A-Z INDEX OF BIRDS ON THIS WEBSITE

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Common name

Latin name

Abyssinian (ground) hornbill

Bucorvus abyssinicus

African blue tit

Cyanistes teneriffae ultramarinus/Parus ultramarinus

African collared dove/Barbary Streptopelia roseogrisea/risoria

African fish eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

African goshawk Accipiter tachiro

African harrier hawk

Polyboroides typus

African jacana

Actophilornis africana

African openbill/openbilled stork Anastomus lamelligerus
African silverbill Lonchura cantans
African pygmy falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
African spotted eagle owl Bubo africanus
African tawny eagle Aquila rapax belisarius
African wattled lapwing Vanellus senegallus
African wood owl Strix woodfordii

Amazilia humming bird

Amazilia amazilia

American bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

American black vulture Coragyps atratus
American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Andean condor

Vultur gryphus

Aracari, black-necked

Pteroglossus aracari

Aracari, green Pteroglossus viridis
Argus pheasant Argusianus argus
Ashy-faced owl Tyto glaucops
Asian fairy bluebird Irena puella
Australasian marsh/swamp harrier Circus approximans

Australian brushturkey (brush-turkey)

Alectura lathami

Australian magpie Cracticus tibicen
Australian pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus

Avocet (Pied)

Recurvirostra avosetta

Azure-winged magpie Cyanopica cyana
Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Banded rail

Gallirallus philippensis

Bantam - see chicken

 

Barbary dove

Streptopelia roseogrisea/risoria

Barbary shrike Laniarius barbarus

Barking owl

Ninox connivens

Barn owl

Tyto alba

Barn swallow Hirundo rustica

Bar-tailed godwit

Limosa lapponica

Bateleur eagle Terathopius ecaudatus
Baya weaver Ploceus philippinus

Bearded barbet

Lybius dubius

Beautiful fruit dove/ rose-fronted pigeon Ptilinopus pulchellus
Bellbird Anthornis melanura

Bengal eagle owl

Bubo bengalensis

Bengalese finch

Lonchura (striata) domestica

Berthelot's pipit

Anthus berthelotii

Black and white laughingthrush Garrulax bicolor
Black crake Amaurornis flavirostra
Black francolin Francolinus francolinus

Black kite

Milvus migrans

Black redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Black-breasted thrush

Turdus dissimilis

Black-browed barbet

Megalaima oorti

Black-chested buzzard-eagle Geranoaetus/(Buteo) melanoleucus
Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-headed sibia Heterophasia desgodinsi

Black-naped fruit dove

Ptilinopus melanospilus

Black-naped oriole Oriolus chinensis
Black-necked crane Grus nigricollis

Black-tailed godwit

Limosa limosa

Black-throated laughingthrush Garrulax chinensis
Black-throated magpie-jay Calocitta colliei

Black-winged red bishop

Euplectes hordeaceus

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Blacksmith plover/lapwing Vanellus armatus

Blue chaffinch

Fringilla teydea

Blue crane Anthropoides paradiseus
Blue coua Coua caerulea

Blue tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Blue whistling thrush Myophonus caeruleus

Blue-bellied roller

Coracias cyanogaster

Blue-breasted kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
Blue-eared pheasant Crossoptilon auritum
Blue-faced honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
Blue-naped mousebird Urocolius macrourus
Blue-necked tanager Tangara cyanicollis
Blue tailed magpie Cyanopica cyana
Blue-winged minla/siva Siva/(Minla) cyanouroptera
Blue-winged pitta Pitta moluccensis
Boat-billed heron/boatbill Cochlearius cochlearius
Boobook owl/spotted hawk owl Ninox boobook/ Ninox novaeseelandiae

Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

Brown creeper Mohoua novaeseelandiae
Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica
Brown-breasted barbet Lybius melanopterus

Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatus

Buff-banded rail

Gallirallus philippensis

Buffy fishing owl

Ketupa/Bubo ketupu

Bulbul, Chinese/light-vented Pycnonotus sinensis

Bulbul, collared finch-billed

Spizixos semitorques

Bulbul, red-whiskered

Pycnonotus jocosus

Buller's mollymawk/albatross

Thalassarche bulleri

Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Burrowing owl

Athene cunicularia/ Speotyto cunicularia

Bush stone-curlew

Burhinus grallarius (prev. Burhinus magnirostris)

Buzzard (common)

Buteo buteo

Canary (wild)

Serinus canaria

Capercaillie, western/wood grouse Tetrao urogallus

Cardinal, northern

Cardinalis cardinalis

Cardinal, pope

Paroaria dominicana

Cardinal, red-crested

Paroaria coronata

Carmine bee-eater Merops nubicus

Carrion crow

Corvus corone

Caspian gull Larus (argentatus) cachinnans
Cassowary, Northern/Single-wattled Casuarius unappendiculatus

Cassowary, Southern/Double-wattled

Casuarius casuarius

Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis
Cetti's warbler Cettia cetti

Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Chestnut-backed scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus montanus
Chestnut-backed thrush Zoothera dohertyi

Chicken

Gallus gallus domesticus

Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

   Canary Islands chiffchaff

Phylloscopus canariensis
Chilean (blue) eagle Geranoaetus/(Buteo) melanoleucus

Chimango caracara

Milvago chimango

Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Coal tit

Periparus ater

Cockatoos/Cockatiels - see parrots below

Cacatuidae

Collared dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Collared finch-billed bulbul

Spizixos semitorques

Collared kingfisher Todiramphus chloris

Combassou

Vidua chalybeata

Common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Common diving petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
Common gull Larus canus

Common tern

Sterna hirundo

Condor

Vultur gryphus

Conifer/pine eagle Terathopius ecaudatus

Coot

Fulica atra

Cormorant, great/black

Phalacrocorax carbo

Cormorant, green Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Corn bunting Miliaria calandra

Crag martin

Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Crane, crowned    Black crowned crane Balearica pavonina

Crane, crowned    Grey crowned crane

Balearica regulorum

Crane, Eurasian/common Grus grus
Crested cariama (red-legged seriema) Cariama cristata
Crested fireback Lophura ignita
Crested lark Galerida cristata

Crested wood partridge

Rollulus rouloul (prev. roulroul)

Cretzschmar's bunting Emberiza caesia

Crow

Corvus corone

Crowned lapwing/plover Vanellus coronatus
Cuckoo roller Leptosomus discolor
Curassow, bare-faced Crax fasciolata
Curassow, black/crested Crax alector
Curassow, great Crax rubra
Curassow, nocturnal Nothocrax urumutum
Curassow, northern helmeted Pauxi pauxi
Curlew/Eurasian curlew

Numenius arquata

Dabchick

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Dalmation pelican Pelecanus crispus
Danphe/ Impeyan monal Lophophorus impejanus
Demoiselle crane Anthropoides virgo
Desert finch Carduelis (prev. Rhodopechys) obsoleta
Diamond dove Geopelia cuneata
Dipper (white-throated/European) Cinclus cinclus
Diving/common diving petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix

Dove, Barbary       ringneck

Streptopelia roseogrisea/risoria

Dove, barred ground Geopelia striata
Dove, black-winged ground Metriopelia melanoptera

Dove, bleeding heart - luzon

Gallicolumba luzonica

Dove, bleeding heart - mindanao Gallicolumba crinigera

Dove, collared

Streptopelia decaocto

Dove, emerald/green-winged Chalcophaps indica

Dove, palm/Senegal/laughing

Streptopelia/Stigmatopelia senegalensis

Dove, purple ground Gallicolumba jobiensis

Dove, rock

Columba livia

Dove, socorro

Zenaida graysoni

Dove, spotted Spilopelia chinensis
Dove, superb fruit Ptilinopus superbus

Dove, stock

Columba oenas

Dove, turtle

Streptopelia turtur

Dove, white

Columba livia domestica

Dove, white-bibbed/-breasted ground Gallicolumba jobiensis
Dove, zebra Geopelia striata

Doves, domestic

Columbidae

Duck - see button below 

Anatidae

Dunlin

Calidris alpina

Dunnock

Prunella modularis

Dusky moorhen

Gallinula tenebrosa
Eastern imperial eagle Aquila heliaca
Eastern pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

Egret, little

Egretta garzetta

Eqyptian plover Pluvianus aegyptius
Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus

Emu

Dromaius novaehollandiae

Eurasian crane Grus grus

Eurasian eagle owl

Bubo bubo

European roller Coracias garrulus
Ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis
Ferruginous pygmy owl Glaucidium brasilianum

Fieldfare

Turdus pilaris

Finch-billed bulbul Spizixos semitorques

Finch-billed mynah

Scissirostrum dubium

Fire-tufted barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus
Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus
Flamingo American/(Caribbean) Phoenicopterus ruber
Flamingo Andean Phoenicopterus andinus
Flamingo Chilean Phoenicopterus chilensis

Flamingo greater

Phoenicopterus roseus

Flamingo James/Puna Phoenicopterus jamesi
Flamingo lesser Phoenicopterus minor

Frogmouth, tawny

Podargus strigoides

Gannet Morus bassanus

Garden warbler

Sylvia borin

Geese - see button below

Anserinae

Giant coua Coua gigas

Goldcrest

Regulus regulus

Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Golden oriole Oriolus oriolus

Golden weaver, African

Ploceus subaureus

Golden-fronted leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
Golden-headed quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps
Golden-heart dove/ cinnamon ground dove Gallicolumba rufigula

Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Goshawk Accipiter gentilis

Gouldian finch/ Lady Gouldian finch

Erythrura gouldiae/ Chloebia gouldiae

Great argus Argusianus argus
Great black-backed gull Larus marinus
Great black-headed/Pallas's gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus
Great grey owl Strix nebulosa

Great horned owl

Bubo virginianus

Great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major

Great tit

Parus major

Great white pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Greater green leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati
Greater-necklaced laughingthrush Garrulax pectoralis

Grebe, great crested

Podiceps cristatus

Grebe, little (dabchick)

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Green broadbill Calyptomena viridis
Green honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
Green magpie Cissa chinensis

Green sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

Green singing finch

Serinus mozambicus

Green wood hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus

Green woodpecker

Picus viridis

Greenfinch (European)

Carduelis chloris

Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Grey wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

Grey-faced liocichla Liocichla omeiensis
Grey-headed/-hooded gull Chroicocephalus (prev. Larus) cirrocephalus
Grey-headed myna Sturnia malabarica
Grey-winged trumpeter Psophia crepitans

Griffon vulture (Eurasian)

Gyps fulvus

Guinea fowl, crested Guttera pucherani

Guinea fowl, helmeted

Numida meleagris

Guinea fowl, vulturine Acryllium vulturinum
Gymnogene Polyboroides typus
Hammerhead/Hammerkop/Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja

Harris hawk

Parabuteo unicinctus

Hawfinch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Hawk owl (northern hawk owl)

Surnia ulula

Hedge sparrow

Prunella modularis

Helmeted friarbird

Philemon buceroides

Heron, grey

Ardea cinerea

Herring gull Larus argentatus

Himalayan monal

Lophophorus impejanus

Hobby, Eurasian

Falco subbuteo

Hooded crow

Corvus cornix

Hooded pitta

Pitta sordida

Hooded vulture

Necrosyrtes monachus

Hoopoe Upupa epops

Hornbill, Abyssinian/Northern Ground

Bucorvus abyssinicus

Hornbill, southern ground

Bucorvus leadbeateri

Hornbill, black/ Malay black

Anthracoceros malayanus

Hornbill, black-casqued Ceratogymna atrata
Hornbill, black and white casqued Bycanistes subcylindricus
Hornbill, crowned Tockus alboterminatus
Hornbill, (African) grey Tockus nasutus
Hornbill, great (Indian/pied) Buceros bicornis
Hornbill, knobbed/(Sulawesi wrinkled) Aceros cassidix
Hornbill, red-billed Tockus erythrorhynchus
Hornbill, rhinoceros Buceros rhinoceros
Hornbill, rufous Buceros hydrocorax
Hornbill, silvery-cheeked Bycanistes brevis
Hornbill, (Sunda) wrinkled Aceros corrugatus
Hornbill, Temmink's/Sulawesi tarictic Penelopides exhartus sanfordi
Hornbill, (Visayan) tarictic Penelopides panini
Hornbill, trumpeter Bycanistes bucinator
Hornbill, von der Decken's Tockus deckeni
Hornbill, wreathed Rhyticeros undulatus
Hornbill, writhed Aceros leucocephalus
House finch Carpodacus mexicanus

House martin

Delichon urbicum

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Ibis, Australian white

Threskiornis molucca

Ibis, black-faced

Theristicus melanopis

Ibis, glossy Plegadis falcinellus
Ibis, Madagascar crested Lophotibis cristata
Ibis, Puna Plegadis ridgwayi

Ibis, sacred

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Ibis, scarlet

Eudocimus ruber

Ibis, southern bald Geronticus calvus

Ibis, straw-necked

Threskiornis spinicollis

Ibis Waldrapp (bald/northern bald)

Geronticus eremita

Inca tern Larosterna inca

Indian/common mynah

Acridotheres tristis

Indian tawny eagle Aquila rapax vindhiana

Jackdaw

Corvus monedula

Jacana, African

Actophilornis africana

Jack snipe

Lymnocryptes minimus

Japanese waxwing

Bombycilla japonica

Java finch/sparrow Padda oryzivora
Javan kingfisher Halcyon cyanoventris
Javan mynah Acridotheres javanicus

Jay

Garrulus glandarius

Jay, blue

Cyanocitta cristata

Jay, Steller's

Cyanocitta stelleri

Johnny rook Phalcoboenus australis

Jungle fowl/junglefowl

Gallus gallus

Kagu/Cagou Rhynochetos jubatus
Kelp gull Larus dominicanus

Kestrel (common)

Falco tinnunculus

Kingfisher (common/Eurasian)

Alcedo atthis

King vulture

Sarcoramphus papa

Kite, black

Milvus migrans

Kite, red Milvus milvus
Kite, yellow-billed Milvus aegyptius
Kittlitz's plover Charadrius pecuarius
Kittiwake - black-legged Rissa tridactyla
Koklass pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha

Kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineae

Kookaburra, blue-winged

Dacelo leachii

Kori bustard Ardeotis kori
Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
Lappet-faced/Nubian vulture Torgos tracheliotos

Lapwing (northern)

Vanellus vanellus

Lesser bird of paradise Paradisaea minor
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni

Lesser whitethroat

Sylvia curruca

Lilac-breasted roller

Coracias caudatus

Linnet

Carduelis cannabina

Little bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Little egret Egretta garzetta
Little (pied) cormorant/shag

Microcarbo melanoleucos

Little owl

Athene noctua

Little ringed plover

Charadrius dubius

Long-tailed/blackheart finch Poephila acuticauda

Long-tailed tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Lovebirds - see parrots below

Agapornis

Madagascar blue pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis
Madagascar pond heron Ardeola idae
Madagascar red fody Foudia madagascariensis

Magpie (common/European)

Pica pica

Magpie/(Af. long-tailed) shrike Urolestes melanoleucus/Corvinella melanoleuca
Magpie-jay, black-throated Calocitta colliei
Magpie-jay, white-throated Calocitta formosa

Mallard - see Duck below

Anas platyrhynchos

Manchurian crane Grus japonensis
Masked crimson tanager Ramphocelus nigrogularis

Masked lapwing (northern/southern)

Vanellus miles (miles/novaehollandiae)

Meadow pipit Anthus pratensis
Mediterranean gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Mew gull Larus canus
Milky eagle owl Bubo lacteus
Milky stork Mycteria cineria

Mistle thrush

Turdus viscivorus

Montezuma oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
Montserrat oriole Icterus oberi

Moorhen (common)

Gallinula chloropus

Morepork/Mopoke Ninox novaeseelandiae
Mottled owl Ciccaba/(Strix) virgata
Mountain caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus
Mynah, (common) hill Gracula religiosa

Mynah, Indian/common

Acridotheres tristis

Mynah, Javan Acridotheres javanicus
   

Common name

Latin name

Nankeen/rufous night heron Nycticorax caledonicus

Napoleon weaver

Euplectes afer

New Zealand fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
New Zealand (wood) pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
New Zealand robin Petroica australis
Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
Noisy friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Noisy miner Manorina melanocephala

Northern hawk owl

Surnia ulula

Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
Northern white-faced owl (prev. Scops) Ptilopsis leucotis (prev. Otus leucotis)

Nuthatch (Eurasian)

Sitta europaea

Occipital blue pie Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Ocellated turkey Meleagris ocellato
Omei Shan liocichla Liocichla omeiensis
Orange bishop,      Orange weaver Euplectes orix/franciscanus
Orange-headed thrush Zoothera citrina
Oriental bay owl Phodilus badius
Oriental white-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
Ostrich Struthio camelus
Owls - see species name Strigiformes
Oystercatcher, common pied/Eurasian Haematopus ostralegus
Oystercatcher, South Island pied Haematopus finscii
Oystercatcher, variable Haematopus unicolor
Painted bunting Passerina ciris
Pale-legged hornero Furnarius leucopus
Paradise crane Anthropoides paradiseus
Paradise whydah/wydah (eastern) Vidua paradisaea

Parrots/Parakeets - see button below

Psittaciformes

Partridge, chestnut-bellied (hill) Arborophila javanica
Partridge, grey Perdix perdix

Partridge, red-legged/French

Alectoris rufa

Partridge, rock Alectoris graeca

Partridge, roulroul (crested wood)

Rollulus rouloul (prev. roulroul)

Partridge, stone Ptilopachus petrosus

Peacock/peafowl, blue,    Indian

Pavo cristatus

Peacock/peafowl, green,    Java

Pavo muticus

Peafowl, Congo

Afropavo congensis

Pekin robin/ (red-billed leiothrix)

Leiothrix lutea

Pelican, American white

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Pelican, Australian Pelecanus conspicillatus
Pelican, brown Pelecanus occidentalis
Pelican, Dalmation Pelecanus crispus
Pelican, eastern Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pelican, great white Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pelican, Peruvian Pelecanus thagus
Pelican, pink-backed Pelecanus rufescens
Pelican, spot-billed Pelecanus philippensis
Penguin, African/black-footed/cape Spheniscus demersus
Penguin, blue/ little Eudyptula minor
Penguin, chinstrap Pygoscelis antarctica
Penguin, emperor Aptenodytes forsteri
Penguin, gentoo Pygoscelis papua
Penguin, Humboldt Spheniscus humboldti
Penguin, king Aptenodytes patagonicus
Penguin, macaroni Eudyptes chrysolophus
Penguin, Magellan/Magellanic Spheniscus magellanicus

Penguin, rockhopper

Eudyptes chrysocome

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

Petronia (rock sparrow)

Petronia petronia

Pheasant (common)

Phasianus colchicus

Pheasant, crested fireback Lophura ignita
Pheasant, crimson horned Tragopan satyra

Pheasant, Edward's

Lophura edwardsi

Pheasant, golden  (red golden)

Chrysolophus pictus

Pheasant, grey/Burmese peacock Polyplectron bicalcaratum

Pheasant, Lady Amherst's

Chrysolophus amherstiae

Pheasant, Malay/crested peacock Polyplectron malacense
Pheasant, Mikado Syrmaticus mikado
Pheasant, mountain peacock Polyplectron inopinatum

Pheasant, Palawan peacock

Polyplectron napoleonis (ex. emphanum)

Pheasant, Reeve's Syrmaticus reevesii

Pheasant, silver

Lophura nycthemera

Pheasant, Swinhoe's

Lophura swinhoii

Pheasant, yellow golden

Chrysolophus pictus mut. luteus

Pheasant pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis
Pied (Australia pied) cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina

Pied wagtail

Motacilla alba yarrellii

Pigeon, Bolle's/dark-tailed

Columba bollii

Pigeon, common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Pigeon, common crowned Goura cristata

Pigeon, crested

Ocyphaps lophotes

Pigeon, feral

Columba livia domestica

Pigeon, green imperial Ducula aenea

Pigeon, laurel/white-tailed

Columba junoniae

Pigeon, Madagascar blue Alectroenas madagascariensis
Pigeon, New Zealand (wood) Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Pigeon, Nicobar Caloenas nicobarica
Pigeon, pheasant (green-naped) Otidiphaps nobilis

Pigeon, pied imperial

Ducula bicolor

Pigeon, purple-tailed imperial

Ducula rufigaster

Pigeon, southern crowned Goura scheepmakeri

Pigeon, speckled

Columba guinea

Pigeon, squatter Geophaps scripta

Pigeon, Victoria crowned

Goura victoria

Pigeon, white-headed

Columba leucomela

Pigeon, white-throated/metallic Columba vitiensis

Pigeon, wood

Columba palumbus

Pigeon, Zoe imperial

Ducula zoeae

Pine-cone eagle Terathopius ecaudatus
Pink-backed pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Pink-headed fruit dove Ptilinopus porphyreus
Pink-spotted fruit dove Ptilinopus perlatus
Piping-guan, black-fronted Aburria jacutinga
Pipit, Australasian/New Zealand Anthus novaeseelandiae

Pipit, Berthelot's

Anthus berthelotii

Pipit, meadow Anthus pratensis

Pipit, tree

Anthus trivialis

Plover, grey

Pluvialis squatarola

Plover, little ringed

Charadrius dubius

Plover, ringed

Charadrius hiaticula

Puffin (Atlantic)

Fratercula arctica

Purple swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Quail, Asian blue/blue-breasted Coturnix chinensis
Quail, bobwhite/virginian Colinus virginianus
Quail, Californian Callipepla californica
Quail, Chinese/king/painted Coturnix chinensis
Quail, common    Quail, golden Coturnix coturnix
Quail, crested bobwhite Colinus cristatus
Quail, harlequin Coturnix delegorouei
Quail, Japanese Coturnix japonica
Quail, mountain Oreortyx pictus

Quelea red-billed

Quelea quelea

Raven (common)

Corvus corax

Raven, brown-necked Corvus ruficollis
Red and yellow barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus

Red bishop, northern/southern

Euplectes franciscanus/ Euplectes orix

Red (cardinal) fody Foudia madagascariensis

Red kite

Milvus milvus

Red junglefowl Gallus gallus
Red-billed chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Red-billed firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Red-billed gull

Chroicocephalus scopulinus

Red-billed leiothrix (Pekin robin)

Leiothrix lutea

Red-billed blue magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha

Red-billed quelea

Quelea quelea

Red-crowned crane

Grus japonensis

Red-faced liocichla Liocichla phoenicea
Red-footed falcon Falco vespertinus
Red-legged honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
Red-legged/crested seriema Cariama cristata

Red-tailed hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed laughingthrush Garrulax/(Trochalopteron) milnei
Red-wattled lapwing Vanellus indicus
Red-winged laughingthrush Garrulax formosus/Trochalopteron formosum

Redpoll (common/mealy)

Carduelis flammea

Redpoll, lesser Carduelis cabaret

Redshank

Tringa totanus

Redwing

Turdus iliacus

Reed bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus

Reed warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Rhea, common/greater/grey

Rhea americana

Rhea, Darwin's/lesser Rhea pennata
Ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula

Robin (European)

Erithacus rubecula

Rock dove

Columba livia

Rock eagle owl

Bubo bengalensis

Rock sparrow

Petronia petronia

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Roulroul partridge

Rollulus rouloul (prev. roulroul)

Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Rufous/Nankeen night heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Rufous-crowned/(purple) roller Coracias naevia
Ruppell's griffon vulture Gyps rueppellii

Rusty barred owl

Strix hylophila

Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus
Saffron finch Sicalis flaveola

Saker falcon

Falco cherrug

Sand martin

Riparia riparia

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Sardinian warbler

Sylvia melanocephala

Sarus crane Grus antigone
Satyr tragopan Tragopan satyra

Scaly-breasted munia

Lonchura punctulata

Scarlet-headed blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus
Scops owl (common/Eurasian) Otus scops
Seagull -- see gull species Larus, etc
Secretary bird Sagittarius serpentarius

Sedge warbler

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Semi-collared flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata

Senegal firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

Senegal wattled plover Vanellus senegallus
Shag, European/crested/common Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Shaft-tail finch Poephila acuticauda

Shama, common/white-rumped

Copsychus malabaricus

Shoebill Balaeniceps rex

Shrike, southern grey

Lanius meridionalis

Shy mollymawk/albatross Thalassarche cauta
Siberian crane Grus leucogeranus
Sickle-billed vanga Falculea palliata
Silver gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Silver-beaked tanager Ramphocelus carbo
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

Siskin

Carduelis spinus

Snipe, common

Gallinago gallinago

Snipe, jack

Lymnocryptes minimus

Snowy owl

Bubo scandiacus (formerly Nyctea scandiaca)

Snowy-crowned robin chat Cossypha niveicapilla

Society finch

Lonchura (striata) domestica

Solitary tinamou

Tinamus solitarius

Song thrush

Turdus philomelos

Southern black-backed gull Larus dominicanus

Southern (crested) caracara

Caracara (prev. Polyborus) plancus

Southern ground hornbill

Bucorvus leadbeateri

Southern lapwing Vanellus chilensis

Southern masked weaver

Ploceus velatus

Southern white-faced owl (prev. Scops) Ptilopsis granti (prev. Otus leucotis)
Spangled cotinga Cotinga cayana

Spanish sparrow

Passer hispaniolensis

Sparrow, house

Passer domesticus

Sparrow, Italian Passer italiae

Sparrow, rock

Petronia petronia

Sparrow, tree

Passer montanus

Sparrow, willow

Passer hispaniolensis

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Speckled mousebird Colius striatus

Spectacled owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata

Spice finch

Lonchura punctulata

Spoonbill, African

Platalea alba

Spoonbill, Eurasian/common Platalea leucorodia
Spoonbill, roseate Platalea/Ajaja ajaja
Spotted dove Spilopelia chinensis
Stanley crane Anthropoides paradiseus
Star finch Neochima ruficauda

Starling  (common/European)

Sturnus vulgaris

Starling, amethyst   violet-backed

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

Starling/mynah, Bali

Leucopsar rothschildi

Starling, black-winged Acridotheres melanopterus
Starling/mynah, brahminy Sturnia (/Sturnus) pagodarum

Starling, chestnut-tailed

Sturnia malabarica

Starling, emerald/(iris glossy)

Coccycolius iris

Starling, golden-breasted/royal Cosmopsarus regius

Starling, grey/(white-cheeked)

Sturnus cineraceus

Starling, grosbeak/finch-billed

Scissirostrum dubium

Starling, lesser blue-eared glossy Lamprotornis chloropterus

Starling, purple glossy

Lamprotornis purpureus

Starling, red-billed Sturnus sericeus
Starling, red-winged Onychognathus morio
Starling, royal/golden-breasted Cosmopsarus regius

Starling, rose-coloured/rosy

Sturnus roseus

Starling, superb

Lamprotornis superbus (Spreo superbus)

Starling, wattled Creatophora cinerea

Starling, white-headed

Sturnia erythropygia/Sturnus erythropygius

Steller's sea eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
Stewart Island robin Petroica australis rakiura
Stilt, black-necked Himantopus mexicanus

Stilt, black-winged/common

Himantopus himantopus

Stock dove

Columba oenas

Stone curlew

Burhinus oedicnemus

Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola (prev. torquata)

Stork, Abdim's

Ciconia abdimii

Stork, black Ciconia nigra
Stork, black-necked Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

Stork, marabou

Leptoptilos crumeniferus

Stork, saddle-billed Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

Stork, white

Ciconia ciconia

Stork, woolly-necked

Ciconia episcopus

Striated caracara

Phalcoboenus australis

Sulawesi/yellow-breasted ground dove

Gallicolumba tristigmata

Sumatran laughingthrush

Garrulax bicolor

Sumatran trogon

Apalharpactes mackloti
Sun bittern/Sunbittern Eurypyga/Eurypiga helias
Sunbird, copper Cinnyris (prev. Nectarinia) cupreus

Sunbird, scarlet-chested

Nectarinia/Chalcomitra senegalensis

Sunbird, splendid

Cinnyris coccinigaster/coccinigastrus

Sunbird, variable

Cinnyris (prev. Nectarinia) venustus

Sunda/Malay fishing owl

Ketupa/Bubo ketupu

Superb fairywren

Malurus cyaneus

Swainson's hawk Buteo swainsoni

Swallow (barn swallow)

Hirundo rustica

Swamp harrier/New Zealand hawk Circus approximans

Swans - see below

Cygnus

Swift, common

Apus apus

Swift, plain

Apus unicolor

Tawny eagle Aquila rapax

Tawny frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

Tawny owl

Strix aluco

Tern - see species name Sternidae
Thrush - see under species name Turdidae
Tintillon chaffinch Fringilla tintillon
Tomtit Petroica macrocephala

Toucan, toco

Ramphastos toco

Toucan, channel-billed

Ramphastos vitellinus

Toucan, keel-billed/rainbow-billed

Ramphastos sulfuratus

Toucan, red-billed/white-throated

Ramphastos tucanus

Tragopan, satyr Tragopan satyra
Tragopan, Temminck's Tragopan temminckii
Treecreeper Certhia familiaris

Tree pipit

Anthus trivialis

Tree sparrow (Eurasian tree sparrow)

Passer montanus

Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae

Turaco, Fischer's

Tauraco fischeri

Turaco, Hartlaub's

Tauraco hartlaubi

Turaco, Lady Ross's Musophaga rossae
Turaco, Livingstone's Tauraco livingstonii

Turaco, red-crested

Tauraco erythrolophus

Turaco, violet

Musophaga violacea

Turaco, white-cheeked

Tauraco leucotis

Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Turkey vulture Cathartes aura

Turnstone (ruddy turnstone)

Arenaria interpres

Turquoise tanager Tangara mexicana

Turtle dove

Streptopelia turtur

Twelve-wired bird of paradise

Seleucidis melanoleucus/melanoleuca

Ultramarine grosbeak

Cyanocompsa brissonii

Ural owl

Strix uralensis

Vermiculated (eagle) owl

Bubo cinerascens
Verreaux's eagle owl Bubo lacteus

Victoria crowned pigeon

Goura victoria

Village indigobird Vidua chalybeata

Village weaver

Ploceus cucullatus

Von Der Decken's hornbill

Tockus deckeni

Vultures - see individual species name

Aegypiinae/Cathartidae

Wagtail, grey Motacilla cinerea

Wagtail, pied (black & white) 

Motacilla alba yarrellii

Wagtail, white

Motacilla alba

Water rail

Rallus aquaticus

Wattled jacana Jacana jacana
Wax-eye Zosterops lateralis

Waxbill, common/St Helena

Estrilda astrild

Waxwing

Bombycilla garrulus

Weaver, baya

Ploceus philippinus

Weaver, bishop

Euplectes afer/orix/franciscanus

Weaver, village

Ploceus cucullatus

Wedge-tailed eagle Aquila audax

Weka

Gallirallus australis

Welcome swallow Hirundo neoxena
West Nile Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
Western screech owl Megascops kennicottii

Wheatear, desert

Oenanthe deserti

Wheatear, (northern)

Oenanthe oenanthe

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

White wagtail Motacilla alba

White-bellied go-away bird

Corythaixoides leucogaster
White-bellied sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
White-capped mollymawk/albatross

Thalassarche steadi

White-crested guan Penelope pileata
White-crested laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
White-crowned robin chat Cossypha albicapilla

White-eye

Zosterops sp.

White-faced heron Egretta/(Ardea) novaehollandiae
White-fronted tern Sterna striata
White-headed munia Lonchura maja
White-headed mynah Sturnia (malabarica) blythii

White-headed nun finch

Lonchura maja

White-headed pigeon

Columba leucomela

White-headed vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
White-lined tanager Tachyphonus rufus
White-naped crane Grus vipio
White-tailed (sea) eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
White-tailed trogon Trogon chionurus
White-throated laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis
White-throated magpie-jay Calocitta formosa

Whitethroat (common)

Sylvia communis

Whydah/wydah, paradise Vidua paradisaea

Willow warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Wood pigeon

Columba palumbus

Woodpecker, great spotted

Dendrocopos major

Woodpecker, great spotted, canariensis

Dendrocopos major canariensis

Woodpecker, green

Picus viridis

Wren

Troglodytes troglodytes

Yellow-billed kite Milvus aegyptius
Yellow-billed stork Mycteria ibis

Yellow-crowned/golden bishop

Euplectes afer

Yellow-crowned gonolek Laniarius barbarus
Yellow-headed caracara Milvago chimachima
Yellow-hooded blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
Yellow-legged gull

Larus michahellis

Yellow-necked spurfowl (francolin) Pternistis (ex Francolinus) leucoscepus
Yellow-rumped cacique Cacicus cela

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

Zebra dove Geopelia striata

Zebra finch

Taeniopygia guttata

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