forms a close-knit group...
      
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    • Tringa ochropus, Green Sandpiper
      Green Sandpiper
      The Green Sandpiper is a small wader of the Old World. It represents an ancient lineage of the genus Tringa; its only close living relative is the Solitary Sandpiper . They both have brown wings with little light dots and a delicate but contrasting neck and chest pattern...
      
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    • Tringa stagnatilis, Marsh Sandpiper
      Marsh Sandpiper
      The Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis, is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to central Asia....
      
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    • Tringa totanus, Common Redshank
      Common Redshank
      The Common Redshank or simply Redshank is an Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...
      
      
  • Genus Tryngites
    • Tryngites subruficollis, Buff-breasted Sandpiper
      Buff-breasted Sandpiper
      The Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis, is a small shorebird. It is a calidrid sandpipers and currently considered to be the only member of the genus Tryngites. Indeed, it probably belongs in the genus Calidris itself, or more precisely with the small species thereof which should be...
      
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  • Genus Xenus
    • Xenus cinereus, Terek Sandpiper
      Terek Sandpiper
      The Terek Sandpiper is a small migratory Palearctic wader species, the only member of the genus Xenus.- Description and systematics :...
      
      

• Family Sulidae
  Sulidae
  The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulidas, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula...
  
  
  • Genus Sula
    Booby
    A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets , which were formerly included in Sula.-Description:...
    
    
    • Morus bassanus, Northern Gannet
      Northern Gannet
      The Northern Gannet is a seabird and is the largest member of the gannet family, Sulidae.- Description :Young birds are dark brown in their first year, and gradually acquire more white in subsequent seasons until they reach maturity after five years.Adults are long, weigh and have a wingspan...
      
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• Family Threskiornithidae
  Threskiornithidae
  The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. It was formerly known as Plataleidae. The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the...
  
  
  • Genus Platalea
    • Platalea leucorodia, Common Spoonbill
      Common Spoonbill
      The Eurasian Spoonbill or Common Spoonbill is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, breeding in southern Eurasia from Spain to Japan, and also in North Africa. In Europe, only The Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Hungary and Greece have sizeable populations...
      
      
  • Genus Plegadis
    Plegadis
    Plegadis is a bird genus in the family Threskiornithidae. Member species are found on every continent except Antarctica as well as a number of islands. The Glossy Ibis is easily the most widespread of the three species...
    
    
    • Plegadis falcinellus, Glossy Ibis
      Glossy Ibis
      The Glossy Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas...
      
      

Order Columbiformes

Columbiformes

Columbiformes are an avian order that includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order....

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Doves

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• Family Columbidae
  • Genus Columba
    Columba
    Saint Columba —also known as Colum Cille , Colm Cille , Calum Cille and Kolban or Kolbjørn —was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period...
    
    
    • Columba livia, Rock Pigeon
      Rock Pigeon
      The Rock Dove or Rock Pigeon, is a member of the bird family Columbidae . In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the "pigeon"....
      
      
    • Columba oenas, Stock Pigeon
      Stock Pigeon
      The Stock Dove or Stock Pigeon is a species of bird in the Columba genus in the Columbidae family. It is a member of the family Columbidae, doves and pigeons.-Description:...
      
      
    • Columba palumbus, Wood Pigeon
  • Genus Streptopelia
    Streptopelia
    Streptopelia is a genus of birds in the dove family. These are mainly slim, small to medium-sized species. The upperparts tend to be pale brown, and the underparts are often a shade of pink. Many have a characteristic black-and-white patch on the neck, and monotonous cooing songs.The heartland of...
    
    
    • Streptopelia decaocto, Eurasian Collared Dove
      Eurasian Collared Dove
      The Eurasian Collared Dove most often simply called the Collared Dove, also sometimes hyphenated as Eurasian Collared-dove is a species of dove native to Asia and Europe, and also recently introduced in North America....
      
      
    • Streptopelia senegalensis, Laughing Dove
      Laughing Dove
      The Laughing Dove is a small pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara, the Middle East and southern Asia east to India. In India it is also known as the Little Brown Dove...
      
      
    • Streptopelia turtur, Turtle Dove
      Turtle Dove
      The European Turtle Dove , also known as Turtle Dove, is a member of the bird family Columbidae, which includes the doves and pigeons.-Distribution & Status:...
      
      

Order Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes

The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

• Family Alcedinidae
  • Genus Alcedo
    Alcedo
    Alcedo is a genus of birds in the Alcedinidae family.It contains the following species:* Blyth's Kingfisher * Common Kingfisher * Half-collared Kingfisher...
    
    
    • Alcedo atthis, Common Kingfisher

• Family Coraciidae
  • Genus Coracias
    Coracias
    Coracias is a genus of the rollers, an Old World family of near passerine birds related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups, blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but not the outer one.These are insect eaters,...
    
    
    • Coracias garrulus, European Roller
      European Roller
      The European Roller, Coracias garrulus, is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East and Central Asia and Morocco....
      
      

• Family Meropidae
  • Genus Merops
    Merops (genus)
    Merops is a large genus of bee-eaters, a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. The members of this Old World family are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers...
    
    
    • Merops apiaster, European Bee-eater
      European Bee-eater
      The European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southern Europe and in parts of north Africa and western Asia. It is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa, India and Sri Lanka...
      
      
    • Merops superciliosus, Madagascar Bee-eater
      Madagascar Bee-eater
      The Olive Bee-eater, is a near passerine bee-eater species in the genus Merops.-References: Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern...
      
      

Order Cuculiformes

Cuculiformes

The near passerine bird order Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below:* Musophagidae - turacos and allies* Cuculidae - cuckoos, coucals, roadrunners and anis* Opisthocomidae - Hoatzin...

• Family Cuculidae
  • Genus Cuculus
    Cuculus
    Cuculus is a genus of cuckoos which has representatives in most of the Old World, although the greatest diversity is in tropical southern and southeastern Asia...
    
    
    • Cuculus canorus, Common Cuckoo
      Common Cuckoo
      The Common Cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals....
      
      
  • Genus Clamator
    Clamator
    Clamator is a genus of large cuckoos. There are four species:* Great Spotted Cuckoo, Clamator glandarius* Jacobin Cuckoo or Pied Cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus* Levaillant's Cuckoo, Clamator levaillantii...
    
    
    • Clamator glandarius, Great Spotted Cuckoo
      Great Spotted Cuckoo
      The Great Spotted Cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals....
      
      

Order Galliformes

Galliformes

Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...

• Family Phasianidae
  Phasianidae
  The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae...
  
  
  • Genus Alectoris
    Alectoris
    Alectoris, is a genus of partridges with representatives in southern Europe, north Africa and Arabia, and across Asia in Pakistan to Tibet and western China. Members of the genus, notably the Chukar and Red-legged Partridge, have been introduced to the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Hawaii...
    
    
    • Alectoris chukar, Chukar
      Chukar
      The Chukar Partridge or Chukar is a Eurasian upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It has been considered to form a superspecies complex along with the Rock Partridge, Philby's Partridge and Przevalski's Partridge and treated in the past as conspecific particularly with the first...
      
      
    • Alectoris graeca, Rock Partridge
      Rock Partridge
      The Rock Partridge, Alectoris graeca, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.This partridge has its main range in southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe, and is closely related and very similar to its eastern equivalent, the Chukar...
      
      
  • Genus Coturnix
    Coturnix
    Coturnix is a genus of Old World quail in Phasianidae.- Species list :*Blue Quail, Coturnix adansonii*King Quail, Coturnix chinensis*Rain Quail, Coturnix coromandelica*Harlequin Quail, Coturnix delegorguei*Common Quail, Coturnix coturnix...
    
    
    • Coturnix coturnix, Common Quail
      Common Quail
      The Common Quail, Coturnix coturnix, is a small bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is widespread and is found in parts of Europe, .- Description :It is a small rotund bird, essentially streaked brown with...
      
      
  • Genus Perdix
    Perdix
    Perdix is a genus of partridges with representatives in most of temperate Europe and Asia. One member of the genus, the Grey Partridge, has been introduced to the United States and Canada....
    
    
    • Perdix perdix, Grey Partridge
      Grey Partridge
      The Grey Partridge, Perdix perdix, also known as the English Partridge, Hungarian Partridge, or Hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds...
      
      
  • Genus Phasianus
    Phasianus
    The "typical" pheasant genus Phasianus in the family Phasianidae consists of at least one species. Both Phasianus and "pheasant" comes from the Greek word phāsiānos, meaning " of the Phasis". Phasis is the ancient name of the main river of western Georgia, currently called the Rioni.The Common...
    
    
    • Phasianus colchicus, Common Pheasant
      Common Pheasant
      The Common Pheasant , is a bird in the pheasant family . It is native to Georgia and has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. In parts of its range, namely in places where none of its relatives occur such as in Europe , it is simply known as the "pheasant"...
      
      
  • Genus Tetrao
    Tetrao
    Tetrao is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily. It has four species.-Species:* Eurasian Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix* Caucasian Black Grouse, Tetrao mlokosiewiczi* Western Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus...
    
    
    • Tetrao tetrix, Black Grouse
      Black Grouse
      The Black Grouse or Blackgame is a large bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia in moorland and bog areas near to woodland, mostly boreal...
      
      
    • Tetrao urogallus, Western Capercaillie
  • Genus Bonasa
    • Bonasa bonasia, Hazel Grouse
      Hazel Grouse
      The Hazel Grouse or Hazel Hen is one of the smaller members of the grouse family of birds. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia and central and eastern Europe in dense, damp, mixed coniferous woodland, preferably with some spruce.The nest is on the ground, and 3–6 eggs is...
      
      

Order Gruiformes

Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

• Family Gruidae
  • Genus Grus
    Grus (genus)
    Grus is a genus of large birds in the crane family.-Species:* Common Crane, Grus grus* Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis** Lesser Sandhill Crane or Little Brown Crane, Grus canadensis...
    
    
    • Grus grus, Common Crane
      Common Crane
      The Common Crane , also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.It is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane at 100–130 cm long, with a 180–240 cm wingspan and a weight of 4.5–6 kg...
      
      
  • Genus Anthropoides
    Anthropoides
    Anthropoides is a small genus of cranes. It contains just two species:* Blue Crane, Anthropoides paradisea, resident in southern Africa* Demoiselle Crane, Anthropoides virgo which breeds in central Asia and eastern Turkey...
    
    
    • Anthropoides virgo, Demoiselle Crane
      Demoiselle Crane
      The Demoiselle Crane, Anthropoides virgo, is a species of crane that breeds in Central Asia and winters in India, with a few found in Cyprus and eastern Turkey as well. The crane annually migrates to Africa and South Asia in winter...
      
      

• Family Rallidae
  Rallidae
  The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...
  
  
  • Genus Crex
    Crex
    Crex is a small genus of birds in the rail family. It contains two species, the Corn Crake, C. crex, which breeds across Europe and Asia and winters in southern Africa, and the African Crake, C. egregia, which migrates within Africa. Both are short-billed rails with blackish-brown upperparts,...
    
    
    • Crex crex, Corn Crake
      Corn Crake
      The Corn Crake, Corncrake or Landrail is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia as far east as western China, and migrates to Africa for the winter...
      
      
  • Genus Gallinula
    • Gallinula chloropus, Common Moorhen
      Common Moorhen
      The Common Moorhen is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, however, no other committee has voted to...
      
      
  • Genus Fulica
    • Fulica atra, Eurasian Coot
      Eurasian Coot
      The Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra, also known as Coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. The Australian subspecies is known as the Australian Coot.-Distribution:...
      
      
  • Genus Porzana
    Porzana
    Porzana is a genus of birds in the crake or rail family, Rallidae. It has a global distribution, contains 13 living species, and 4-5 recently extinct ones...
    
    
    • Porzana parva, Little Crake
      Little Crake
      The Little Crake is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.Their breeding habitat is reed beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and just into western Asia. They nest in a dry location in reed vegetation, laying 4-7 eggs...
      
      
    • Porzana porzana, Spotted Crake
      Spotted Crake
      The Spotted Crake is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.Their breeding habitat is marshes and sedge beds across temperate Europe into western Asia. They nest in a dry location in marsh vegetation, laying 6-15 eggs...
      
      
    • Porzana pusilla, Baillon's Crake
      Baillon's Crake
      The Baillon's Crake is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.-Distribution:Their breeding habitat is sedge beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and across Asia. They used to breed in Great Britain up to the mid-19th century, but the western European population declined through drainage....
      
      
  • Genus Rallus
    Rallus
    Rallus is a genus of wetland birds of the rail family. Sometimes, the genera Lewinia and Gallirallus are included in it. Six of the species are found in the Americas, and the three species found in Eurasia, Africa and Madagascar are very closely related to each other, suggesting they are descended...
    
    
    • Rallus aquaticus, Water Rail
      Water Rail
      The Water Rail is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Northern and eastern populations are migratory, but this species is a permanent resident in the warmer parts of its breeding range...
      
      

• Family Otidae
  • Genus Otis
    • Otis tarda, Great Bustard
      Great Bustard
      The Great Bustard is in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Otis. It breeds in southern and central Europe, where it is the largest species of bird, and across temperate Asia...
      
      
  • Genus Tetrax
    • Tetrax tetrax, Little Bustard
      Little Bustard
      The Little Bustard is a large bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax. It breeds in southern Europe and in western and central Asia. Southernmost European birds are mainly resident, but other populations migrate further south in winter...
      
      

Order Passeriformes

• Family Aegithalidae
  • Genus Aegithalos
    Aegithalos
    Aegithalos is a songbird genus in the family Aegithalidae.It contains the following species:* White-necklaced Tit, Aegithalos fuliginosus* Rufous-fronted Tit, Aegithalos iouschistos* Black-browed Tit, Aegithalos bonvaloti...
    
    
    • Aegithalos caudatus, Long-tailed Tit
      Long-tailed Tit
      The Long-tailed Tit or Long-tailed Bushtit is a common bird found throughout Europe and Asia. There are several extensive accounts of this species, most notably Cramp and Perrins, 1993; Gaston, 1973; and Harrap and Quinn, 1996...
      
      

• Family Alaudidae
  • Genus Alauda
    Alauda
    Alauda is a genus of larks with four species found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one species endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands....
    
    
    • Alauda arvensis, Skylark
      Skylark
      The Skylark is a small passerine bird species. This lark breeds across most of Europe and Asia and in the mountains of north Africa. It is mainly resident in the west of its range, but eastern populations are more migratory, moving further south in winter. Even in the milder west of its range,...
      
      
  • Genus Calandrella
    Calandrella
    Calandrella is a genus of lark in the Alaudidae family.It contains the following species:* Greater Short-toed Lark * Blanford's Lark * Erlanger's Lark...
    
    
    • Calandrella brachydactyla, Greater Short-toed Lark
      Greater Short-toed Lark
      The Greater Short-toed Lark or sometimes just Short-toed Lark is a small passerine bird. It breeds in southern Europe, northwest Africa, and across temperate Asia from Turkey and southern Russia to Mongolia. It is sometimes considered conspecific with Calandrella cinerea...
      
      
    • Calandrella rufescens, Lesser Short-toed Lark
      Lesser Short-toed Lark
      The Lesser Short-toed Lark is a small passerine bird. It breeds in Spain, north Africa, also including Turkey eastwards across the semi-deserts of central Asia to Mongolia and China....
      
      
  • Genus Eremophila
    Eremophila (bird)
    The bird genus Eremophila comprises the two horned larks:* the Shore Lark, Eremophila alpestris, known in North America as the Horned Lark,* and Temminck's Lark, or Temminck's Horned Lark, Eremophila bilopha....
    
    
    • Eremophila alpestris, Shore Lark
      Shore Lark
      The Shore Lark , called the Horned Lark in North America, is a species of bird in the genus Eremophila.- Description :...
      
      
  • Genus Galerida
    Galerida
    Galerida is a genus of larks.-Species:* Crested Lark, Galerida cristata* Thekla Lark, Galerida theklae* Malabar Lark, Galerida malabarica* Sun Lark, Galerida modesta* Tawny Lark or Sykes' Crested Lark, Galerida deva...
    
    
    • Galerida cristata, Crested Lark
      Crested Lark
      The Crested Lark, Galerida cristata, breeds across most of temperate Eurasia from Portugal to northeast China and eastern India, and in Africa south to Niger...
      
      
  • Genus Lullula
    • Lullula arborea, Woodlark
      Woodlark
      The Woodlark is the only lark in the genus Lullula. It breeds across most of Europe, the Middle East Asia and the mountains of north Africa. It is mainly resident in the west of its range, but eastern populations of this passerine bird are more migratory, moving further south in winter...
      
      
  • Genus Melanocorypha
    Melanocorypha
    Melanocorypha is a small genus of birds in the lark family. Its members mainly occur in temperate Asia from Turkey through Central Asia to China, but the Calandra Lark also has an extensive European distribution around the Mediterranean...
    
    
    • Melanocorypha calandra, Calandra Lark
      Calandra Lark
      The Calandra Lark, Melanocorypha calandra, breeds in warm temperate countries around the Mediterranean and eastwards through Turkey into northern Iran and southern Russia...
      
      
    • Melanocorypha leucoptera, White-winged Lark
      White-winged Lark
      The White-winged Lark is a species of lark found in central Asia, from the Caucasus east across temperate southern Asia and Kazakhstan. It is partially migratory, with birds tending to move south in winter. The southernmost birds are mainly resident...
      
      
    • Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, Black Lark
      Black Lark
      The Black Lark, Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, breeds in southeast Russia and Kazakhstan. It is partially migratory, with birds from the northwest of its breeding range moving south-east to winter further into Russia and neighbouring countries, as far as the northern Black Sea coasts in southern...
      
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• Family Bombycillidae
  • Genus Bombycilla
    • Bombycilla garrulus, Bohemian Waxwing
      Bohemian Waxwing
      The Bohemian Waxwing is a member of the waxwing family of passerines. A sleek bird, 18–21 cm long with a pointed crest, it travels in large, nomadic groups with a strong, direct flight. It breeds in coniferous forests throughout the most northern parts of Europe, Asia and western North America...
      
      

• Family Certhiidae
  • Genus Certhia
    Certhia
    Certhia is the genus of birds containing the typical treecreepers, which together with the Spotted Creeper make up the family Certhiidae.The typical treecreepers occur in many wooded parts of the North Temperate Zone...
    
    
    • Certhia brachydactyla, Short-toed Treecreeper
      Short-toed Treecreeper
      The Short-toed Treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla, is a small passerine bird found in woodlands through much of the warmer regions of Europe and into north Africa. It has a generally more southerly distribution than the other European treecreeper species, the Common Treecreeper, with which it is...
      
      
    • Certhia familiaris, Common Treecreeper
      Common Treecreeper
      The Eurasian Treecreeper or Common Treecreeper is a small passerine bird also known in the British Isles, where it is the only living member of its genus, simply as Treecreeper. It is similar to other treecreepers, and has a curved bill, patterned brown upperparts, whitish underparts, and long...
      
      
  • Genus Troglodytes
    Troglodytes (wren)
    Troglodytes is a genus of small passerine birds in the wren family.These wrens are around long. They are brownish above and somewhat paler below, with strong legs. Their short rounded wings and frequently cocked tail have a dark barred pattern. The flight is direct and buzzing.Troglodytes wrens...
    
    
    • Troglodytes troglodytes, Winter Wren
      Winter Wren
      The Winter Wren is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It was once lumped with Troglodytes pacificus of western North America and Troglodytes troglodytes of Eurasia under the name Winter Wren.It breeds in coniferous forests from British...
      
      

• Family Cinclidae
  • Genus Cinclus
    • Cinclus cinclus, White-throated Dipper
      White-throated Dipper
      The White-throated Dipper , also known as the European Dipper or just Dipper is an aquatic passerine bird found in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. The species is divided into several subspecies, based primarily on colour differences, particularly of the pectoral band...
      
      

• Family Cisticolidae
  Cisticolidae
  The Cisticolidae family of small passerine birds is a group of about 110 warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are often included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae....
  
  
  • Genus Cisticola
    Cisticola
    Cisticolas are a genus of very small insectivorous birds formerly classified in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, but now usually considered to be in the separate family Cisticolidae, along with other southern warbler genera. They are believed to be quite closely related to the swallows and...
    
    
    • Cisticola juncidis, Streaked Fantail Warbler

• Family Corvidae
  Corvidae
  Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species...
  
  
  • Genus Corvus
    • Corvus corax, Common Raven
      Common Raven
      The Common Raven , also known as the Northern Raven, is a large, all-black passerine bird. Found across the northern hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids...
      
      
    • Corvus cornix, Hooded Crow
      Hooded Crow
      The Hooded Crow is a Eurasian bird species in the crow genus. Widely distributed, it is also known locally as Scotch Crow, Danish Crow, and Corbie or Grey Crow in Ireland, which is what its Welsh name, Brân Lwyd, translates as...
      
      
    • Corvus frugilegus, Rook
      Rook (bird)
      The Rook is a member of the Corvidae family in the passerine order of birds. Named by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, the species name frugilegus is Latin for "food-gathering"....
      
      
    • Corvus monedula, Jackdaw
      Jackdaw
      The Jackdaw , sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw, European Jackdaw or Western Jackdaw, is a passerine bird in the crow family. Found across Europe, western Asia and North Africa, it is mostly sedentary, although northern and eastern populations migrate south in winter. Four subspecies are...
      
      
  • Genus Garrulus
    Garrulus
    The genus Garrulus contains the Old World jays, passerine birds of the family Corvidae, and numbers three species.* Eurasian Jay * Lanceolated Jay * Lidth's Jay...
    
    
    • Garrulus glandarius, Eurasian Jay
      Eurasian Jay
      The Eurasian Jay is a species of bird occurring over a vast region from Western Europe and north-west Africa to the Indian Subcontinent and further to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia...
      
      
  • Genus Nucifraga
    • Nucifraga caryocatactes, Spotted Nutcracker
      Spotted Nutcracker
      The Spotted Nutcracker, Eurasian Nutcracker, or just Nutcracker, is a passerine bird slightly larger than the Eurasian Jay. It has a much larger bill and a slimmer looking head without any crest. The feathering over its body is predominantly a chocolate brown with distinct white spots and streaks...
      
      
  • Genus Oriolus
    • Oriolus oriolus, Golden Oriole
      Golden Oriole
      The Eurasian Golden Oriole or simply Golden Oriole is the only member of the oriole family of passerine birds breeding in northern hemisphere temperate regions...
      
      
  • Genus Pica
    Pica (genus)
    Pica is the genus of two to four species of birds in the family Corvidae in both the New World and the old. They have long tails and have predominantly black and white markings. One species ranges widely from Europe through Asia, one occurs all over North America and the third is restricted to...
    
    
    • Pica pica, European Magpie
      European Magpie
      The European Magpie, Eurasian Magpie, or Common Magpie, , is a resident breeding bird throughout Europe, much of Asia and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies, and belongs to the Holarctic radiation of "monochrome" magpies...
      
      
  • Genus Pyrrhocorax
    • Pyrrhocorax graculus, Yellow-billed Chough
    • Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Red-billed Chough
      Red-billed Chough
      The Red-billed Chough or Chough , Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, is a bird in the crow family; it is one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax...
      
      

• Family Fringillidae
  • Genus Calcarius
    • Calcarius lapponicus, Lapland Bunting
      Lapland Bunting
      The Lapland Longspur or Lapland Bunting, Calcarius lapponicus, is a passerine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae, a group separated by most modern authors from the Fringillidae ....
      
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  • Genus Carduelis
    Carduelis
    The genus Carduelisis a large group of birds in the finch family Fringillidae. It includes the greenfinches, redpolls, goldfinches, linnets, the twite, and the non-African siskins...
    
    
    • Carduelis carduelis, European Goldfinch
      European Goldfinch
      The European Goldfinch or Goldfinch is a small passerine bird in the finch family.-Habitat and range:The goldfinch breeds across Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia, in open, partially wooded lowlands. It is resident in the milder west of its range, but migrates from colder regions...
      
      
    • Carduelis chloris, European Greenfinch
      European Greenfinch
      The European Greenfinch, or just Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. The genus Carduelis might be split up and in this case, the greenfinches would be separated in their old genus Chloris again.This bird is widespread throughout Europe, north...
      
      
    • Carduelis spinus, Eurasian Siskin
      Eurasian Siskin
      The Eurasian Siskin is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is also called the European Siskin, Common Siskin or just Siskin. Other names include Black-headed Goldfinch, barley bird and aberdevine. It is very common throughout Europe and Asia...
      
      
    • Carduelis flavirostris, Twite
      Twite
      The Twite is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.The Twite is a small finch, similar in size and shape to a Linnet. Birds of the subspecies flavirostris are long, and those of the subspecies altaica are long. It lacks the red head patch and breast shown by the Linnet and the...
      
      
    • Carduelis flammea, Common Redpoll
      Common Redpoll
      The Common Redpoll is a species in the finch family. It breeds somewhat further south than the Arctic Redpoll, also in habitats with thickets or shrubs. Nominate C. f. flammea breeds across the northern parts of North America and Eurasia. There is also an Icelandic subspecies, Icelandic Redpoll...
      
      
    • Carduelis cannabina, Linnet
      Linnet
      The Linnet is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.The Linnet derives its scientific name from its fondness for hemp and its English name from its liking for seeds of flax, from which linen is made.- Description :...
      
      
  • Genus Carpodacus
    • Carpodacus erythrinus, Common Rosefinch
      Common Rosefinch
      The Common Rosefinch is the most widespread and common rosefinch of Europe, where it has spread westward from Asia in recent decades: it has even been recorded breeding in England once...
      
      
  • Genus Coccothraustes
    Coccothraustes
    Coccothraustes is a genus of large finches containing three species:* Hawfinch – Coccothraustes coccothraustes* Evening Grosbeak – Coccothraustes vespertinus* Hooded Grosbeak – Coccothraustes abeillei...
    
    
    • Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Hawfinch
      Hawfinch
      The Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Its closest living relatives are the Evening Grosbeak from North America and the Hooded Grosbeak from Central America especially Mexico.This bird breeds across Europe and temperate Asia...
      
      
  • Genus Emberiza
    Emberiza
    Emberiza is a genus of passerine birds of the bunting family Emberizidae.-List of species:* Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella* Pine Bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos* Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus* Tibetan Bunting, Emberiza koslowi...
    
    
    • Emberiza caesia, Cretzschmar's Bunting
      Cretzschmar's Bunting
      The Cretzschmar's Bunting, Emberiza caesia, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
      
      
    • Emberiza calandra, Grey Bunting
    • Emberiza cia, Rock Bunting
      Rock Bunting
      The Rock Bunting, Emberiza cia, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.- Range :...
      
      
    • Emberiza cirlus, Cirl Bunting
      Cirl Bunting
      The Cirl Bunting , Emberiza cirlus, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
      
      
    • Emberiza citrinella, Yellowhammer
      Yellowhammer
      The Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It is common in all sorts of open areas with some scrub or trees and form small flocks in winter....
      
      
    • Emberiza hortulana, Ortolan Bunting
      Ortolan Bunting
      The Ortolan, or Ortolan Bunting, Emberiza hortulana, is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae...
      
      
    • Emberiza leucocephalos, Pine Bunting
      Pine Bunting
      The Pine Bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group most modern authors now separate from the finches, Fringillidae.-Breeding and habitat:...
      
      
    • Emberiza melanocephala, Black-headed Bunting
      Black-headed Bunting
      The Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
      
      
    • Emberiza pusilla, Little Bunting
      Little Bunting
      The Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla, is a passerine bird. It belongs to the bunting and American sparrow family , a group separated by most modern authors from the true finches .-Description:...
      
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    • Emberiza rustica, Rustic Bunting
      Rustic Bunting
      The Rustic Bunting, Emberiza rustica, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
      
      
    • Emberiza schoeniclus, Reed Bunting
      Reed Bunting
      The Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
      
      
  • Genus Fringilla
    Fringilla
    The genus Fringilla is a small group of finches from the Old World, which are the only species in the subfamily Fringillinae. The three species are:*Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs*Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea...
    
    
    • Fringilla coelebs, Chaffinch
      Chaffinch
      The Chaffinch , also called by a wide variety of other names, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.- Description :...
      
      
    • Fringilla montifringilla, Brambling
      Brambling
      The Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.- Etymology :The common English name is probably derived from the German "brâma", meaning bramble or a thorny bush. It has also been called the Cock o' the North and the Mountain Finch.- Description...
      
      
  • Genus Loxia
    • Loxia curvirostra, Common Crossbill
      Common Crossbill
      The Common Crossbill is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds in the spruce forests of North America, where it is known as Red Crossbill, as well as Europe and Asia; some populations breed in pine forests in certain areas of all three continents, and in North...
      
      
    • Loxia leucoptera, Two-barred Crossbill
      Two-barred Crossbill
      The Two-barred Crossbill , known as the White-winged Crossbill in North America, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae...
      
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  • Genus Plectrophenax
    Plectrophenax
    Plectrophenax is a small genus of passerine birds of the longspur family Calcariidae.It has two members, which may be conspecific.* Snow Bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis* McKay's Bunting, Plectrophenax hyperboreus...
    
    
    • Plectrophenax nivalis, Snow Bunting
      Snow Bunting
      The Snow Bunting , sometimes colloquially called a snowflake, is a passerine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae. It is an arctic specialist, with a circumpolar Arctic breeding range throughout the northern hemisphere...
      
      
  • Genus Pyrrhula
    Pyrrhula
    Pyrrhula is a small genus of passerine birds, commonly called Bullfinches, belonging to the finch family .The genus has a palearctic distribution. All species occur in Asia with two species exclusively in the Himalayas and one species, P. pyrrhula, also occurring in Europe. The Azores Bullfinch...
    
    
    • Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Eurasian Bullfinch
      Eurasian Bullfinch
      The Bullfinch, Common Bullfinch or Eurasian Bullfinch is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. In Anglophone Europe it is known simply as Bullfinch, as it is the original bird to bear the name bullfinch.This bird breeds across Europe and temperate Asia...
      
      
  • Genus Serinus
    Serinus
    The genus Serinus is a large genus of birds in the finch family Fringillidae found mostly in the Afrotropical region with some outlying species in Europe and Asia. The genus contains several species groups including canaries, seedeaters and the African siskins...
    
    
    • Serinus serinus, European Serin
      European Serin
      The European Serin, or just Serin is the smallest European species of the family of finches and is closely related to the Canary. Its diet consists mainly of a combination of buds and seeds.-Description:...
      
      
  • Genus Rhodopechys
    Rhodopechys
    Rhodopechys is a genus of finches containing the following species:* Crimson-winged Finch, Rhodopechys sanguineus** African Crimson-winged Finch, Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus* Trumpeter Finch, Rhodopechys githaginea...
    
    
    • Rhodopechys obsoleta, Desert Finch
      Desert Finch
      The Desert Finch , sometimes called Lichtenstein's Desert Finch, is a large brown true finch found in southern Eurasia. Its taxonomy is confused, and it has formerly been placed in Fringilla, Bucanetes, Rhodospiza and Rhodopechys.It has an average wingspan of...
      
      

• Family Hirundinidae
  • Genus Delichon
    Delichon
    Delichon is a small genus of passerine birds that belongs to the swallow family and contains three species named as house martins. These are chunky, bull-headed and short-tailed birds, blackish-blue above with a contrasting white rump, and with white or grey underparts. They have feathering on the...
    
    
    • Delichon urbica, House Martin
      House Martin
      The Common House Martin , sometimes called the Northern House Martin or, particularly in Europe, just House Martin, is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family which breeds in Europe, north Africa and temperate Asia; and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia...
      
      
  • Genus Hirundo
    Hirundo
    The bird genus Hirundo is a group of passerines in the family Hirundinidae . These are the typical swallows, including the widespread Barn Swallow. Many of this group have blue backs, red on the face and sometimes the rump or nape, and whitish or rufous underparts...
    
    
    • Hirundo daurica, Red-rumped Swallow
      Red-rumped Swallow
      The Red-rumped Swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in open hilly country of temperate southern Europe and Asia from Portugal and Spain to Japan, India and tropical Africa. The Indian and African birds are resident, but European and other Asian birds are migratory...
      
      
    • Ptyonoprogne rupestris, Crag Martin
      Crag Martin
      The Eurasian Crag Martin or just Crag Martin is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It is about 14 cm long with ash-brown upperparts and paler underparts, and a short, square tail that has distinctive white patches on most of its feathers. It breeds in the mountains of southern...
      
      
    • Hirundo rustica, Barn Swallow
      Barn Swallow
      The Barn Swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas...
      
      
  • Genus Riparia
    Riparia
    Riparia is a small genus of passerine birds in the swallow family. There are five species. In taxonomic order, they are:* Riparia paludicola – Brown-throated Sand Martin - * Riparia congica – Congo Sand Martin -...
    
    
    • Riparia riparia, Sand Martin
      Sand Martin
      The Sand Martin is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries, part of northern Asia and also North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, South America and South Asia...
      
      

• Family Laniidae
  • Genus Lanius
    Lanius
    Lanius, the typical shrikes, are a genus of passerine birds in the shrike family. The majority of the family's species are placed in this genus. African species are known as fiscals...
    
    
    • Lanius collurio, Red-backed Shrike
      Red-backed Shrike
      The Red-backed Shrike is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family Laniidae.English common names include 'Wariangle' and 'worrier'.-Description:...
      
      
    • Lanius excubitor, Great Grey Shrike
      Great Grey Shrike
      The Great Grey Shrike or Northern Grey Shrike is a large songbird species in the shrike family . It forms a superspecies with its parapatric southern relatives, the Southern Grey Shrike , the Chinese Grey Shrike and the Loggerhead Shrike...
      
      
    • Lanius minor, Lesser Grey Shrike
      Lesser Grey Shrike
      The Lesser Grey Shrike is a member of the shrike family Laniidae.It is similar in appearance to the Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor and the Southern Grey Shrike L. meridionalis...
      
      
    • Lanius nubicus, Masked Shrike
      Masked Shrike
      The Masked Shrike, Lanius nubicus, is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. It breeds in southeastern Europe and the eastern end of the Mediterranean, with a separate population in western Iran. It is a common species in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel and Syria...
      
      
    • Lanius senator, Woodchat Shrike
      Woodchat Shrike
      The Woodchat Shrike is a member of the shrike family Laniidae.The Woodchat breeds in southern Europe, the Middle East and northwest Africa, and winters in tropical Africa. It breeds in open cultivated country, preferably with orchard trees and some bare or sandy ground.This migratory medium-sized...
      
      

• Family Muscicapidae
  • Genus Cercotrichas
    • Cercotrichas galactotes, Rufous Bush Robin
      Rufous Bush Robin
      The Rufous Bush Robin , also called the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin or Rufous Bush Chat, is a small member of the flycatchers. It breeds around the Mediterranean and east to Pakistan...
      
      
  • Genus Erithacus
    Erithacus
    The robins are small passerine birds comprising the genus Erithacus. They were formerly classed as members of the thrush family, but now considered to be Old World flycatchers of the chat subfamily ....
    
    
    • Erithacus rubecula, European Robin
      European Robin
      The European Robin , most commonly known in Anglophone Europe simply as the Robin, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family , but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher...
      
      
  • Genus Ficedula
    • Ficedula albicollis, Collared Flycatcher
      Collared Flycatcher
      The Collared Flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis, is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family, one of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers. It breeds in southeast Europe and southwest Asia and is migratory, wintering in sub Sahara Africa...
      
      
    • Ficedula hypoleuca, European Pied Flycatcher
      European Pied Flycatcher
      The Pied Flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca, is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family, one of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia. It is migratory, wintering mainly in western Africa. It hybridizes with...
      
      
    • Ficedula parva, Red-breasted Flycatcher
      Red-breasted Flycatcher
      The Red-breasted Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in eastern Europe and across central Asia and is migratory, wintering in south Asia. It is a regular passage migrant in western Europe, whereas the Collared Flycatcher which breeds further west is...
      
      
    • Ficedula semitorquata, Semi-collared Flycatcher
      Semi-collared Flycatcher
      The Semi-collared Flycatcher , Ficedula semitorquata, is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family, one of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers. It breeds in the southeastern corner of Europe, the Middle East and southwestern Asia. It is migratory,...
      
      
  • Genus Luscinia
    Luscinia
    Luscinia is a genus of smallish passerine birds, containing the nightingales and relatives. Formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, they are now considered to be Old World flycatchers of the chat subfamily...
    
    
    • Luscinia luscinia, Thrush Nightingale
      Thrush Nightingale
      The Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia , is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...
      
      
    • Luscinia megarhynchos, Nightingale
      Nightingale
      The Nightingale , also known as Rufous and Common Nightingale, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...
      
      
    • Luscinia svecica, Bluethroat
      Bluethroat
      The Bluethroat is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...
      
      
  • Genus Monticola
    • Monticola saxatilis, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush
      Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush
      The Common Rock Thrush , formerly Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush or Rock Thrush, is a chat belonging to the Muscicapidae family. It was formerly placed in the Turdidae family....
      
      
    • Monticola solitarius, Blue Rock Thrush
      Blue Rock Thrush
      The Blue Rock Thrush is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher was formerly placed in the family Turdidae....
      
      
  • Genus Muscicapa
    Muscicapa
    Muscicapa is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, and therein to the typical flycatchers of subfamily Muscicapinae. They are widespread across Europe, Africa and Asia with most species occurring in forest and woodland habitats...
    
    
    • Muscicapa striata, Spotted Flycatcher
      Spotted Flycatcher
      The Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south western Asia. It is declining in parts of its range....
      
      
  • Genus Oenanthe
    Wheatear
    The wheatears are passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe. They were formerly considered to be members of the thrush family Turdidae, but are now more commonly placed in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae...
    
    
    • Oenanthe finschii, Finsch's Wheatear
      Finsch's Wheatear
      The Finsch's Wheatear, Oenanthe finschii , is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae....
      
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    • Oenanthe hispanica, Black-eared Wheatear
      Black-eared Wheatear
      The Black-eared Wheatear is a wheatear, a small migratory passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae....
      
      
    • Oenanthe isabellina, Isabelline Wheatear
      Isabelline Wheatear
      The Isabelline Wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae....
      
      
    • Oenanthe leucura, Black Wheatear
      Black Wheatear
      The Black Wheatear, Oenanthe leucura, is a wheatear, a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae....
      
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    • Oenanthe oenanthe, Northern Wheatear
      Northern Wheatear
      The Northern Wheatear or Wheatear is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...
      
      
    • Oenanthe pleschanka, Pied Wheatear
      Pied Wheatear
      The Pied Wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka, is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae....
      
      
  • Genus Phoenicurus
    Phoenicurus
    Phoenicurus is a genus of eleven species of birds in the family Muscicapidae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. Along with three other closely related genera, they are named redstarts from their orange-red tails...
    
    
    • Phoenicurus ochruros, Black Redstart
      Black Redstart
      The Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family , but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher .-Description:The Black Redstart is 13–14.5 cm in length and 12–20...
      
      
    • Phoenicurus phoenicurus, Common Redstart
      Common Redstart
      The Common Redstart , or often simply Redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus...
      
      
  • Genus Saxicola
    Saxicola
    The genus Saxicola , the stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World...
    
    
    • Saxicola rubetra, Whinchat
      Whinchat
      The Whinchat Saxicola rubetra is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in Africa.Its scientific name means "small rock-dweller", in reference to its habitat...
      
      
    • Saxicola torquata, African Stonechat
      African Stonechat
      The African Stonechat is a species of the Old World flycatcher family , inhabiting sub-Saharan Africa and adjacent regions. Like the other chats, it was long assigned to the thrush family , to which the chats are convergent...
      
      
  • Genus Turdus
    • Turdus iliacus, Redwing
      Redwing
      The Redwing is a bird in the thrush family Turdidae, native to Europe and Asia, slightly smaller than the related Song Thrush.-Taxonomy:...
      
      
    • Turdus merula, Common Blackbird
    • Turdus philomelos, Song Thrush
      Song Thrush
      The Song Thrush is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia. It is also known in English dialects as throstle or mavis. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has three recognised subspecies...
      
      
    • Turdus pilaris, Fieldfare
      Fieldfare
      The Fieldfare is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It breeds in woodland and scrub in northern Europe and Asia. It is strongly migratory, with many northern birds moving south during the winter. It is a very rare breeder in Great Britain and Ireland, but winters in large numbers in these...
      
      
    • Turdus ruficollis, Dark-throated Thrush
      Dark-throated Thrush
      The Dark-throated Thrush is a passerine bird in the thrush family. It has two races: T. r. atrogularis, the Black-throated Thrush, and T. r. ruficollis, the Red-throated Thrush. These are sometimes considered different species...
      
      
    • Turdus torquatus, Ring Ouzel
      Ring Ouzel
      The Ring Ouzel is a European member of the thrush family Turdidae.It is the mountain equivalent of the closely related Common Blackbird, and breeds in gullies, rocky areas or scree slopes....
      
      
    • Turdus viscivorus, Mistle Thrush
      Mistle Thrush
      The Mistle Thrush is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.It is found in open woods and cultivated land over all of Europe and much of Asia...
      
      
  • Genus Zoothera
    • Zoothera dauma, White's Thrush
      White's Thrush
      The White's Thrush or Scaly Thrush is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. It was named after the English naturalist Gilbert White.-Distribution and habitat:...
      
      

• Family Paridae
  • Genus Parus
    Parus
    Parus is a genus of Old World birds in the tit family. As defined here, it contains the following species:* Genus Parus** White-shouldered Tit Parus guineensis, sometimes separated in Melaniparus...
    
    
    • Parus ater, Coal Tit
      Coal Tit
      The Coal Tit, Periparus ater, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate to subtropical Eurasia and northern Africa. The Spot-winged Tit The Coal Tit, Periparus ater, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a...
      
      
    • Parus caeruleus, Blue Tit
      Blue Tit
      The Blue Tit is a 10.5 to 12 cm long passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and western Asia in deciduous or mixed woodlands...
      
      
    • Parus cristatus, Crested Tit
      Crested Tit
      The Crested Tit, Lophophanes cristatus , is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder in coniferous forests throughout central and northern Europe and in deciduous woodland in France and the Iberian peninsula...
      
      
    • Parus lugubris, Sombre Tit
      Sombre Tit
      The Sombre Tit is a member of the tit family found in southeast Europe and southwest Asia.Though it is traditionally placed in Parus, mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data suggests that that genus should be split, as already adopted by the American Ornithologists' Union, for example...
      
      
    • Parus major, Great Tit
      Great Tit
      The Great Tit is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central and Northern Asia, and parts of North Africa in any sort of woodland. It is generally resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate except in extremely...
      
      
    • Parus Montana, Willow Tit
      Willow Tit
      The Willow Tit is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and northern Asia. It is more of a conifer specialist than the closely related Marsh Tit, which explains it breeding much further north...
      
      
    • Parus palustris, Marsh Tit
      Marsh Tit
      The Marsh Tit Poecile palustris is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae and genus Poecile, closely related to the Willow, Père David's and Songar Tits. It is small with a black crown and nape, pale cheeks, brown back and greyish-brown wings and tail. Between 8 and 11 subspecies are recognised...
      
      
  • Genus Remiz
    Remiz
    Remiz is a genus of birds in the Remizidae family, commonly known as the Eurasian pendulines...
    
    
    • Remiz pendulinus, European Penduline Tit
      European Penduline Tit
      The European Penduline Tit is a passerine of the genus Remiz. It is relatively widespread throughout Eurasia.The Asian species include the Black-headed Penduline Tit, Remiz macronyx, the White-crowned Penduline Tit, Remiz coronatus, and the Chinese Penduline Tit, Remiz consobrinus.It builds an...
      
      

• Family Passeridae
  • Genus Anthus
    • Anthus campestris, Tawny Pipit
      Tawny Pipit
      The Tawny Pipit, Anthus campestris, is a medium-large passerine bird which breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia, and northwest Africa. It is a migrant moving in winter to tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent....
      
      
    • Anthus cervinus, Red-throated Pipit
      Red-throated Pipit
      The Red-throated Pipit is a small passerine bird which breeds in the far north of Europe and Asia, with a foothold in northern Alaska. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa, south and east Asia and west coast USA...
      
      
    • Anthus novaeseelandiae, Richard's Pipit
      Richard's Pipit
      The Richard's Pipit is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in northern Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving to open lowlands in southern Asia. It is a rare but regular vagrant to western Europe...
      
      
    • Anthus pratensis, Meadow Pipit
      Meadow Pipit
      The Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis, is a small passerine bird which breeds in much of the northern half of Europe and also northwestern Asia, from southeastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania; there is also an isolated...
      
      
    • Anthus spinoletta, Water Pipit
      Water Pipit
      The Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta, is a small passerine bird which breeds in the mountains of southern Europe and southern temperate Asia across to China. It is a short-distance migrant moving to wet open lowlands such as marshes and flooded fields in winter...
      
      
    • Anthus trivialis, Tree Pipit
      Tree Pipit
      Tree Pipit, Anthus trivialis, is a small passerine bird which breeds across most of Europe and temperate western and central Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa and southern Asia....
      
      
  • Genus Montifringilla
    • Montifringilla nivalis, White-winged Snowfinch
      White-winged Snowfinch
      The White-winged Snowfinch , or just Snowfinch, is a small passerine bird. Despite its name, it is a sparrow rather than a true finch.-Distribution and habitat:...
      
      
  • Genus Motacilla
    • Motacilla alba, White Wagtail
      White Wagtail
      "Pied Wagtail" redirects here. For the related African bird, see African Pied Wagtail.The White Wagtail is a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of Europe and Asia and parts of north Africa...
      
      
    • Motacilla cinerea, Grey Wagtail
      Grey Wagtail
      The Grey Wagtail is a small member of the wagtail family, Motacillidae. The species looks similar to the Yellow Wagtail but has the yellow on its underside restricted to the throat and vent. Breeding males have a black throat...
      
      
    • Motacilla citreola, Citrine Wagtail
      Citrine Wagtail
      The Citrine Wagtail or Yellow-headed Wagtail is a small songbird in the family Motacillidae. The term citrine refers to its yellowish colouration. Its systematics, phylogeny and taxonomy are subject of considerable debate in the early 21st century. This is because this bird forms a cryptic...
      
      
    • Motacilla flava, Blue-headed Wagtail
      Blue-headed Wagtail
      The Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava, is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws.This species breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia and has a foothold in North America in Alaska...
      
      
  • Genus Passer
    Passer
    Passer is a genus of Old World sparrows. These sparrows are plump little brown or greyish birds often with black, yellow or white markings. Typically 10–20 cm long, they have short tails and stubby conical beaks...
    
    
    • Passer domesticus, House Sparrow
      House Sparrow
      The House Sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. One of about 25 species in the genus Passer, the House Sparrow occurs naturally in most of Europe, the Mediterranean region, and much of Asia...
      
      
    • Passer hispaniolensis, Spanish Sparrow
      Spanish Sparrow
      The Spanish Sparrow or Willow Sparrow is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It is found in the Mediterranean region and southwest and central Asia...
      
      
    • Passer montanus, Tree Sparrow
      Tree Sparrow
      The Eurasian Tree Sparrow is a passerine bird in the sparrow family with a rich chestnut crown and nape, and a black patch on each pure white cheek. The sexes are similarly plumaged, and young birds are a duller version of the adult...
      
      
  • Genus Petronia
    Petronia
    The petronias or rock sparrows are a genus, Petronia, of sparrows. Most species are found in Africa with some species ranging in Asia and even Europe.There are five species:* Yellow-spotted Petronia Petronia pyrgita...
    
    
    • Petronia petronia, Rock Sparrow
      Rock Sparrow
      The Rock Sparrow, Petronia petronia, is a small passerine bird. This sparrow breeds on barren rocky hills from the Iberian peninsula and western north Africa across southern Europe and through central Asia. It is largely resident in the west of its range, but Asian birds migrate to more southerly...
      
      
  • Genus Prunella
    • Prunella collaris, Alpine Accentor
      Alpine Accentor
      The Alpine Accentor, Prunella collaris, is a small passerine bird found throughout the mountains of southern temperate Europe and Asia at heights above 2000 m. It is mainly resident, wintering more widely at lower latitudes, but some birds wander as rare vagrants as far as Great Britain.It is...
      
      
    • Prunella modularis, Dunnock
      Dunnock
      The Dunnock, Prunella modularis, is a small passerine bird found throughout temperate Europe and into Asia. It is by far the most widespread member of the accentor family, which otherwise consists of mountain species...
      
      

• Family Regulidae
  • Genus Regulus
    Regulus
    Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky, lying approximately 77.5 light years from Earth. Regulus is a multiple star system composed of four stars which are organized into two pairs...
    
    
    • Regulus ignicapillus, Common Firecrest
    • Regulus regulus, Goldcrest
      Goldcrest
      The Goldcrest, Regulus regulus, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the "king of the birds" in European folklore. Several subspecies are recognised across the very...
      
      

• Family Sittidae
  Sittidae
  Sittidae is a family of small passerine birds which contains the single genus Sitta containing about 24 species of nuthatches, which are found across Eurasia and North America....
  
  
  • Genus Sitta
    Nuthatch
    The nuthatches are a genus, Sitta, of small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae. Characterised by large heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet, nuthatches advertise their territory using loud, simple songs...
    
    
    • Sitta europaea, Eurasian Nuthatch
      Eurasian Nuthatch
      The Eurasian Nuthatch, Sitta europaea, is a small passerine found throughout temperate Europe and Asia, although not in Ireland. It belongs to the nuthatch family Sittidae....
      
      
    • Sitta neumayer, Western Rock Nuthatch
      Western Rock Nuthatch
      The Western Rock Nuthatch, Sitta neumayer is a small passerine bird which breeds from Serbia east through Greece and Turkey to Iran. This nuthatch is largely resident apart from some post-breeding dispersal...
      
      
  • Genus Tichodroma
    • Tichodroma muraria, Wallcreeper
      Wallcreeper
      The Wallcreeper is a small passerine bird found throughout the high mountains of Eurasia. It is the only member of the genus Tichodroma.-Taxonomy and etymology:...
      
      

• Family Sturnidae
  • Genus Sturnus
    Sturnus
    Sturnus is a genus of starlings. As discussed below, the taxonomy of this group is complex, and other authorities differ considerably in which species they place in this genus, and in the species boundaries within Sturnus....
    
    
    • Sturnus roseus, Rosy Starling
      Rosy Starling
      The Rosy Starling or Rose-coloured Starling is a passerine bird in the starling family Sturnidae. It is sometimes given its own, monotypic genus Pastor...
      
      
    • Sturnus vulgaris, European Starling
      European Starling
      The Common Starling , also known as the European Starling or just Starling, is a passerine bird in the family Sturnidae.This species of starling is native to most of temperate Europe and western Asia...
      
      

• Family Sylviidae
  Sylviidae
  Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that was part of an assemblage known as the Old World warblers. The family was formerly a wastebin taxon with over 400 species of bird in over 70 genera. The family was poorly defined with many characteristics shared with other families...
  
  
  • Genus Acrocephalus
    Acrocephalus
    The Acrocephalus warblers are small, insectivorous passerine birds belonging to the genus Acrocephalus. Formerly in the paraphyletic Old World warbler assemblage, they are now separated as the namesake of the marsh- and tree-warbler family Acrocephalidae...
    
    
    • Acrocephalus agricola, Paddyfield Warbler
      Paddyfield Warbler
      The Paddyfield Warbler, Acrocephalus agricola, is a species of marsh-warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. The Manchurian Reed-warbler was included in A. agricola as a subspecies.It breeds in temperate central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in Pakistan and...
      
      
    • Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Great Reed-warbler
    • Acrocephalus dumetorum, Blyth's Reed-warbler
    • Acrocephalus melanopogon, Moustached Warbler
      Moustached Warbler
      The Moustached Warbler, Acrocephalus melanopogon, is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds in southern Europe and southern temperate Asia with a few in north-west Africa. It is partially migratory...
      
      
    • Acrocephalus paludicola, Aquatic Warbler
      Aquatic Warbler
      The Aquatic Warbler, Acrocephalus paludicola, is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds in temperate eastern Europe and western Asia, with an estimated population of 15,000 pairs. It is migratory, wintering in west Africa...
      
      
    • Acrocephalus palustris, Marsh Warbler
      Marsh Warbler
      The Marsh Warbler, Acrocephalus palustris, is an Old World warbler currently classified in the family Acrocephalidae. It breeds in temperate Europe and western Asia and winters mainly in south east Africa...
      
      
    • Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Sedge Warbler
      Sedge Warbler
      The Sedge Warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It is a medium-sized warbler with a brown, streaked back and wings and a distinct pale supercilium. Sedge Warblers are migratory, crossing the Sahara to get from their European and Asian breeding grounds to spend winter in Africa...
      
      
    • Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Eurasian Reed Warbler
  • Genus Cettia
    Cettia
    Cettia is a genus of small insectivorous songbirds which make up the core of the newly recognized family Cettiidae. They were formerly placed in the Sylviidae, which at that time was a wastebin taxon for the warbler-like Sylvioidea. The range of this genus extends from Europe to the western Pacific...
    
    
    • Cettia cetti, Cetti's Warbler
      Cetti's Warbler
      Cetti's Warbler , Cettia cetti, is an Old World warbler which breeds in Europe, northwest Africa and east southern temperate Asia as far as Afghanistan and NW Pakistan. It is the only bush warbler to occur outside Asia...
      
      
  • Genus Hippolais
    • Hippolais icterina, Icterine Warbler
      Icterine Warbler
      The Icterine Warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais . It breeds in mainland Europe except the southwest, where it is replaced by its western counterpart, Melodious Warbler. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa...
      
      
    • Hippolais olivetorum, Olive-tree Warbler
      Olive-tree Warbler
      The Olive-tree Warbler is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais. It breeds in southeast Europe and the near east. It is migratory, wintering in eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa.This small passerine bird is a species found in open-canopy oakwoods,...
      
      
    • Hippolais pallida, Olivaceous Warbler
      Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
      The Eastern Olivaceous Warbler is a "warbler", formerly placed in the Old World warblers when these were a paraphyletic wastebin taxon. It is now considered a member of the acrocephaline warbelrs, Acrocephalidae, in the tree warbler genus Hippolais ...
      
      
  • Genus Locustella
    • Locustella fluviatilis, River Warbler
      River Warbler
      The River Warbler, Locustella fluviatilis, is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds in east and central Europe into western Asia. It is migratory, wintering in east Africa....
      
      
    • Locustella luscinioides, Savi's Warbler
      Savi's Warbler
      The Savi's Warbler, Locustella luscinioides, is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds in southern Europe into temperate western Asia. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa....
      
      
    • Locustella naevia, Grasshopper Warbler
      Grasshopper Warbler
      The Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella naevia, is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds across much of temperate Europe and Asia. It is migratory, wintering from northwest Africa to India....
      
      
  • Genus Panurus
    • Panurus biarmicus, Bearded Reedling
  • Genus Phylloscopus
    • Phylloscopus orientalis, Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
      Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
      Eastern Bonelli's Warbler is a "warbler" in the leaf warbler genus Phylloscopus. It was formerly regarded as the eastern subspecies of a wider "Bonelli's Warbler" species, but as a result of modern taxonomic developments, this species is now usually considered to be two species :* Western Bonelli's...
      
      
    • Phylloscopus borealis, Arctic Warbler
      Arctic Warbler
      The Arctic Warbler, Phylloscopus borealis, is a widespread leaf warbler in birch or mixed birch forest near water throughout its breeding range in Fennoscandia and northern Asia. It has established a foothold in North America, breeding in Alaska. This warbler is strongly migratory; the entire...
      
      
    • Phylloscopus collybita, Common Chiffchaff
    • Phylloscopus sibilatrix, Wood Warbler
      Wood Warbler
      The Wood Warbler is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains...
      
      
    • Phylloscopus trochiloides, Greenish Warbler
      Greenish Warbler
      The Greenish Warbler and Green Warbler are widespread leaf-warblers throughout their breeding range in northeastern Europe and temperate to subtropical continental Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in India. It is not uncommon as a spring or early autumn vagrant in Western...
      
      
    • Phylloscopus trochilus, Willow Warbler
      Willow Warbler
      The Willow Warbler is a very common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia, from Ireland east to the Anadyr River basin in eastern Siberia...
      
      
  • Genus Sylvia
    Typical warbler
    The typical warblers are small birds belonging to the genus Sylvia in the "Old World warbler" family Sylviidae. There are 28 species currently included in the genus, including five species formerly treated in the genus Parisoma, a treatment which left Sylvia paraphyletic...
    
    
    • Sylvia atricapilla, Blackcap
      Blackcap
      The Blackcap is a common and widespread sylviid warbler which breeds throughout temperate Europe, western Asia and northwestern Africa, and winters from northwestern Europe south to tropical Africa...
      
      
    • Sylvia borin, Garden Warbler
      Garden Warbler
      The Garden Warbler, Sylvia borin, is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe into western Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in central and southern Africa...
      
      
    • Sylvia cantillans, Subalpine Warbler
      Subalpine Warbler
      The Subalpine Warbler, Sylvia cantillans, is a small typical warbler which breeds in the southernmost areas of Europe and northwest Africa. This small passerine bird is migratory, and winters along the southern edge of the Sahara...
      
      
    • Sylvia communis, Whitethroat
      Whitethroat
      The Common Whitethroat, Sylvia communis, is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds throughout Europe and across much of temperate western Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in tropical Africa, Arabia and Pakistan.This is one of several Sylvia species...
      
      
    • Sylvia curruca, Lesser Whitethroat
      Lesser Whitethroat
      The Lesser Whitethroat is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in western and central Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, wintering in Africa just south of the Sahara, Arabia and India.Unlike many typical warblers,...
      
      
    • Sylvia hortensis, Orphean Warbler
      Orphean Warbler
      The Orphean Warbler, Sylvia hortensis, is a typical warbler of the genus Sylvia. This species occurs in summer around the Mediterranean, through Turkey and the Caucasus and extending into Central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa...
      
      
    • Sylvia melanocephala, Sardinian Warbler
      Sardinian Warbler
      The Sardinian Warbler, Sylvia melanocephala, is a common and widespread typical warbler from the Mediterranean region.-Description:...
      
      
    • Sylvia nisoria, Barred Warbler
      Barred Warbler
      The Barred Warbler is a typical warbler which breeds across temperate regions of central and eastern Europe and western and central Asia. This passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in tropical eastern Africa....
      
      
    • Sylvia undata, Dartford Warbler
      Dartford Warbler
      The Dartford Warbler, Sylvia undata, is a typical warbler from the warmer parts of western Europe, and northwestern Africa. Its breeding range lies west of a line from southern England to the heel of Italy...
      
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Order Piciformes

Piciformes

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

• Family Picidae
  Picidae
  The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...
  
  
  • Genus Dryocopus
    Dryocopus
    Dryocopus is a genus of large powerful woodpeckers, typically 35–45 cm in length. It has representatives in North and South America, Europe, and Asia; some South American species are endangered...
    
    
    • Dryocopus martius, Black Woodpecker
      Black Woodpecker
      The Black Woodpecker, Dryocopus martius, is a large woodpecker, 45–50 cm long with a 64–84 cm wingspan. Body weight is approximately 300-400 grams on average. It is easily the largest woodpecker in its range...
      
      
  • Genus Jynx
    • Jynx torquilla, Eurasian Wryneck
      Eurasian Wryneck
      The Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla, is a species of wryneck in the family of woodpeckers.This species breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia. It is migratory, wintering in tropical Africa and southern Asia. It is a bird of open woodland and orchards...
      
      
  • Genus Picoides
    Picoides
    Picoides is a genus of woodpeckers found primarily in North America. The plumage in most species is predominantly black and white, brown and white in some southern species, with the male often having a red badge. Their bills are straight and chisel-shaped...
    
    
    • Dendrocopos leucotos, White-backed Woodpecker
      White-backed Woodpecker
      The White-backed Woodpecker is a Eurasian woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocopos.It is the largest of the spotted woodpeckers in the western Palearctic, 24–26 cm long with wing-span 38–40 cm and has plumage similar to the Great Spotted Woodpecker, but with white bars across the...
      
      
    • Dendrocopos major, Great Spotted Woodpecker
      Great Spotted Woodpecker
      The Great Spotted Woodpecker , Dendrocopos major, is a bird species of the woodpecker family . It is distributed throughout Europe and northern Asia, and usually resident year-round except in the colder parts of its range...
      
      
    • Dendrocopos medius, Middle Spotted Woodpecker
      Middle Spotted Woodpecker
      The Middle Spotted Woodpecker is a European woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocopos.The Middle Spotted Woodpecker is 20–22 cm long and has plumage similar to the Great Spotted Woodpecker. As with that species the upperparts are predominantly black with white oval wing patches and white...
      
      
    • Picoides minor, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
      Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
      The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is assigned to the genus Dendrocopos ....
      
      
    • Dendrocopos syriacus, Syrian Woodpecker
      Syrian Woodpecker
      The Syrian Woodpecker is a member of the woodpecker family, the Picidae.-Distribution and habitat:The woodpecker is a resident breeding bird from southeastern Europe east to Iran. Its range has expanded further northwest into Europe in recent years...
      
      
    • Picoides tridactylus, Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
      Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
      The Three-toed Woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus, is a medium-sized woodpecker.The adult is 21.5-24 cm in length. It is black on the head, wings and rump, and white from the throat to the belly; the flanks are white with black bars. The back is white with black bars, and the tail is black with the...
      
      
  • Genus Picus
    Picus (biology)
    Picus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family. It has representatives in Europe, Asia and North Africa.These are large woodpeckers, typically with green upperparts...
    
    
    • Picus canus, Grey-headed Woodpecker
      Grey-headed Woodpecker
      The Grey-headed Woodpecker , also known as the Grey-faced Woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family Piciformes....
      
      
    • Picus viridis, European Green Woodpecker

Order Strigiformes

• Family Caprimulgidae
  • Genus Caprimulgus
    Caprimulgus
    Caprimulgus is a large and very widespread genus of nightjars, medium-sized nocturnal birds with long pointed wings, short legs and short bills...
    
    
    • Caprimulgus europaeus, European Nightjar
      European Nightjar
      The European Nightjar, or just Nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus, is the only representative of the nightjar family of birds in most of Europe and temperate Asia.- Habitat and distribution :...
      
      

• Family Strigidae
  • Genus Aegolius
    Aegolius
    Aegolius is a small genus of owls. Three of the species are restricted to the New World, but th Boreal Owl has a circumpolar range through North America, Eurasia, the Alps and the Rockies.The species are:...
    
    
    • Aegolius funereus, Tengmalm's Owl
      Tengmalm's Owl
      Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus, is a small owl. It is also known as the Tengmalm's Owl after Swedish naturalist Peter Gustaf Tengmalm. Other names for the owl include Richardson's Owl, Funeral Owl , Sparrow Owl and Pearl Owl...
      
      
  • GenusAsio
    Asio
    Asio is a genus of typical owls, or true owls, in family Strigidae. The genus Asio contains the eared owls, which are characterised by feather tufts on the head which have the appearance of ears...
    
    
    • Asio flammeus, Short-eared Owl
      Short-eared Owl
      The Short-eared Owl is a species of typical owl . In Scotland this species of owl is often referred to as a cataface, grass owl or short-horned hootlet. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or may...
      
      
    • Asio otus, Long-eared Owl
      Long-eared Owl
      The Long-eared Owl - Asio otus is a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, family Strigidae, which contains most species of owl...
      
      
  • Genus Athene
    • Athene noctua, Little Owl
      Little Owl
      The Little Owl is a bird which is resident in much of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, Asia east to Korea, and north Africa. It is not native to Great Britain, but was first introduced in 1842, and is now naturalised there...
      
      
  • Genus Bubo
    Bubo
    Bubo may refer to:* A bubo, a rounded swelling on the skin of a person afflicted by the bubonic plague.* Bubo, the horned owl and eagle-owl genus.* Bubo, a mechanical owl in the 1981 film Clash of the Titans...
    
    
    • Bubo bubo, Eurasian Eagle Owl
      Eurasian Eagle Owl
      The Eurasian Eagle-Owl is a species of eagle owl resident in much of Eurasia. It is also one of the largest types of owls.-Description:The Eagle Owl is a large and powerful bird, smaller than the Golden Eagle but larger than the Snowy Owl...
      
      
  • Genus Glaucidium
    • Glaucidium passerinum, Eurasian Pygmy-owl
  • Genus Otus
    • Otus scops, European Scops Owl
      European Scops Owl
      The European Scops Owl , also known as the Eurasian Scops Owl or just Scops Owl, is a small owl. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.This bird breeds in southern...
      
      
  • Genus Strix
    Strix (genus)
    Strix is a genus of owls. They belong to the typical owl family Strigidae, one of the two generally accepted living families of owls, with the other being the barn-owls . Common names are earless owls or wood owls though they are not the only owls without ear tufts, and "wood owl" is also used as a...
    
    
    • Strix aluco, Tawny Owl
      Tawny Owl
      The Tawny Owl or Brown Owl is a stocky, medium-sized owl commonly found in woodlands across much of Eurasia. Its underparts are pale with dark streaks, and the upperparts are either brown or grey. Several of the eleven recognised subspecies have both variants...
      
      
    • Strix uralensis, Ural Owl
      Ural Owl
      The Ural Owl is a medium-large nocturnal owl of the genus Strix, with up to 15 subspecies found in Europe and northern Asia....
      
      

• Family Tytonidae
  Tytonidae
  Barn-owls are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons...
  
  
  • Genus Tyto
    Tyto
    The genus Tyto includes all barn owls except for the bay owls - that is, the true barn owls, the grass owls and the masked owls collectively making up the subfamily Tytoninae...
    
    
    • Tyto alba, Common Barn Owl