The Checklist of the Birds of Kyrgyzstan

Gaviiformes

Loons

1. Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica)

Podicipediformes

Grebes

2. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
3. Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
4. Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
5. Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
6. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

Pelecaniformes

Pelicans

7. Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
8. Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)


Cormorants

9. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
10. Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)

Ciconiiformes

Herons and Egrets

11. Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
12. Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
13. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
14. Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
15. Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
16. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
17. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)


Ibises

18. Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
19. Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)


Storks

20. White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
21. Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)

Phoenicopteriformes

Flamingos

22. Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Anseriformes

Waterfowl

23. Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
24. Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
25. Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
26. Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
27. Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
28. Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
29. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
30. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
31. Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewickii)
32. Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
33. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
34. Cotton Pygmy-Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
35. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
36. Common Teal (Anas crecca)
37. Gadwall (Anas strepera)
38. Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
39. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
40. Garganey (Anas querquedula)
41. Baikal Teal (Anas formosa)
42. Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
43. Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
44. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
45. Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
46. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
47. Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
48. Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
49. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
50. White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)
51. Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
52. White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
53. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
54. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
55. Goosander (Mergus merganser)

Falconiformes

Ospreys

56. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)


Eagles and Hawks

57. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
58. Crested Honey-Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
59. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
60. Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
61. Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
62. Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
63. Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
64. Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
65. Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
66. Shikra (Accipiter badius)
67. Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
68. Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)
69. Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
70. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
71. Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
72. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
73. Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
74. Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus)
75. Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
76. Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga)
77. Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)
78. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
79. Pallas's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
80. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
81. Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)
82. Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
83. Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
84. Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)
85. Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis)


Falcons

86. Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
87. Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)
88. Barbary Falcon (Falco pelegrinoides)
89. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
90. Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
91. Merlin (Falco columbarius)
92. Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
93. Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
94. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Galliformes

Grouses

95. Northern Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix)


Pheasants and Quails

96. Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)
97. Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)
98. Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
99. Daurian Partridge (Perdix dauurica)
100. Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
101. Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Gruiformes

Cranes

102. Common Crane (Grus grus)
103. Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)


Rails

104. Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
105. Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
106. Little Crake (Porzana parva)
107. Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla)
108. Corncrake (Crex crex)
109. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
110. Common Coot (Fulica atra)


Bustards

111. Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
112. Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)
113. Macqueen's Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)

Charadriiformes

Thick-knees

114. Eurasian Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)


Plovers

115. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
116. Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
117. Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
118. Greater Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
119. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
120. Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
121. Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
122. Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
123. Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
124. Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
125. Sociable Lapwing (Chettusia gregaria)
126. Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)


Stitls and Avocets

127. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
128. Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)


Oystercatchers

129. Common Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
130. Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)


Sandpipers and Snipes

131. Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
132. Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
133. Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
134. Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
135. Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
136. Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
137. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
138. Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
139. Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
140. Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
141. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
142. Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
143. Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
144. Rufous-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
145. Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
146. Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
147. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
148. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
149. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
150. Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)
151. Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
152. Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
153. Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
154. Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
155. Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
156. Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
157. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
158. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)


Pratincoles

159. Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)


Gulls and Terns

160. Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
161. Little Gull (Larus minutus)
162. Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
163. Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
164. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
165. Heuglin's Gull (Larus heuglini)
166. Baraba Steppe Gull (Larus barabensis)
167. Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
168. Mew Gull (Larus canus)
169. Black Tern (Chlidonias nigra)
170. White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
171. Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
172. Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
173. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
174. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
175. Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)

Pterocletiformes

Sandgrouses

176. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata)
177. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
178. Pallas's Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)

Columbiformes

Pigeons and Doves

179. Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
180. Stock Pigeon (Columba oenas)
181. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (Columba eversmanni)
182. Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
183. Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)
184. Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota)
185. Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
186. European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
187. Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
188. Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)

Cuculiformes

Cuckoos

189. Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

Strigiformes

True Owls

190. Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
191. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)
192. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
193. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
194. Eurasian Scops-Owl (Otus scops)
195. Striated Scops-Owl (Otus brucei)
196. Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)
197. Little Owl (Athene noctua)
198. Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
199. Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)

Caprimulgiformes

Nightjars

200. European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Apodiformes

Swifts

201. Common Swift (Apus apus)
202. Alpine Swift (Apus melba)
203. White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)

Coraciiformes

Rollers

204. Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)


Kingfishers

205. Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)


Bee-eaters

206. European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
207. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)

Upupiformes

Hoopoes

208. Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Piciformes

Woodpeckers

209. Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
210. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
211. White-Winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)
212. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)

Passeriformes

Swallows

213. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
214. Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica)
215. Northern House Martin (Delichon urbica)
216. Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
217. Pale Sand Martin (Riparia diluta)
218. Eurasian Crag Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)


Larks

219. Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
220. Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
221. Hume's Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acustirostris)
222. Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)
223. Asian Short-toed Lark (Calandrella cheelensis)
224. Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
225. Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
226. White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
227. Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
228. Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
229. Sky Lark (Alauda arvensis)
230. Oriental Lark (Alauda gulgula)


Pipits and Wagtails

231. Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
232. Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)
233. Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
234. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
235. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
236. Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)
237. Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
238. Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
239. Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
240. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
241. Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
242. Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
243. Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)


Shrikes

244. Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
245. Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)
246. Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
247. Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
248. Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)
249. Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
250. Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)


Orioles

251. European Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
252. Indian Golden Oriole (Oriolus kundoo)


Starlings

253. Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
254. Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)
255. Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)


Crows and Jays

256. Black-Billed Magpie (Pica pica)
257. Pander's Ground-Jay (Podoces panderi)
258. Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
259. Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
260. Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
261. Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
262. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
263. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
264. Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
265. Common Raven (Corvus corax)


Waxwings

266. Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)


Dippers

267. Eurasian Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
268. Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)


Wrens

269. Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)


Accentors

270. Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
271. Himalayan Accentor (Prunella himalayana)
272. Brown Accentor (Prunella fulvescens)
273. Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis)


Warblers

274. Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
275. Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
276. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella certhiola)
277. Western Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
278. Moustached Warbler (Lusciniola melanopogon)
279. Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
280. Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
281. Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
282. Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
283. Clamorous Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
284. Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
285. Booted Warbler (Hippolais caligata)
286. Syke's Warbler (Hippolais rama)
287. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (Hippolais pallida)
288. Upcher's Warbler (Hippolais languida)
289. Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
290. Eastern Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis)
291. Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
292. Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
293. Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
294. Hume's Whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)
295. Menetries Warbler (Sylvia mystacea)
296. Asian Desert Warbler (Sylvia nana)
297. Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
298. Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
299. Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
300. Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
301. Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
302. Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
303. Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
304. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (Phylloscopus griseolus)
305. Streaked Scrub Warbler (Scotocerca inquieta)


Goldcrests

306. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
307. White-browed Tit-Warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)


Flycatchers

308. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
309. Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
310. Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)


Thrushes

311. Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
312. Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
313. Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
314. Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
315. Finsch's Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)
316. Variable Wheatear (Oenanthe picata)
317. Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
318. Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
319. Rufous Bush Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)
320. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
321. Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
322. Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus)
323. Eurasian Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
324. Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
325. Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)
326. Guldenstadt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)
327. White-capped Redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus)
328. European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
329. Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
330. Himalayan Rubythroat (Luscinia pectoralis)
331. Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
332. White-throated Robin (Irania gutturalis)
333. Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
334. Red-throated Thrush (Turdus ruficollis)
335. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
336. Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
337. Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
338. Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
339. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
340. White's Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
341. Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
342. Little Forktail (Enicurus scouleri)


Bearded Tits

343. Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)


Long-tailed Tits

344. Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)


Penduline Tits

345. Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)
346. White-crowned Penduline Tit (Remiz coronatus)
347. Black-headed Penduline Tit (Remiz macronyx)


Titmices

348. Songar Tit (Parus songarus)
349. Coal Tit (Parus ater)
350. Black-breasted Tit (Parus rufonuchalis)
351. Yellow-breasted Tit (Parus flavipectus)
352. Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)
353. Great Tit (Parus major)
354. Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis)


Nuthatches

355. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)
356. Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)


Treecreepers

357. Common Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
358. Bar-tailed Treecreeper (Certhia himalayana)


Sparrows

359. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
360. Indian Sparrow (Passer indicus)
361. Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
362. Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri)
363. Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
364. Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)
365. White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)


Finches

366. Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
367. Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
368. Red-fronted Serin (Serinus pusillus)
369. European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
370. Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
371. Eurasian Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
372. Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)
373. Eurasian Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)
374. Twite (Acanthis flavirostris)
375. Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
376. Hodgson's Rosefinch (Leucosticte nemoricola)
377. Brandt's Rosefinch (Leucosticte brandti)
378. Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguinea)
379. Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)
380. Mongolian Finch (Bucanetes mongolicus)
381. Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)
382. Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
383. Red-mantled Rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)
384. Blyth's Rosefinch (Carpodacus grandis)
385. Great Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
386. Red-breasted Rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus)
387. Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)
388. Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
389. Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
390. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
391. White-winged Grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)


Buntings

392. Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
393. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
394. Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephala)
395. White-capped Bunting (Emberiza stewarti)
396. Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)
397. Godlewski's Bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)
398. Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides)
399. Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
400. Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica)
401. Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys)
402. Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
403. Grey-necked Bunting (Emberiza buchanani)
404. Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)
405. Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)