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AERC Western Palearctic list, December 2012Crochet P.-A., Joynt G. (2012). AERC list of Western Palearctic birds. December 2012 version. Available at http://www.aerc.eu/tac.html
About the list:
INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME remarks
ORDER STRUTHIONIFORMESOSTRICHES Family StruthionidaeOstrich Struthio camelus
ORDER ANSERIFORMESDUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Family AnatidaeFulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor cat. A/D in Morocco (including a flock of 11-12 suggesting natural vagrancy, hence accepted here)
Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica cat. A in Israel
Black Swan Cygnus atratus cat. C in the Netherlands
Mute Swan Cygnus olorTundra Swan Cygnus columbianusWhooper Swan Cygnus cygnusBean Goose Anser fabalisPink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchusGreater White-fronted Goose Anser albifronsLesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropusGreylag Goose Anser anserBar-headed Goose Anser indicus cat. C in the Netherlands 1
Snow Goose Anser caerulescensRoss's Goose Anser rossii cat. A in the Netherlands
Canada Goose Branta canadensisCackling Goose Branta hutchinsiiBarnacle Goose Branta leucopsisBrant Goose Branta berniclaRed-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
3) Only species either admitted into an "official" national list (for countries with a national avifaunistic commission or national rarities committee) or whose occurrence in the WP has been published in detail (description or photo and circumstances allowing review of the evidence, usually in a journal) have been admitted on the list. Category D species have not been admitted.
4) The information in the "remarks" column is by no mean exhaustive. It is aimed at providing some supporting information for the species whose status on the WP list is less well known than average. This is obviously a subjective criterion: the aim is to have at least one reliable or accepted record for each species in the WP.
2) The AERC WP list follows the systematics of Voous (1973; 1977a; 1977b) modified by the changes listed in the AERC TAC systematic recommendations published online on the AERC web site. For species not in Voous (a few introduced or accidental species) the default systematics is the IOC world bird list.
1) The limits of the Western Palearctic region follow for convenience the limits defined in the “Birds of the Western Palearctic” (BWP) series (Oxford University Press).
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacaRuddy Shelduck Tadorna ferrugineaCommon Shelduck Tadorna tadornaSpur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis cat. A in Morocco, vagrant Mauritania
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos vagrant in Mauritania (Banc d'Arguin)
Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus cat. A in Jordan, vagrant Iraq
Wood Duck Aix sponsa cat. A in Portugal (Azores) and Iceland
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulataEurasian Wigeon Anas penelopeAmerican Wigeon Anas americanaFalcated Duck Anas falcata Cat. A in the Netherlands, vagrant Jordan, Iraq, Turkey all in winter 1968-69
Gadwall Anas streperaBaikal Teal Anas formosaEurasian Teal Anas creccaGreen-winged Teal Anas carolinensisCape Teal Anas capensis cat. A in Israel, vagrant Lybia
Mallard Anas platyrhynchosAmerican Black Duck Anas rubripesNorthern Pintail Anas acutaGarganey Anas querquedulaBlue-winged Teal Anas discorsNorthern Shoveler Anas clypeataRed-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha cat. A in Israel
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostrisRed-crested Pochard Netta rufinaSouthern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma cat. A in Israel
Canvasback Aythya valisineriaCommon Pochard Aythya ferinaRedhead Aythya americanaRing-necked Duck Aythya collarisFerruginous Duck Aythya nyrocaTufted Duck Aythya fuligulaGreater Scaup Aythya marilaLesser Scaup Aythya affinisCommon Eider Somateria mollissimaKing Eider Somateria spectabilisSpectacled Eider Somateria fischeriSteller's Eider Polysticta stelleriHarlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicusLong-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalisCommon Scoter Melanitta nigra
Black Scoter Melanitta americanaSurf Scoter Melanitta perspicillataVelvet Scoter Melanitta fuscaWhite-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandiBufflehead Bucephala albeolaBarrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandicaCommon Goldeneye Bucephala clangulaSmew Mergellus albellusHooded Merganser Mergus cucullatus cat. A in Iceland, Ireland, UK, Portugal (Azores)
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serratorCommon Merganser Mergus merganserRuddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensisWhite-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
ORDER GALLIFORMESGROUSES, PTARMIGANS Family TetraonidaeHazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasiaWillow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopusRock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutaBlack Grouse Tetrao tetrixCaucasian Grouse Tetrao mlokosiewicziWestern Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
PHEASANTS, FOWL & ALLIES Family PhasianidaeCalifornia Quail Callipepla californica cat. C in France
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus cat. C in Italy
Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicusCaspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspiusChukar Partridge Alectoris chukarRock Partridge Alectoris graecaRed-legged Partridge Alectoris rufaBarbary Partridge Alectoris barbaraSee-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyiBlack Francolin Francolinus francolinusDouble-spurred Francolin Francolinus bicalcaratusErckel's Francolin Francolinus erckelii cat. C Italy
Grey Partridge Perdix perdixCommon Quail Coturnix coturnixReeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii cat. C France, Czech Republic
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus cat. C UK
Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae cat. C UK (now in cat. C6: population is no longer self-sustaining)
GUINEAFOWL Family NumididaeHelmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
ORDER GAVIIFORMESLOONS Family GaviidaeRed-throated Loon Gavia stellataBlack-throated Loon Gavia arcticaPacific Loon Gavia pacifica cat. A in UK
Great Northern Loon Gavia immerYellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMESGREBES Family PodicipedidaePied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podicepsLittle Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollisGreat Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatusRed-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegenaHorned Grebe Podiceps auritusBlack-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMESALBATROSSES Family DiomedeidaeBlack-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrisYellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchosShy Albatross Thalassarche cauta cat. A in Israel
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans cat. A in Italy, one old record in Portugal
PETRELS, SHEARWATERS Family ProcellariidaeSouthern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus cat. A in Italy
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialisCape Petrel Daption capense cat. A in Gibraltar, Italy, Norway
Herald Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana cat. A in Portugal (Azores)
Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta cat. A in Israel
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis cat. A in Israel, Norway
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeiraFea's Petrel Pterodroma feaeBermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow cat. A in Portugal (Azores)
Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulweriiCory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedeaCape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsiiStreaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelasFlesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes cat. A in Israel
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravisWedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus vagrant in Egypt
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseusManx Shearwater Puffinus puffinusYelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouanBalearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicusMacaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroliTropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni cat. A in Israel (subspecies persicus and bailloni)
STORM PETRELS Family HydrobatidaeWilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicusWhite-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marinaBlack-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica cat. A in Spain 2
European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicusLeach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoaSwinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monorhisBand-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
ORDER PELECANIFORMESTROPICBIRDS Family PhaethontidaeRed-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereusWhite-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus vagrant in Cape Verde
GANNETS, BOOBIES Family SulidaeRed-footed Booby Sula sulaMasked Booby Sula dactylatraBrown Booby Sula leucogasterNorthern Gannet Morus bassanus
CORMORANTS Family PhalacrocoracidaeGreat Cormorant Phalacrocorax carboDouble-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritusEuropean Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelisSocotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularisPygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeusReed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
ANHINGAS Family AnhingidaeDarter Anhinga melanogaster
PELICANS Family PelecanidaeGreat White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalusDalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispusPink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
FRIGATEBIRDS Family FregatidaeAscension Frigatebird Fregata aquila cat. A in UK
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificensLesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel cat. A in Israel
ORDER CICONIIFORMESHERONS, BITTERNS Family ArdeidaeEurasian Bittern Botaurus stellarisAmerican Bittern Botaurus lentiginosusLeast Bittern Ixobrychus exilisLittle Bittern Ixobrychus minutusVon Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus cat. B in Italy
Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmiiBlack-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticoraxYellow-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax violaceus cat. A in Portugal (Azores)
Striated Heron Butorides striataGreen Heron Butorides virescensSquacco Heron Ardeola ralloidesIndian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii vagrant in Kuwait
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibisLittle Blue Heron Egretta caeruleaTricolored Heron Egretta tricolorSnowy Egret Egretta thulaWestern Reef Heron Egretta gularisLittle Egret Egretta garzettaBlack Heron Egretta ardesiaca vagrant Cape Verde, Israel
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermediaGreat Egret Egretta albaGrey Heron Ardea cinereaGreat Blue Heron Ardea herodiasBlack-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala cat. A in France, Israel
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
STORKS Family CiconiidaeYellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibisAfrican Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus cat. A in Egypt
Black Stork Ciconia nigraWhite Stork Ciconia ciconiaMarabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer vagrant in Israel, Mauritania, cat. A in Spain 3
IBISES, SPOONBILLS Family ThreskiornithidaeGlossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellusNorthern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremitaSacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicusEurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
ORDER PHOENICOPTERIFORMESFLAMINGOS Family PhoenicopteridaeGreater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseusLesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor
ORDER ACCIPITRIFORMESKITES, HAWKS, EAGLES Family AccipitridaeEuropean Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorusCrested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchusSwallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus cat. A in Portugal (Azores)
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleusBlack Kite Milvus migransRed Kite Milvus milvusAfrican Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer vagrant in Egypt
Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphusWhite-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicillaBald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus cat. A in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatusEgyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterusHooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus cat. A in Morocco, vagrant in Mauritania
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus cat. A in Spain 4
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvusRüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelliiLappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotusCinereous Vulture Aegypius monachusShort-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatusWestern Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosusNorthern Harrier Circus cyaneusPallid Harrier Circus macrourusMontagu's Harrier Circus pygargusDark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabatesGabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar vagrant in Egypt
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilisEurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisusShikra Accipiter badiusLevant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipesCommon Buzzard Buteo buteoLong-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinusRough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopusLesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarinaGreater Spotted Eagle Aquila clangaTawny Eagle Aquila rapaxSteppe Eagle Aquila nipalensisSpanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalbertiEastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliacaGolden Eagle Aquila chrysaetosVerreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxiiBooted Eagle Aquila pennataBonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
OSPREYS Family PandionidaeOsprey Pandion haliaetus
ORDER FALCONIFORMESCARACARAS, FALCONS Family FalconidaeLesser Kestrel Falco naumanniCommon Kestrel Falco tinnunculusAmerican Kestrel Falco sparverius cat. A in UK, vagrant in Portugal (Azores)
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinusAmur Falcon Falco amurensisMerlin Falco columbariusEurasian Hobby Falco subbuteoEleonora's Falcon Falco eleonoraeSooty Falcon Falco concolorLanner Falcon Falco biarmicusSaker Falcon Falco cherrug
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolusPeregrine Falcon Falco peregrinusBarbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
ORDER GRUIFORMESRAILS, CRAKES, COOTS Family RallidaeWater Rail Rallus aquaticusSpotted Crake Porzana porzanaSora Porzana carolinaLittle Crake Porzana parvaBaillon's Crake Porzana pusillaStriped Crake Porzana marginalisAfrican Crake Crex egregiaCorn Crake Crex crexCommon Moorhen Gallinula chloropusLesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata vagrant in Portugal (Madeira), cat. A in Spain 5
Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleniPurple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicusPurple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrioEurasian Coot Fulica atraAmerican Coot Fulica americanaRed-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
BUTTONQUAIL Family TurnicidaeCommon Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
CRANES Family GruidaeCommon Crane Grus grusSandhill Crane Grus canadensisSiberian Crane Grus leucogeranusDemoiselle Crane Grus virgo
BUSTARDS Family OtidaeLittle Bustard Tetrax tetraxNubian Bustard Neotis nubaHoubara Bustard Chlamydotis undulataMacqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueeniiArabian Bustard Ardeotis arabsGreat Bustard Otis tarda
ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES
PAINTED SNIPES Family RostratulidaeGreater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
OYSTERCATCHERS Family HaematopodidaeEurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegusAfrican Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini former resident in Spain (Canaries Islands, extinct subspecies meadewaldoi )
STILTS, AVOCETS Family RecurvirostridaeBlack-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopusPied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
CRAB-PLOVER Family DromadidaeCrab-plover Dromas ardeola
STONE-CURLEWS, THICK-KNEES Family BurhinidaeEurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemusSenegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
COURSERS, PRATINCOLES Family GlareolidaeEgyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptiusCream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor 6
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincolaOriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarumBlack-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
PLOVERS Family CharadriidaeLittle Ringed Plover Charadrius dubiusCommon Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticulaSemipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatusKilldeer Charadrius vociferusKittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuariusThree-banded Plover Charadrius tricollarisKentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinusLesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolusGreater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultiiCaspian Plover Charadrius asiaticusOriental Plover Charadrius veredus cat. A in Finland
Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellusPacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulvaAmerican Golden Plover Pluvialis dominicaEuropean Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarolaSpur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosusBlack-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus vagrant in Israel or Jordan (in the Arava valley before the existence of the current border)
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicusSociable Lapwing Vanellus gregariusWhite-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurusNorthern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
SANDPIPERS, SNIPES Family ScolopacidaeGreat Knot Calidris tenuirostrisRed Knot Calidris canutusSanderling Calidris albaSemipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusillaWestern Sandpiper Calidris mauriRed-necked Stint Calidris ruficollisLittle Stint Calidris minutaTemminck's Stint Calidris temminckiiLong-toed Stint Calidris subminutaLeast Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollisBaird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdiiPectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotosSharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminataCurlew Sandpiper Calidris ferrugineaPurple Sandpiper Calidris maritimaDunlin Calidris alpinaStilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopusBroad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellusBuff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollisRuff Philomachus pugnaxJack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimusCommon Snipe Gallinago gallinagoWilson's Snipe Gallinago delicataGreat Snipe Gallinago mediaPin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenuraSwinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala cat. A in Finland, vagrant in Russia
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseusLong-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceusEurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticolaAmerican Woodcock Scolopax minor cat. A in France
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemasticaBar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponicaLittle Curlew Numenius minutusEskimo Curlew Numenius borealis † cat. B in UK, Ireland. Extinct.
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopusSlender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostrisEurasian Curlew Numenius arquataUpland Sandpiper Bartramia longicaudaTerek Sandpiper Xenus cinereusCommon Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucosSpotted Sandpiper Actitis maculariusGreen Sandpiper Tringa ochropusSolitary Sandpiper Tringa solitariaGrey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipesSpotted Redshank Tringa erythropusGreater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleucaCommon Greenshank Tringa nebulariaLesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipesWillet Tringa semipalmataMarsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilisWood Sandpiper Tringa glareolaCommon Redshank Tringa totanusRuddy Turnstone Arenaria interpresWilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolorRed-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatusRed Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
SKUAS Family StercorariidaePomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinusParasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticusLong-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudusGreat Skua Stercorarius skuaSouth Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
GULLS Family LaridaeSooty Gull Larus hemprichiiWhite-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmusPallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetusRelict Gull Larus relictus vagrant in Russia and Kazakhstan (same flock over the border)
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalusLaughing Gull Larus atricilla
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcanBonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphiaBlack-headed Gull Larus ridibundusBrown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus cat. A in Israel
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalusSlender-billed Gull Larus geneiAudouin's Gull Larus audouiniiRing-billed Gull Larus delawarensisMew Gull Larus canusLesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscusEuropean Herring Gull Larus argentatusAmerican Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Caspian Gull Larus cachinnansYellow-legged Gull Larus michahellisArmenian Gull Larus armenicusSlaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus cat. A in Lithuania
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescensThayer's Gull Larus thayeriIceland Gull Larus glaucoidesGlaucous Gull Larus hyperboreusGreat Black-backed Gull Larus marinusKelp Gull Larus dominicanusRoss's Gull Rhodostethia roseaBlack-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactylaIvory Gull Pagophila eburneaSabine's Gull Xema sabiniLittle Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
TERNS Family SternidaeGull-billed Tern Gelochelidon niloticaCaspian Tern Hydroprogne caspiaRoyal Tern Sterna maximaGreater Crested Tern Sterna bergiiLesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensisSandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensisElegant Tern Sterna elegansRoseate Tern Sterna dougalliiCommon Tern Sterna hirundoArctic Tern Sterna paradisaeaForster's Tern Sterna forsteriWhite-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticusBridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetusSooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatusLittle Tern Sternula albifronsSaunders's Tern Sternula saundersiWhiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridaBlack Tern Chlidonias nigerWhite-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterusBrown Noddy Anous stolidus cat. B in Germany
SKIMMERS Family RynchopidaeAfrican Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
AUKS Family AlcidaeCommon Murre Uria aalgeThick-billed Murre Uria lomviaRazorbill Alca tordaGreat Auk Pinguinis impennis † extinct, last seen 1844
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylleLong-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdixAncient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus cat. A in UK
Little Auk Alle alleCrested Auklet Aethia cristatella cat. B in Iceland
Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula cat. B in Sweden
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arcticaTufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata cat. A in Sweden, UK
ORDER PTEROCLIDIFORMESSANDGROUSE Family PteroclididaeLichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteiniiCrowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatusSpotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallusChestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustusBlack-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalisPin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchataPallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
ORDER COLUMBIFORMESPIGEONS, DOVES Family ColumbidaeRock Dove Columba liviaStock Dove Columba oenas
Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanniCommon Wood Pigeon Columba palumbusTrocaz Pigeon Columba trocazBolle's Pigeon Columba bolliiLaurel Pigeon Columba junoniaeAfrican Collared Dove Streptopelia risoriaMourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens cat. A in Egypt
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaoctoEuropean Turtle Dove Streptopelia turturOriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalisLaughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensisNamaqua Dove Oena capensisMourning Dove Zenaida macrouraBruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia cat. A in Egypt
ORDER PSITTACIFORMESCOCKATOOS, PARROTS Family PsittacidaeRose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameriFischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri cat. C in France
Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday cat. C in Israel
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus cat. C in Spain, Israel, Italy
ORDER CUCULIFORMESCUCKOOS Family CuculidaeJacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinusGreat Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandariusDiederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx capriusCommon Cuckoo Cuculus canorusOriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatusBlack-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmusYellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanusAsian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus cat. A in Kuwait
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
ORDER STRIGIFORMESBARN OWLS Family TytonidaeBarn Owl Tyto alba
OWLS Family StrigidaePallid Scops Owl Otus bruceiEurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo buboSnowy Owl Bubo scandiacusBrown Fish Owl Bubo zeylonensisNorthern Hawk-Owl Surnia ululaEurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinumLittle Owl Athene noctuaTawny Owl Strix alucoHume's Owl Strix butleriUral Owl Strix uralensisGreat Grey Owl Strix nebulosaLong-eared Owl Asio otusShort-eared Owl Asio flammeusMarsh Owl Asio capensisBoreal Owl Aegolius funereus
ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMESNIGHTJARS Family CaprimulgidaeNubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicusEuropean Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeusRed-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollisEgyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptiusCommon Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
ORDER APODIFORMESSWIFTS Family ApodidaeChimney Swift Chaetura pelagicaWhite-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutusCape Verde Swift Apus alexandriPlain Swift Apus unicolorCommon Swift Apus apusPallid Swift Apus pallidusFork-tailed Swift Apus pacificusAlpine Swift Apus melbaWhite-rumped Swift Apus cafferLittle Swift Apus affinisAfrican Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
ORDER COLIIFORMESMOUSEBIRDS Family ColiidaeBlue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
ORDER CORACIIFORMESKINGFISHERS Family AlcedinidaeWhite-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensisGrey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephalaCommon Kingfisher Alcedo atthisPied Kingfisher Ceryle rudisBelted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
BEE-EATERS Family MeropidaeGreen Bee-eater Merops orientalisEuropean Bee-eater Merops apiaster 7
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
ROLLERS Family CoraciidaeEuropean Roller Coracias garrulusAbyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicusIndian Roller Coracias benghalensisBroad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus vagrant Cape Verde
HOOPOES Family UpupidaeHoopoe Upupa epops
ORDER PICIFORMESWOODPECKERS Family PicidaeEurasian Wryneck Jynx torquillaNorthern Flicker Colaptes auratus cat. A in Denmark
Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canusEuropean Green Woodpecker Picus viridisLevaillant's Woodpecker Picus vaillantiiBlack Woodpecker Dryocopus martiusYellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus variusGreat Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos majorSyrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacusMiddle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos mediusWhite-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotosLesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minorThree-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
ORDER PASSERIFORMESTYRANT FLYCATCHERS Family TyrannidaeEastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe cat. A in UK
Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens cat. A in Iceland
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus cat. A in Iceland
Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum cat. A in Iceland
Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana cat. A in Spain
LARKS Family AlaudidaeChestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus cat. A in Israel 8
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigricepsDunn's Lark Eremalauda dunniBar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cincturaDesert Lark Ammomanes desertiGreater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipesDupont's Lark Chersophilus dupontiThick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbeyCalandra Lark Melanocorypha calandraBimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculataWhite-winged Lark Melanocorypha leucopteraBlack Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensisGreater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactylaHume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris cat. A in Israel
Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescensCrested Lark Galerida cristataThekla Lark Galerida theklaeWoodlark Lullula arboreaOriental Skylark Alauda gulgulaEurasian Skylark Alauda arvensisRaso Lark Alauda razaeHorned Lark Eremophila alpestrisTemminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
SWALLOWS, MARTINS Family HirundinidaeBanded Martin Neophedina cincta vagrant in Egypt
Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicolaSand Martin Riparia ripariaTree Swallow Tachycineta bicolorPurple Martin Progne subis cat. A in UK, Portugal (Azores)
Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestrisRock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligulaBarn Swallow Hirundo rusticaEthiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica cat. A in Israel
Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis dauricaStreak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola cat. A in Egypt
American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
WAGTAILS, PIPITS Family MotacillidaeRichard's Pipit Anthus richardiBlyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskiiTawny Pipit Anthus campestrisBerthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotiiLong-billed Pipit Anthus similisOlive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoniTree Pipit Anthus trivialisPechora Pipit Anthus gustaviMeadow Pipit Anthus pratensisRed-throated Pipit Anthus cervinusBuff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescensWater Pipit Anthus spinolettaEurasian Rock Pipit Anthus petrosusForest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicusYellow Wagtail Motacilla flavaCitrine Wagtail Motacilla citreolaGrey Wagtail Motacilla cinereaWhite Wagtail Motacilla albaAfrican Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
BULBULS Family PycnonotidaeWhite-cheeked Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenysRed-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer cat. C in Kuwait
White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygosCommon Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
WAXWINGS Family BombycillidaeCedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorumBohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulusGrey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
DIPPERS Family CinclidaeWhite-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
WRENS Family TroglodytidaeWinter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS Family MimidaeNorthern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos cat. A in UK
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum cat. A in UK
Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis cat. A in UK, Belgium
ACCENTORS Family PrunellidaeDunnock Prunella modularisSiberian Accentor Prunella montanellaRadde's Accentor Prunella ocularisBlack-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularisAlpine Accentor Prunella collaris
THRUSHES, CHATS Family TurdidaeRufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotesBlack Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobeEuropean Robin Erithacus rubeculaRufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilansThrush Nightingale Luscinia lusciniaCommon Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchosSiberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliopeBluethroat Luscinia svecicaSiberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyaneRed-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurusWhite-throated Robin Irania gutturalisEversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotusBlack Redstart Phoenicurus ochrurosCommon Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurusDaurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus vagrant in European Russia 9
Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieriGüldenstädt’s Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrusBlackstart Cercomela melanuraWhinchat Saxicola rubetraPied Bush Chat Saxicola caprataSiberian Stonechat Saxicola maurusCanary Islands Stonechat Saxicola dacotiaeEuropean Stonechat Saxicola rubicolaAnteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops Vagrant Tibesti area of N Tchad
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellinaNorthern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthePied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriacaBlack-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanicaDesert Wheatear Oenanthe desertiFinsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschiiRed-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moestaKurdish Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymnaRed-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia 10
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugensHooded Wheatear Oenanthe monachaHume's Wheatear Oenanthe albonigraWhite-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopygaBlack Wheatear Oenanthe leucuraCommon Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilisBlue Rock Thrush Monticola solitariusWhite's Thrush Zoothera daumaVaried Thrush Ixoreus naevius cat. A in UK, Iceland
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina cat. A in UK
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatusSwainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatusGrey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimusVeery Catharus fuscescensSiberian Thrush Geokichla sibiricaTickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor cat. B in Germany
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatusCommon Blackbird Turdus merulaEyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurusNaumann's Thrush Turdus naumanniDusky Thrush Turdus eunomusBlack-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularisRed-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollisFieldfare Turdus pilarisSong Thrush Turdus philomelosRedwing Turdus iliacusMistle Thrush Turdus viscivorusAmerican Robin Turdus migratorius
WARBLERS AND ALLIES Family SylviidaeCetti's Warbler Cettia cettiZitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidisGraceful Prinia Prinia gracilisCricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans
Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquietaPallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiolaLanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolataCommon Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naeviaRiver Warbler Locustella fluviatilisSavi's Warbler Locustella luscinioidesGray's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella fasciolataThick-billed Warbler Iduna aedonBooted Warbler Iduna caligataSykes's Warbler Iduna ramaWestern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opacaEastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallidaUpcher's Warbler Hippolais languida 11
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorumIcterine Warbler Hippolais icterinaMelodious Warbler Hippolais polyglottaMoustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogonAquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicolaSedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenusPaddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricolaBlyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorumCape Verde Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennisMarsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustrisEurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceusClamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreusGreat Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceusOriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis cat. A in Israel
Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldisMarmora's Warbler Sylvia sardaBalearic Warbler Sylvia balearicaDartford Warbler Sylvia undataTristram's Warbler Sylvia deserticolaSpectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillataSubalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillansMenetries's Warbler Sylvia mystaceaSardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephalaCyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothoraxRüppell's Warbler Sylvia ruppeli 12
Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nanaAfrican Desert Warbler Sylvia desertiArabian Warbler Sylvia leucomelaena
Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensisEastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia crassirostrisBarred Warbler Sylvia nisoriaLesser Whitethroat Sylvia currucaCommon Whitethroat Sylvia communisGarden Warbler Sylvia borinEurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapillaEastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatusGreen Warbler Phylloscopus nitidusTwo-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsusGreenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloidesArctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealisPallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulusYellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatusHume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humeiRadde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarziDusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatusWestern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelliEastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalisWood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrixPlain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus cat. A in Sweden, recorded in Iraq. Jordan record rejected, Turkish records still unsubstantiated 13
Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianusCommon Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybitaIberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericusCanary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensisWillow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilusRuby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula cat. A in Iceland
Goldcrest Regulus regulusCommon Firecrest Regulus ignicapillaMadeira Firecrest Regulus madeirensis
OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS Family MuscicapidaeAsian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauuricaSpotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striataRed-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parvaTaiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicillaSemicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquataCollared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollisEuropean Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleucaAtlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera
BABBLERS, PARROTBILLS Family TimaliidaeBearded Reedling Panurus biarmicusVinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus cat. C in Italy
Iraq Babbler Turdoides altirostrisCommon Babbler Turdoides caudataArabian Babbler Turdoides squamicepsFulvous Babbler Turdoides fulvaRed-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea cat. C in France, Italy and Spain
BUSHTITS Family AegithalidaeLong-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
TITS, CHICKADEES Family ParidaeMarsh Tit Parus palustrisSombre Tit Parus lugubrisWillow Tit Parus montanusGrey-headed Chickadee Parus cinctusEuropean Crested Tit Parus cristatusCoal Tit Parus aterEurasian Blue Tit Parus caeruleusAfrican Blue Tit Parus teneriffaeAzure Tit Parus cyanusGreat Tit Parus major
NUTHATCHES, WALLCREEPER Family SittidaeKrüper’s Nuthatch Sitta krueperiCorsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadiAlgerian Nuthatch Sitta ledantiRed-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis cat. A in UK
Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaeaEastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronotaWestern Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
WALLCREEPER Family TichodromidaeWallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
TREECREEPERS Family CerthiidaeEurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiarisShort-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
PENDULINE TITS Family Remizidae
Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
SUNBIRDS Family NectariniidaePygmy Sunbird Anthreptes platurusNile Valley Sunbird Anthreptes metallicusPurple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica cat. A in Kuwait
Palestine Sunbird Nectarinia osea
ORIOLES Family OriolidaeEurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
SHRIKES Family LaniidaeBlack-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalusBrown Shrike Lanius cristatusIsabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinusRed-backed Shrike Lanius collurioLong-tailed Shrike Lanius schachLesser Grey Shrike Lanius minorGreat Grey Shrike Lanius excubitorSouthern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis 14
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senatorMasked Shrike Lanius nubicus
DRONGOS Family DicruridaeAshy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus cat. A in Kuwait
CROWS, JAYS Family CorvidaeEurasian Jay Garrulus glandariusSiberian Jay Perisoreus infaustusAzure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanusCommon Magpie Pica picaSpotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactesAlpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculusRed-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWestern Jackdaw Corvus monedulaDaurian Jackdaw Corvus dauuricusHouse Crow Corvus splendensRook Corvus frugilegusCarrion Crow Corvus coronePied Crow Corvus albus vagrant Algeria, Libya
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
Northern Raven Corvus coraxFan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
STARLINGS Family SturnidaeTristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramiiSpotless Starling Sturnus unicolorCommon Starling Sturnus vulgarisRosy Starling Pastor roseusDaurian Starling Agropsar sturninus cat. A in Norway, the Netherlands
Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus cat. C in Kuwait
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis cat. C in Kuwait, Israel
Vinous-breasted Starling Acridotheres burmannicus cat. C in Israel
Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus cat. C in Portugal
OLD WORLD SPARROWS, SNOWFINCHES Family PasseridaeHouse Sparrow Passer domesticusSpanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensisDead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticusIago Sparrow Passer iagoensisDesert Sparrow Passer simplexEurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanusSudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteusPale Rockfinch Petronia brachydactylaYellow-throated Sparrow Petronia xanthocollisRock Sparrow Petronia petroniaWhite-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis
WEAVERS, WIDOWBIRDS Family PloceidaeVillage Weaver Ploceus cucullatus cat. A in Egypt
Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus cat. C in Portugal
Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyarYellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer cat. C in Portugal
WAXBILLS, MUNIAS & ALLIES Family EstrildidaeRed-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala established in Algeria
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrildRed Avadavat Amandava amandavaIndian Silverbill Euodice malabaricaAfrican Silverbill Euodice cantans breeds in S Algeria, origin unknown
Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca cat. C in Portugal
VIREOS Family VireonidaeWhite-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus cat. A in Portugal (Azores)
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifronsPhiladelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicusRed-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
FINCHES Family FringillidaeCommon Chaffinch Fringilla coelebsBlue Chaffinch Fringilla teydeaBrambling Fringilla montifringillaRed-fronted Serin Serinus pusillusEuropean Serin Serinus serinusSyrian Serin Serinus syriacusAtlantic Canary Serinus canariaCitril Finch Serinus citrinellaCorsican Finch Serinus corsicanusEuropean Greenfinch Carduelis chlorisEuropean Goldfinch Carduelis carduelisEurasian Siskin Carduelis spinusCommon Linnet Carduelis cannabinaTwite Carduelis flavirostrisCommon Redpoll Carduelis flammeaArctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanniTwo-barred Crossbill Loxia leucopteraRed Crossbill Loxia curvirostraScottish Crossbill Loxia scoticaParrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacusCrimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineusDesert Finch Rhodospiza obsoletaMongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicusTrumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineusCommon Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinusSinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicusPallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus vagrant Hungary, Ukraine, European Russia
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicillaPine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleatorLong-tailed Rosefinch Uragus sibiricus extremely localised in European Russia
Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina 15
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhulaHawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustesEvening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
NEW WORLD WARBLERS Family ParulidaeBlack-and-white Warbler Mniotilta variaGolden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera cat. A in UK
Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera cat. A in Ireland
Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrinaNorthern Parula Parula americanaAmerican Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechiaChestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanicaCerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea cat. A Iceland
Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescensBlack-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virensBlackburnian Warbler Dendroica fuscaCape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina cat. A in UK
Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnoliaYellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronataPalm Warbler Dendroica palmarum cat. A in Iceland
Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striataBay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castaneaAmerican Redstart Setophaga ruticillaOvenbird Seiurus aurocapillaNorthern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensisLouisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla cat. A in Spain (Canary Islands)
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichasHooded Warbler Wilsonia citrinaWilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla cat. A in UK
Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
TANAGERS & ALLIES Family ThraupidaeSummer Tanager Piranga rubraScarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
BUNTINGS, NEW WORLD SPARROWS & ALLIES Family EmberizidaeEastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus cat. A in UK
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus cat. A in UK
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensisFox Sparrow Passerella iliaca cat. A in UK, Ireland
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodiaLincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii cat. A in Portugal (Azores)
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalisLapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicusSnow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalisBlack-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephalaPine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalosYellowhammer Emberiza citrinellaCirl Bunting Emberiza cirlusRock Bunting Emberiza ciaStriolated Bunting Emberiza striolataHouse Bunting Emberiza sahariCinereous Bunting Emberiza cineraceaOrtolan Bunting Emberiza hortulanaGrey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchananiCretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesiaChestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata cat. A in UK
Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrysRustic Bunting Emberiza rusticaLittle Bunting Emberiza pusillaChestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila cat. A in Finland, the Netherlands
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureolaCommon Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclusPallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasiRed-headed Bunting Emberiza brunicepsBlack-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephalaCorn Bunting Emberiza calandraDickcissel Spiza americana cat. A in Norway
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianusIndigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
NEW WORLD BLACKBIRDS Family IcteridaeBobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorusBrown-headed Cowbird Molothrus aterYellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus cat. A in Iceland, the Netherlands
Northern Oriole Icterus galbula
Changes since last edition
3 recently accepted in cat. A in Spain (http://www.rarebirdspain.net/esplis12.pdf)4 species added (http://www.rarebirdspain.net/esplis12.pdf)5 recently accepted in cat. A in Spain (http://www.rarebirdspain.net/esplis12.pdf)
1 species added (see http://www.dutchbirding.nl/content/page/files/webprog20121001-80.pdf)2 species added (http://www.rarebirdspain.net/esplis12.pdf)
15 split from P. pyrrhula
9 specied added (Haas 2012 Extremely Rare Birds in the Western Palearctic, Lynx Edition)10 Oenanthe picata deleted (E. Shochat/IRDC pers. com., Bull BOC 132: 226-235)11 correction of mistake about sequence of Hippolais and Acrocephalus 12 change of spelling13 Iraq: see Sandgrouse 34: 4-43.14 Lanius excubitoroides deleted (see Crochet & Haas Dutch Birding in press)
6 Cursorius temminckii deleted (see Crochet & Haas Dutch Birding in press)7 species sequence8 Mirafra cordofanica deleted (see Crochet & Haas Dutch Birding in press)