User:Charlesjsharp/Birds of the Western Palearctic

This gallery has one image of about 197 different species of birds (there is a total of around 540 species in Europe).
They have been photographed in 19 countries and often show a bird in flight.
There are many other images in Wikipedia articles.

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  Bahrain
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  Cyprus
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  Estonia
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  France
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  Greece
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  Hungary
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  Ireland
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  Jordan
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  Malta
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  Morocco
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  Norway
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  Poland
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  Portugal
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  Romania
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  Slovenia
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  Spain
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  Sweden
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  Tunisia
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  UK

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Anseriformes - swans, geese and ducks

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  Mute swans
  Cygnus olor
  
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  Whooper swans
  Cygnus cygnus
  

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  Greylag goose
  Anser anser
  
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  Barnacle goose
  Branta leucopsis
  
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  Canada goose
  Branta canadensis
  
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  Greater white-fronted geese
  Anser albifrons
  

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  Common shelduck
  Tadorna tadorna
  ♀
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  Egyptian goose
  Alopochen aegyptiaca
  
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  Mallard
  Anas platyrhynchos
  ♀
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  Shoveler
  Anas clypeata
  ♀
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  Gadwall
  Anas strepera
  ♀♂
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  Common teal
  Anas crecca
  ♂
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  Garganey
  Spatula querquedula
  ♂
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  Tufted duck
  Aythya fuligula
  ♂
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  Ferruginous duck
  Aythya nyroca
  
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  Common pochard
  Aythya ferina
  ♂
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  Ruddy duck
  Oxyura jamaicensis
  ♂
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  Common eider
  Somateria mollissima
  ♂
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  Mandarin duck
  Aix galericulata
  ♂
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  Long-tailed duck
  Clangula hyemalis
  ♂

Galliformes - game birds

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  Common pheasant
  Phasianus colchicus
  ♂
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  Red-legged partridge
  Alectoris rufa
  

Podicipediformes - grebes

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  Little grebe
  Tachybaptus ruficollis
  
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  Great crested grebe
  Podiceps cristatus
  
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  Red-necked grebe
  Podiceps grisegena
  ♂

Suliformes - cormorants, gannet, shearwater

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  Great cormorant
  Phalacrocorax carbo
  
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  Shags
  Phalacrocorax aristotelis
  
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  Pygmy cormorant
  Microcarbo pygmaeus
  
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  Northern gannet
  Morus bassanus
  
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  Greater shearwater
  Ardenna gravis
  

Procellariiformes - seabirds - fulmar, storm-petrel

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  Fulmar
  Fulmarus glacialis
  
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  European storm-petrel
  Hydrobates pelagicus
  

Charadriiformes - 'Shorebirds': awks, gulls, terns, skua, waders

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  Puffin
  Fratercula arctica
  
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  Razorbill
  Alca torda
  
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  Guillemot
  Uria aalge
  
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  Black guillemot
  Cepphus grylle
  

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  Kittiwake
  Rissa tridactyla
  
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  Common gull
  Larus canus
  
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  Black-headed gull
  Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  
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  Mediterranean gull
  Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
  
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  Pallas's gull
  Larus ichthyaetus
  
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  Great black-backed gull
  Larus marinus
  
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  Lesser black-backed gull
  Larus fuscus
  
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  Yellow-legged gull
  Larus michahellis
  
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  Herring gull
  Larus argentatus
  
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  Caspian gull (juvenile)
  Larus cachinnans
  

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  Whiskered tern (juvenile)
  Chlidonias hybrida
  
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  Gull-billed tern
  Gelochelidon nilotica
  
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  Sandwich tern
  Thalasseus sandvicensis
  
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  Common tern
  Sterna hirundo
  
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  Arctic tern
  Sterna paradisaea
  
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  Great skua
  Stercorarius skua
  

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  Collared pratincole
  Glareola pratincola
  
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  Oystercatcher
  Haematopus ostralegus
  
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  Pied avocet
  Recurvirostra avosetta
  
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  Black-winged stilts
  Himantopus himantopus
  
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  Eurasian stone-curlew
  Burhinus oedicnemus
  
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  Ruddy turnstone
  Arenaria interpres
  
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  Northern lapwing
  Vanellus vanellus
  
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  Kentish plover
  Charadrius alexandrinus
  
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  Common ringed plover
  Charadrius hiaticula
  
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  Little ringed plover
  Charadrius dubius
  
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  Temminck's stint
  Calidris temminckii
  
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  Common sandpiper
  Actitis hypoleucos
  
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  Green sandpiper
  Tringa ochropus
  
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  Greenshank
  Tringa nebularia
  
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  Redshank
  Tringa totanus
  
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  Black-tailed godwit
  Limosa limosa
  
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  Curlew
  Numenius arquata
  
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  Little stints
  Calidris minuta
  
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  Dunlins
  Calidris alpina
  
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  Curlew sandpiper (juvenile)
  Calidris ferruginea
  
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  Sanderling
  Calidris alba
  
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  Red knot (juveniles)
  Calidris canutus
  
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  Ruff
  Philomachus pugnax
  
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  Cream-coloured courser
  Cursorius cursor
  

Phoenicopteriformes - flamingos

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  Greater flamingos
  Phoenicopterus roseus
  

Pelecaniformes - ibises, spoonbill, herons, pelicans

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  Dalmatian pelican
  Pelecanus crispus
  
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  White pelicans
  Pelecanus onocrotalus
  
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  Glossy ibis
  Plegadis falcinellus
  
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  Eurasian spoonbill
  Platalea leucorodia
  
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  Squacco heron
  Ardeola ralloides
  
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  Cattle egret
  Bubulcus ibis
  
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  Little egret
  Egretta garzetta
  
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  Great egret
  Ardea alba
  
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  Western reef egret (slate grey morph)
  Egretta gularis schistacea
  
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  Grey heron
  Ardea cinerea
  
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  Purple heron
  Ardea purpurea
  
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  Black-crowned night heron
  Nycticorax nycticorax
  
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  Little bittern (juvenile)
  Ixobrychus minutus
  
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  Great bittern
  Botaurus stellaris
  
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  Whimbrel
  Numenius phaeopus
  

Ciconiiformes - storks

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  Black stork
  Ciconia nigra
  
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  White stork
  Ciconia ciconia
  

Gruiformes - crane, rails and coots </gallery>

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  Crane
  Grus grus
  

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  Common moorhen
  Gallinula chloropus
  
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  Eurasian coot (with juveniles)
  Fulica atra
  
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  Red-knobbed coot
  Fulica cristata
  
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  Western swamphen
  Porphyrio porphyrio
  

Otidiformes - bustard

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  Great bustard
  Otis tarda
  ♀

Columbiformes - pigeons and doves

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  Rock dove
  Columba livia
  
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  Laughing dove
  Streptopelia senegalensis
  
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  Turtle dove
  Streptopelia turtur
  
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  Wood pigeons
  Columba palumbus
  

Strigiformes - owls

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  Long-eared owl
  Asio otus
  
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  Eurasian pygmy owl
  Glaucidium passerinum
  

Accipitriformes - birds of prey - kites, hawks and eagles

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  Eurasian black vulture
  Aegypius monachus
  
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  Gryphon vulture
  Gyps fulvus
  
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  Egyptian vulture
  Neophron percnopterus
  
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  Common buzzard
  Buteo buteo
  
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  Red kite
  Milvus milvus
  
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  Black kite
  Milvus migrans
  
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  Marsh harrier
  Circus aeruginosus
  ♂
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  Imperial eagle
  Aquila heliaca
  
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  Booted eagle
  Hieraaetus pennatus
  
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  White-tailed eagle
  Haliaeetus albicilla
  
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  Sparrowhawk
  Accipiter nisus
  ♂

Falconiformes - falcons

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  Kestrel
  Falco tinnunculus
  ♂
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  Lesser kestrel
  Falco naumanni
  
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  Red-footed falcon
  Falco vespertinus
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  Hobby
  Falco subbuteo
  
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  Eleonora's falcon
  Falco eleonorae
  

Cuculiformes - cuckoo

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  Great spotted cuckoos
  Clamator glandarius
  

Coraciiformes - kingfisher, bee-eater and roller

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  Common kingfisher
  Alcedo atthis ispida
  
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  European bee-eater
  Merops apiaster
  
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  European roller
  Coracias garrulus
  

Bucerotiformes - hoopoe

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  Eurasian hoopoe (juvenile)
  Upupa epops
  

Piciformes - woodpeckers

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  Black woodpecker
  Dryocopus martius
  ♀
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  Eurasian three-toed woodpeckers
  icoides tridactylus
  ♂
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  White-backed woodpecker
  Dendrocopos leucotos
  ♀
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  European green woodpecker
  Picus viridis
  ♀
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  Great spotted woodpecker (juvenile)
  Dendrocopos major
  
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  Middle spotted woodpecker
  Dendrocoptes medius
  ♂
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  Lesser-spotted woodpecker
  Dryobates minor hortorum
  ♀

Passeriformes - songbirds

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  Barn swallow
  Hirundo rustica
  
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  House martins
  Delichon urbicum meridionale
  
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  Sand martins
  Riparia riparia
  

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  Crested lark
  Galerida cristata
  
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  Skylark
  Alauda arvensis
  
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  North African Thekla's lark
  Galerida theklae carolinae
  
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  Meadow pipit
  Anthus pratensis
  
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  Tawny pipit (juvenile)
  Anthus campestris
  
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  White wagtail
  Motacilla alba
  
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  Western yellow wagtail
  Motacilla flava thunbergi
  
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  Wren
  Troglodytes troglodytes
  
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  Dunnock
  Prunella modularis
  
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  Common Starling
  Sturnus vulgaris
  
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  Spotless starling
  Sturnus unicolor
  
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  Common blackbird
  Turdus merula
  ♂
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  Song thrush
  Turdus philomelos
  
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  Blue rock thrush
  Monticola solitarius
  ♂
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  Robin
  Erithacus rubecula
  
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  European stonechat
  Saxicola rubicola
  ♂
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  Whinchat
  Saxicola rubetra
  
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  Northern wheatear
  Oenanthe oenanthe
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  Cyprus wheatear
  Oenanthe cypriaca
  
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  Isabelline wheatear
  Oenanthe isabellina
  
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  Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
  Oenanthe melanoleuca♀
  
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  Black wheatear
  Oenanthe leucura riggenbachi
  
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  Cetti's warbler
  Cettia cetti
  
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  Eurasian reed warbler
  Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  
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  Sedge warbler
  Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
  
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  Chiffchaff
  Phylloscopus collybita
  
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  Blackcap
  Sylvia atricapilla
  ♂
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  Common whitethroat
  Sylvia communis
  ♀
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  Sardinian warbler
  Sylvia melanocephala♀
  
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  Willow warbler (ringed)
  Phylloscopus trochilus
  
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  Spotted flycatcher
  Muscicapa striata
  
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  Redstart
  Phoenicurus phoenicurus
  ♂
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  Bluethroat
  Luscinia svecica
  ♂
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  Eurasian nuthatch
  Sitta europaea caesia
  
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  Wallcreeper
  Tichodroma muraria
  ♀
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  Short-toed treecreeper
  Certhia brachydactyla megarhynchos
  
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  Cyprus treecreeper
  Certhia brachydactyla dorotheae
  
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  Eurasian penduline tit
  Remiz pendulinus
  
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  Long-tailed tit (juvenile)
  Aegithalos caudatus
  
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  Cyprus coal tit
  Periparus ater cypriotes
  
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  Great tit
  Parus major
  
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  Blue tit
  Cyanistes caeruleus
  
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  Red-backed shrike
  Lanius collurio
  
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  Woodchat shrike
  Lanius senator
  
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  Great grey shrike
  Lanius excubitor
  
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  Eurasian jay
  Garrulus glandarius
  
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  Cyprus jay
  Garrulus glandarius glaszneri
  
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  Carrion crow
  Corvus corone
  
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  Rook
  Corvus frugilegus
  
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  Hooded crow
  Corvus cornix
  
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  Jackdaw
  Corvus monedula
  
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  Common magpie
  Pica pica
  
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  Iberian magpie
  Cyanopica cooki
  
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  Hawfinch (juvenile)
  Coccothraustes coccothraustes
  
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  European goldfinch
  Carduelis carduelis niediecki
  
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  European serin
  Serinus serinus
  
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  Greenfinch
  Chloris chloris harrisoni
  ♂
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  Linnet
  Linaria cannabina
  ♀
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  Chaffinch
  Fringilla coelebs
  ♂
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  Syrian chaffinch
  Fringilla coelebs syriaca
  ♀
• African Chaffinch Fringilla spodiogenys ♂
  African Chaffinch
  Fringilla spodiogenys
  ♂
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  House sparrow
  Passer domesticus balearoibericus
  ♂
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  Eurasian tree sparrow
  Passer montanus
  ♂
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  Spannish sparrows
  Passer hispaniolensis
  
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  Common reed bunting
  Emberiza schoeniclusr
  ♂
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  Yellowhammer
  Emberiza citrinella
  ♂
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  Corn bunting
  Emberiza calandra