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Grebes

Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe)
Tachybaptus ruficollis (Little Grebe)

Cormorants

Phalacrocorax carbo (Black Cormorant)

Storks, Herons And Egrets

Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron)
Ardea purpurea (Purple Heron)
Bubulcus ibis (Cattle Egret)
Ciconia ciconia (White Stork)
Ciconia nigra (Black Stork)
Egretta alba (Common Egret)
Egretta garzetta (Little Egret)
Grus grus (Crane)
Nycticorax nycticorax (Night Heron)
Phoenicopterus ruber (Greater Flamingo)
Platalea leucorodia (Spoonbill)
Plegadis falcinellus (Glossy Ibis)
Threskiornis aethiopicus (Sacred Ibis)

Swans, Geese And Ducks

Aix galericulata (Mandarin Duck)
Anas clypeata (Northern Shoveler)
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)
Anas strepera (Gadwall)
Anser albifrons (White-fronted Goose)
Anser anser (Graylag Goose)
Anser fabalis (Bean Goose)
Aythya ferina (Eurasian Pochard)
Aythya fuligula (Tufted Duck)
Aythya marila (Greater Scaup)
Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)
Branta leucopsis (Barnacle Goose)
Cygnus cygnus (Whooper Swan)
Cygnus olor (Mute Swan)
Netta rufina (Red-crested Pochard)
Tadorna tadorna (Shelduck)

Birds Of Prey

Accipiter nisus (Sparrowhawk)
Buteo buteo (Common Buzzard)
Circus aeruginosus (Marsh Harrier)
Circus pygargus (Montagu's Harrier)
Falco biarmicus (Lanner Falcon)
Falco tinnunculus (Common Kestrel)
Falco vespertinus (Red-footed Falcon)
Gyps fulvus (Griffon Vulture)
Milvus migrans (Black Kite)
Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)

Rales, Coot, Moorhen

Crex crex (Corncrake)
Fulica atra (Black Coot)
Gallinula chloropus (Common Moorhen)

Grouse, Quail, Pheasant, Partridges

Alectoris chukar (Chukar)
Ammoperdix heyi (Sand Partridge)
Coturnix coturnix (Quail)
Perdix perdix (Partridge)
Phasianus colchicus (Common Pheasant)
Tetrao tetrix (Black Grouse)

Shorebirds

Actitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper)
Arenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone)
Calidris alba (Sanderling)
Calidris alpina (Dunlin)
Calidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper)
Calidris minuta (Little Stint)
Calidris temminckii (Teminckii's Stint)
Charadrius alexandrinus(Kenstish Plover)
Charadrius dubius (Little Ringed Plover)
Charadrius hiaticula (Common Ringed Plover)
Gallinago gallinago (Common Snipe)
Glareola pratincola (Collared Pratincole)
Haematopus ostralegus (Eurasian Oystercatcher)
Himantopus himantopus (Black-winged Stilt)
Limicola falcinellus (Broad-billed Sandpiper)
Limosa limosa (Black-tailed Godwit)
Numenius arquata (Curlew)
Philomachus pugnax (Ruff)
Pluvialis squatarola (Black-bellied Plover)
Tringa erythropus (Spotted Redshank)
Tringa glareola (Wood Sandpiper)
Tringa nebularia (Common Greenshank)
Tringa ochropus (Green Sandpiper)
Tringa totanus (Common Redshank)
Vanellus spinosus (Spur-winged Plover)
Vanellus vanellus (Northern Lapwing)

Gulls And Terns

Chlidonias hybridus (Whiskered Tern)
Chlidonias niger (Black Tern)
Larus argentatus (Herring Gull)
Larus armenicus (Armenian Gull)
Larus cachinnans (Caspian Gull)
Larus canus (Common Gull)
Larus fuscus (Lesser Black-backed Gull)
Larus genei (Slender-billed Gull)
Larus ichthyaetus (Pallas's Gull)
Larus marinus (Great Black-backed Gull)
Larus michahellis (Yellow-legged Gull)
Larus ridibundus (Black-headed Gull)
Sterna hirundo (Common Tern)

Doves And Pigeons

Columba livia (Rock Dove)
Columba livia domestica (House Pigeon)
Columba oenas (Stock Dove)
Columba palumbus (Wood Pigeon)
Oena capensis (Namaqua Dove)
Streptopelia decaocto (Collared Dove)
Streptopelia senegalensis (Laughing Dove)
Streptopelia turtur (Turtle Dove)

Cuckoos

Cuculus canorus (Common Cuckoo)

Owls

Athene noctua (Little Owl)
Strix aluco (Tawny Owl)

Kingfishers  Bee-Eaters, Parrots


Alcedo atthis (Common Kingfisher)
Ceryle rudis (Pied Kingfisher)
Coracias garrulus (European Roller)
Halcyon smyrnensis (White-throated Kingfisher)
Merops apiaster (Bee-eater)
Merops orientalis (Little Green Bee-eater)
Psittacula krameri (Rose-ringed Parakeet)
Upupa epops (Hoopoe)

Woodpeckers

Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker)
Dendrocopos minor (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker)
Jynx torquilla (Wryneck)
Picus canus (Grey-headed Woodpecker)

Larks

Alauda arvensis (Skylark)
Ammomanes cincturus (Bar-tailed Lark)
Ammomanes deserti (Desert Lark)
Calandrella brachydactyla (Short-toed Lark)
Eremophila alpestris (Horned Lark)
Eremophila bilopha (Temminck's Lark)
Galerida cristata (Crested Lark)

Swallows

Hirundo daurica (Red-rumped Swallow)
Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallow)
Delichon urbica (House Martin)

Wagtails And Pipits

Anthus cervinus (Red-throated Pipit)
Anthus petrosus (Rock Pipit)
Anthus pratensis (Meadow Pipit)
Anthus spinoletta (Water Pipit)
Anthus trivialis (Tree Pipit)
Motacilla alba (White Wagtail)
Motacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Motacilla flava (Yellow Wagtail)
Motacilla flava feldegg (Black-headed Wagtail)

Wrens, Dippers, Bulbuls And Accentors

Cinclus cinclus (Dipper)
Prunella modularis (Dunnock)
Pycnonotus xanthopygos (Yellow-vented Bulbul)
Troglodytes troglodytes (Wren)


Thrushes

Cercomela melanura (Blackstart)
Erithacus rubecula (European Robin)
Luscinia megarhynchos (Nightingale)
Luscinia svecica (Bluethroat)
Luscinia svecica svecica (Red-spotted Bluethroat)
Monticola solitarius (Blue Rock Thrush)
Oenanthe hispanica (Black-eared Wheatear)
Oenanthe isabellina (Isabelline Wheatear)
Oenanthe leucopyga (White-crowned Wheatear)
Oenanthe leucura (Black Wheatear)
Oenanthe lugens (Mourning Wheatear)
Oenanthe moesta (Red-rumped Wheatear)
Oenanthe oenanthe (Northern Wheatear)
Phoenicurus ochruros (Black Redstart)
Phoenicurus phoenicurus(Common Redstart)
Saxicola rubetra (Whinchat)
Saxicola torquata (Stonechat)
Turdus merula (Blackbird)
Turdus philomelos (Song Thrush)
Turdus pilaris (Fieldfare)
Turdus torquatus (Ring Ouzel)


Old World Warblers

Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Great Reed Warbler)
Acrocephalus palustris (Marsh Warbler)
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Sedge Warbler)
Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Eurasian Reed Warbler)
Acrocephalus stentoreus (Clamorous Reed Warbler)
Cisticola juncidis (Zitting Cisticola)
Hippolais icterina (Icterine Warbler)
Hippolais pallida (Eastern Olivaceous Warbler)
Locustella fluviatilis (River Warbler)
Locustella luscinoides (Savi's Warbler)
Locustella naevia (Grasshopper Warbler)
Phylloscopus bonelli (Bonelli's Warbler)
Phylloscopus collybita (Chiffchaff)
Phylloscopus trochilus (Willow Warbler)
Prinia gracilis (Graceful Prinia)
Regulus ignicapillus (Firecrest)
Regulus regulus (Goldcrest)
Scotocerca inquieta (Scrub Warbler)
Sylvia atricapilla (Blackcap)
Sylvia borin (Garden Warbler)
Sylvia communis (Whitethroat)
Sylvia conspicillata (Spectacled Warbler)
Sylvia curruca (Lesser Whitethroat)
Sylvia melanocephala (Sardinian Warbler)
Sylvia melanothorax (Cyprus Warbler)
Sylvia nisoria (Barred Warbler)
Sylvia rueppelli (Rüppell's Warbler)

Flycatchers

Ficedula albicollis (Collared Flycatcher)
Ficedula hypoleuca (Pied Flycatcher)
Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher)

Tits

Aegithalos caudatus (Long-tailed Tit)
Cyanistes caeruleus (Blue Tit)
Cyanistes ultramarinus (African Blue Tit)
Lophophanes cristatus (Crested Tit)
Panurus biarmicus (Bearded Tit)
Parus major (Great Tit)
Periparus ater (Coal Tit)
Poecile montanus (Willow Tit)
Poecile palustris (Marsh Tit)
Remiz pendulinus (Penduline Tit)

Nuthatch

Sitta europaea (Nuthatch)


Treecreepers

Certhia familiaris (Eurasian Treecreeper)

Shrikes, Sunbird

Lanius collurio (Red-backed Shrike)
Lanius excubitor (Grey Shrike)
Lanius minor (Lesser Grey Shrike)
Nectarinia orosea (Orange-tufted Sunbird)

Babblers, Corvids

Corvus corone cornix (Hooded Crow)
Corvus corone corone (Black Crow)
Corvus frugilegus (Rook)
Corvus monedula (Jackdaw)
Corvus rhipidurus (Fan-tailed Raven)
Garrulus glandarius (Eurasian Jay)
Pica pica (Magpie)
Turdoides fulva (Fulvous Babbler)
Turdoides squamiceps (Arabian Babbler)


Starlings And Mynas

Acridotheres tristis (Common Myna)
Onychognathus tristramii (Tristram's Starling)
Sturnus vulgaris (Starling)


Sparrows

Passer domesticus (House Sparrow)
Passer hispaniolensis (Spanish Sparrow)
Passer montanus (Tree Sparrow)


Finches, Crossbills

Bucanetes githagineus (Trumpeter Finch)
Carduelis cannabina (Linnet)
Carduelis carduelis (Goldfinch)
Carduelis chloris (Greenfinch)
Carduelis flammea (Redpoll)
Carduelis spinus (Siskin)
Carpodacus erythrinus (Common Rosefinch)
Carpodacus synoicus (Sinai Rosefinch)
Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch)
Fringilla montifringilla (Brambling)
Loxia curvirostra (Common Crossbill)
Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Bullfinch)
Rhodospiza obsoleta (Desert Finch)
Serinus serinus (Serin)

Buntings

Emberiza caesia (Cretzschmar's Bunting)
Emberiza calandra (Corn Bunting)
Emberiza citrinella (Yellowhammer)
Emberiza melanocephala (Black-headed Bunting)
Emberiza sahari (House Bunting)
Emberiza schoeniclus (Reed Bunting)