Birds from Slovenia (381 bird species)

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  Alpine Accentor

  Prunella collaris

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  Alpine Swift

  Tachymarptis melba

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  Aquatic Warbler

  Acrocephalus paludicola

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  Arctic Jaeger

  Stercorarius parasiticus

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  Arctic Loon

  Gavia arctica

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  Asian Houbara

  Chlamydotis macqueenii

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  Atlantic Puffin

  Fratercula arctica

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  Bar-tailed Godwit

  Limosa lapponica

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  Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica

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  Barred Warbler

  Sylvia nisoria

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  Bean Goose

  Anser fabalis

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  Bearded Reedling

  Panurus biarmicus

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  Bearded Vulture

  Gypaetus barbatus

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  Black Grouse

  Lyrurus tetrix

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  Black Guillemot

  Cepphus grylle

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  Black Kite

  Milvus migrans

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  Black Redstart

  Phoenicurus ochruros

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  Black Stork

  Ciconia nigra

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  Black Tern

  Chlidonias niger

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  Black Woodpecker

  Dryocopus martius

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  Black-crowned Night-heron

  Nycticorax nycticorax

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  Black-eared Wheatear

  Oenanthe hispanica

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  Black-headed Bunting

  Emberiza melanocephala

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  Black-headed Gull

  Chroicocephalus ridibundus

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  Black-legged Kittiwake

  Rissa tridactyla

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  Black-necked Grebe

  Podiceps nigricollis

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  Black-tailed Godwit

  Limosa limosa

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  Black-winged Stilt

  Himantopus himantopus

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  Blue Rock-thrush

  Monticola solitarius

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  Bluethroat

  Luscinia svecica

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  Blyth’s Reed-warbler

  Acrocephalus dumetorum

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  Bohemian Waxwing

  Bombycilla garrulus

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  Bonelli’s Eagle

  Aquila fasciata

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  Booted Eagle

  Hieraaetus pennatus

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  Booted Warbler

  Iduna caligata

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  Boreal Owl

  Aegolius funereus

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  Brambling

  Fringilla montifringilla

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  Brent Goose

  Branta bernicla

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  Broad-billed Sandpiper

  Limicola falcinellus

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  Calandra Lark

  Melanocorypha calandra

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  Canada Goose

  Branta canadensis

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  Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone

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  Caspian Gull

  Larus cachinnans

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  Caspian Tern

  Hydroprogne caspia

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  Cattle Egret

  Bubulcus ibis

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  Cetti’s Warbler

  Cettia cetti

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  Cinereous Vulture

  Aegypius monachus

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  Cirl Bunting

  Emberiza cirlus

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  Citril Finch

  Carduelis citrinella

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  Citrine Wagtail

  Motacilla citreola

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  Coal Tit

  Periparus ater

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  Collared Flycatcher

  Ficedula albicollis

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  Collared Pratincole

  Glareola pratincola

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  Collared Sand Martin

  Riparia riparia

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  Common Barn-owl

  Tyto alba

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  Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs

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  Common Chiffchaff

  Phylloscopus collybita

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  Common Coot

  Fulica atra

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  Common Crane

  Grus grus

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  Common Cuckoo

  Cuculus canorus

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  Common Eider

  Somateria mollissima

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  Common Firecrest

  Regulus ignicapilla

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  Common Goldeneye

  Bucephala clangula

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  Common Grasshopper-warbler

  Locustella naevia

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  Common Greenshank

  Tringa nebularia

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  Common Gull-billed Tern

  Gelochelidon nilotica

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  Common Hoopoe

  Upupa epops

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  Common Kestrel

  Falco tinnunculus

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  Common Kingfisher

  Alcedo atthis

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  Common Linnet

  Linaria cannabina

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  Common Little Bittern

  Ixobrychus minutus

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  Common Loon

  Gavia immer

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  Common Moorhen

  Gallinula chloropus

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  Common Nightingale

  Luscinia megarhynchos

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  Common Pheasant

  Phasianus colchicus

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  Common Pochard

  Aythya ferina

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  Common Quail

  Coturnix coturnix

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  Common Raven

  Corvus corax

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  Common Redshank

  Tringa totanus

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  Common Redstart

  Phoenicurus phoenicurus

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  Common Reed-warbler

  Acrocephalus scirpaceus

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  Common Ringed Plover

  Charadrius hiaticula

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  Common Rosefinch

  Carpodacus erythrinus

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  Common Sandpiper

  Actitis hypoleucos

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  Common Scoter

  Melanitta nigra

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  Common Shelduck

  Tadorna tadorna

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  Common Snipe

  Gallinago gallinago

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  Common Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris

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  Common Stonechat

  Saxicola torquatus

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  Common Swift

  Apus apus

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  Common Teal

  Anas crecca

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  Common Tern

  Sterna hirundo

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  Common Whitethroat

  Sylvia communis

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  Common Woodpigeon

  Columba palumbus

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  Corn Bunting

  Emberiza calandra

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  Corncrake

  Crex crex

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  Cream-coloured Courser

  Cursorius cursor

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  Crested Lark

  Galerida cristata

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  Crested Tit

  Lophophanes cristatus

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  Curlew Sandpiper

  Calidris ferruginea

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  Dalmatian Pelican

  Pelecanus crispus

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  Desert Wheatear

  Oenanthe deserti

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  Dunlin

  Calidris alpina

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  Dunnock

  Prunella modularis

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  Dusky Warbler

  Phylloscopus fuscatus

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  Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler

  Phylloscopus orientalis

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  Eastern Imperial Eagle

  Aquila heliaca

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  Eastern Orphean Warbler

  Sylvia crassirostris

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  Egyptian Vulture

  Neophron percnopterus

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  Eleonora’s Falcon

  Falco eleonorae

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  Eurasian Bittern

  Botaurus stellaris

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  Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula

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  Eurasian Blackcap

  Sylvia atricapilla

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  Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus

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  Eurasian Bullfinch

  Pyrrhula pyrrhula

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  Eurasian Buzzard

  Buteo buteo

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  Eurasian Collared-dove

  Streptopelia decaocto

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  Eurasian Crag Martin

  Ptyonoprogne rupestris

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  Eurasian Curlew

  Numenius arquata

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  Eurasian Dotterel

  Charadrius morinellus

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  Eurasian Eagle-owl

  Bubo bubo

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  Eurasian Golden Oriole

  Oriolus oriolus

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  Eurasian Golden Plover

  Pluvialis apricaria

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  Eurasian Green Woodpecker

  Picus viridis

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  Eurasian Hobby

  Falco subbuteo

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  Eurasian Jackdaw

  Corvus monedula

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  Eurasian Jay

  Garrulus glandarius

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  Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica

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  Eurasian Nuthatch

  Sitta europaea

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  Eurasian Oystercatcher

  Haematopus ostralegus

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  Eurasian Penduline-tit

  Remiz pendulinus

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  Eurasian Pygmy-owl

  Glaucidium passerinum

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  Eurasian Scops-owl

  Otus scops

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  Eurasian Siskin

  Spinus spinus

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  Eurasian Skylark

  Alauda arvensis

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  Eurasian Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter nisus

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  Eurasian Spoonbill

  Platalea leucorodia

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  Eurasian Thick-knee

  Burhinus oedicnemus

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  Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus

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  Eurasian Treecreeper

  Certhia familiaris

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  Eurasian Wigeon

  Anas penelope

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  Eurasian Woodcock

  Scolopax rusticola

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  Eurasian Wryneck

  Jynx torquilla

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  European Bee-eater

  Merops apiaster

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  European Goldfinch

  Carduelis carduelis

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  European Greenfinch

  Chloris chloris

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  European Herring Gull

  Larus argentatus

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  European Honey-buzzard

  Pernis apivorus

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  European Nightjar

  Caprimulgus europaeus

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  European Pied Flycatcher

  Ficedula hypoleuca

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  European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula

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  European Roller

  Coracias garrulus

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  European Serin

  Serinus serinus

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  European Shag

  Phalacrocorax aristotelis

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  European Turtle-dove

  Streptopelia turtur

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  Ferruginous Duck

  Aythya nyroca

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  Fieldfare

  Turdus pilaris

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  Gadwall

  Anas strepera

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  Garden Warbler

  Sylvia borin

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  Garganey

  Anas querquedula

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  Glaucous Gull

  Larus hyperboreus

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  Glossy Ibis

  Plegadis falcinellus

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  Goldcrest

  Regulus regulus

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  Golden Eagle

  Aquila chrysaetos

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  Goosander

  Mergus merganser

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  Great Black-backed Gull

  Larus marinus

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  Great Bustard

  Otis tarda

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  Great Cormorant

  Phalacrocorax carbo

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  Great Crested Grebe

  Podiceps cristatus

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  Great Grey Shrike

  Lanius excubitor

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  Great Reed-warbler

  Acrocephalus arundinaceus

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  Great Skua

  Stercorarius skua

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  Great Snipe

  Gallinago media

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  Great Spotted Cuckoo

  Clamator glandarius

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  Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major

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  Great Tit

  Parus major

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  Great White Egret

  Ardea alba

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  Great White Pelican

  Pelecanus onocrotalus

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  Greater Flamingo

  Phoenicopterus roseus

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  Greater Scaup

  Aythya marila

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  Greater Short-toed Lark

  Calandrella brachydactyla

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  Greater Spotted Eagle

  Clanga clanga

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  Greater White-fronted Goose

  Anser albifrons

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  Green Sandpiper

  Tringa ochropus

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  Grey Heron

  Ardea cinerea

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  Grey Partridge

  Perdix perdix

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  Grey Plover

  Pluvialis squatarola

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  Grey Wagtail

  Motacilla cinerea

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  Grey-faced Woodpecker

  Picus canus

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  Greylag Goose

  Anser anser

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  Griffon Vulture

  Gyps fulvus

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  Hawfinch

  Coccothraustes coccothraustes

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  Hazel Grouse

  Tetrastes bonasia

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  Hen Harrier

  Circus cyaneus

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  Horned Grebe

  Podiceps auritus

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  Horned Lark

  Eremophila alpestris

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  House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus

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  Icterine Warbler

  Hippolais icterina

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  Italian Sparrow

  Passer italiae

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  Jack Snipe

  Lymnocryptes minimus

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  Kentish Plover

  Charadrius alexandrinus

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  Lanner Falcon

  Falco biarmicus

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  Lapland Longspur

  Calcarius lapponicus

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  Lesser Black-backed Gull

  Larus fuscus

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  Lesser Crested Tern

  Thalasseus bengalensis

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  Lesser Grey Shrike

  Lanius minor

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  Lesser Kestrel

  Falco naumanni

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  Lesser Spotted Eagle

  Clanga pomarina

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  Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos minor

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  Lesser White-fronted Goose

  Anser erythropus

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  Lesser Whitethroat

  Sylvia curruca

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  Lesser Yellowlegs

  Tringa flavipes

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  Little Bunting

  Emberiza pusilla

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  Little Bustard

  Tetrax tetrax

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  Little Crake

  Porzana parva

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  Little Egret

  Egretta garzetta

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  Little Grebe

  Tachybaptus ruficollis

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  Little Gull

  Hydrocoloeus minutus

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  Little Owl

  Athene noctua

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  Little Ringed Plover

  Charadrius dubius

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  Little Stint

  Calidris minuta

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  Little Tern

  Sternula albifrons

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  Long-legged Buzzard

  Buteo rufinus

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  Long-tailed Duck

  Clangula hyemalis

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  Long-tailed Jaeger

  Stercorarius longicaudus

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  Long-tailed Tit

  Aegithalos caudatus

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  Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos

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  Mandarin Duck

  Aix galericulata

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  Manx Shearwater

  Puffinus puffinus

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  Marsh Sandpiper

  Tringa stagnatilis

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  Marsh Tit

  Poecile palustris

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  Marsh Warbler

  Acrocephalus palustris

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  Meadow Pipit

  Anthus pratensis

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  Mediterranean Gull

  Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

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  Melodious Warbler

  Hippolais polyglotta

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  Merlin

  Falco columbarius

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  Mew Gull

  Larus canus

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  Middle Spotted Woodpecker

  Leiopicus medius

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  Mistle Thrush

  Turdus viscivorus

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  Montagu’s Harrier

  Circus pygargus

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  Moustached Warbler

  Acrocephalus melanopogon

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  Mute Swan

  Cygnus olor

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  Northern Fulmar

  Fulmarus glacialis

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  Northern Gannet

  Morus bassanus

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  Northern Goshawk

  Accipiter gentilis

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  Northern House Martin

  Delichon urbicum

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  Northern Lapwing

  Vanellus vanellus

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  Northern Long-eared Owl

  Asio otus

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  Northern Nutcracker

  Nucifraga caryocatactes

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  Northern Pintail

  Anas acuta

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  Northern Shoveler

  Anas clypeata

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  Northern Wheatear

  Oenanthe oenanthe

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  Northern Wren

  Troglodytes troglodytes

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  Olivaceous Warbler

  Iduna pallida

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  Orange-flanked Bush-robin

  Tarsiger cyanurus

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  Ortolan Bunting

  Emberiza hortulana

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  Osprey

  Pandion haliaetus

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  Pacific Golden Plover

  Pluvialis fulva

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  Paddyfield Warbler

  Acrocephalus agricola

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  Pallas’s Gull

  Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus

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  Pallas’s Leaf-warbler

  Phylloscopus proregulus

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  Pallas’s Sandgrouse

  Syrrhaptes paradoxus

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  Pallid Harrier

  Circus macrourus

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  Pallid Swift

  Apus pallidus

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  Parrot Crossbill

  Loxia pytyopsittacus

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  Pectoral Sandpiper

  Calidris melanotos

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  Peregrine Falcon

  Falco peregrinus

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  Pied Avocet

  Recurvirostra avosetta

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  Pine Bunting

  Emberiza leucocephalos

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  Pine Grosbeak

  Pinicola enucleator

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  Pink-footed Goose

  Anser brachyrhynchus

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  Pomarine Jaeger

  Stercorarius pomarinus

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  Purple Heron

  Ardea purpurea

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  Pygmy Cormorant

  Microcarbo pygmeus

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  Red Crossbill

  Loxia curvirostra

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  Red Kite

  Milvus milvus

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  Red Knot

  Calidris canutus

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  Red Phalarope

  Phalaropus fulicarius

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  Red-backed Shrike

  Lanius collurio

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  Red-billed Chough

  Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

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  Red-breasted Flycatcher

  Ficedula parva

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  Red-breasted Goose

  Branta ruficollis

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  Red-breasted Merganser

  Mergus serrator

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  Red-crested Pochard

  Netta rufina

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  Red-footed Falcon

  Falco vespertinus

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  Red-necked Grebe

  Podiceps grisegena

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  Red-necked Phalarope

  Phalaropus lobatus

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  Red-rumped Swallow

  Cecropis daurica

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  Red-throated Loon

  Gavia stellata

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  Red-throated Pipit

  Anthus cervinus

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  Redpoll

  Acanthis flammea

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  Redwing

  Turdus iliacus

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  Reed Bunting

  Emberiza schoeniclus

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  Richard’s Pipit

  Anthus richardi

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  Ring Ouzel

  Turdus torquatus

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  River Warbler

  Locustella fluviatilis

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  Rock Bunting

  Emberiza cia

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  Rock Dove

  Columba livia

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  Rock Partridge

  Alectoris graeca

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  Rock Ptarmigan

  Lagopus muta

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  Rock Sparrow

  Petronia petronia

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  Rook

  Corvus frugilegus

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  Rosy Starling

  Pastor roseus

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  Rough-legged Buzzard

  Buteo lagopus

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  Ruddy Duck

  Oxyura jamaicensis

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  Ruddy Turnstone

  Arenaria interpres

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  Ruff

  Calidris pugnax

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  Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush

  Monticola saxatilis

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  Rustic Bunting

  Emberiza rustica

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  Saker Falcon

  Falco cherrug

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  Sanderling

  Calidris alba

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  Sandwich Tern

  Thalasseus sandvicensis

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  Sardinian Warbler

  Sylvia melanocephala

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  Savi’s Warbler

  Locustella luscinioides

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  Scopoli’s Shearwater

  Calonectris diomedea

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  Sedge Warbler

  Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

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  Short-eared Owl

  Asio flammeus

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  Short-toed Snake-eagle

  Circaetus gallicus

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  Short-toed Treecreeper

  Certhia brachydactyla

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  Siberian Rubythroat

  Calliope calliope

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  Slender-billed Gull

  Chroicocephalus genei

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  Smew

  Mergellus albellus

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  Snow Bunting

  Plectrophenax nivalis

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  Snowy Owl

  Bubo scandiacus

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  Sociable Lapwing

  Vanellus gregarius

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  Sombre Tit

  Poecile lugubris

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  Song Thrush

  Turdus philomelos

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  Spanish Sparrow

  Passer hispaniolensis

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  Spotted Crake

  Porzana porzana

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  Spotted Flycatcher

  Muscicapa striata

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  Spotted Redshank

  Tringa erythropus

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  Squacco Heron

  Ardeola ralloides

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  Stock Dove

  Columba oenas

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  Subalpine Warbler

  Sylvia cantillans

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  Syrian Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos syriacus

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  Tawny Owl

  Strix aluco

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  Tawny Pipit

  Anthus campestris

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  Temminck’s Stint

  Calidris temminckii

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  Terek Sandpiper

  Xenus cinereus

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  Three-toed Woodpecker

  Picoides tridactylus

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  Thrush Nightingale

  Luscinia luscinia

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  Tree Pipit

  Anthus trivialis

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  Tufted Duck

  Aythya fuligula

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  Tundra Swan

  Cygnus columbianus

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  Twite

  Linaria flavirostris

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  Two-barred Crossbill

  Loxia leucoptera

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  Ural Owl

  Strix uralensis

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  Velvet Scoter

  Melanitta fusca

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  Wallcreeper

  Tichodroma muraria

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  Water Pipit

  Anthus spinoletta

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  Western Bonelli’s Warbler

  Phylloscopus bonelli

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  Western Capercaillie

  Tetrao urogallus

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  Western Marsh-harrier

  Circus aeruginosus

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  Western Rock Nuthatch

  Sitta neumayer

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  Western Water Rail

  Rallus aquaticus

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  Western Yellow Wagtail

  Motacilla flava

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  Whimbrel

  Numenius phaeopus

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  Whinchat

  Saxicola rubetra

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  Whiskered Tern

  Chlidonias hybrida

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  White Stork

  Ciconia ciconia

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  White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba

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  White’s Thrush

  Zoothera aurea

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  White-backed Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos leucotos

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  White-tailed Sea-eagle

  Haliaeetus albicilla

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  White-throated Dipper

  Cinclus cinclus

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  White-winged Snowfinch

  Montifringilla nivalis

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  White-winged Tern

  Chlidonias leucopterus

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  Whooper Swan

  Cygnus cygnus

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  Willow Tit

  Poecile montanus

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  Willow Warbler

  Phylloscopus trochilus

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  Wood Sandpiper

  Tringa glareola

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  Wood Warbler

  Phylloscopus sibilatrix

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  Woodchat Shrike

  Lanius senator

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  Woodlark

  Lullula arborea

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  Yelkouan Shearwater

  Puffinus yelkouan

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  Yellow-billed Chough

  Pyrrhocorax graculus

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  Yellow-billed Loon

  Gavia adamsii

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  Yellow-browed Warbler

  Phylloscopus inornatus

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  Yellow-legged Gull

  Larus michahellis

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  Yellowhammer

  Emberiza citrinella

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  Zitting Cisticola

  Cisticola juncidis