The Checklist of the Birds of Tajikistan

Podicipediformes

Grebes

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

Pelecaniformes

Pelicans

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


Cormorants

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

Ciconiiformes

Herons and Egrets

10. Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
11. Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
12. Black-сrowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
13. Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
14. Indian Pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)
15. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
16. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
17. Great Egret (Casmerodius albus)
18. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
19. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)


Ibises

20. Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
21. Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)


Storks

22. Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
23. White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Phoenicopteriformes

Flamingos

24. Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Anseriformes

Waterfowl

25. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
26. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
27. Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewickii)
28. Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
29. Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
30. Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
31. Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
32. Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
33. Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
34. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
35. Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
36. Gadwall (Anas strepera)
37. Common Teal (Anas crecca)
38. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
39. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
40. Garganey (Anas querquedula)
41. Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
42. Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
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. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
51. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
52. Goosander (Mergus merganser)
53. White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)

Falconiformes

Falcons

54. Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
55. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
56. Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
57. Merlin (Falco columbarius)
58. Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
59. Laggar Falcon (Falco jugger)
60. Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)
61. Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
62. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
63. Barbary Falcon (Falco pelegrinoides)


Ospreys

64. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)


Eagles and Hawks

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

Galliformes

Pheasants and Quails

91. Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)
92. Tibetan Snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus)
93. Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)
94. See-see Partridge (Ammoperdix griseogularis)
95. Daurian Partridge (Perdix dauurica)
96. Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
97. Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Gruiformes

Cranes

98. Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)
99. Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus)
100. Common Crane (Grus grus)


Rails

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


Bustards

108. Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
109. Macqueen's Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)
110. Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)

Charadriiformes

Thick-knees

111. Eurasian Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)


Oystercatchers

112. Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
113. Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)


Stitls and Avocets

114. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
115. Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)


Plovers

116. Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
117. Red-wattled Lapwing (Lobivanellus indicus)
118. White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellochettusia leucura)
119. Sociable Lapwing (Chettusia gregaria)
120. Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
121. Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
122. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
123. Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
124. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
125. Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
126. Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
127. Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
128. Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus)


Sandpipers and Snipes

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


Pratincoles

156. Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
157. Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)


Gulls and Terns

158. Common Gull (Larus canus)
159. Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
160. Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
161. Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
162. Brown-headed Gull (Larus brunnicephalus)
163. Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
164. Little Gull (Larus minutus)
165. Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
166. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
167. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
168. Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)
169. Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
170. White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
171. Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)

Pterocliformes

Sandgrouses

172. Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata)
173. Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
174. Pallas’s Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
175. Tibetan Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus)

Columbiformes

Pigeons and Doves

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

Cuculiformes

Cuckoos

186. Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
187. Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

Strigiformes

True Owls

188. Pallid Scops Owl (Otus brucei)
189. Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops)
190. Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)
191. Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
192. Tengmalm’s Owl (Aegolius funereus)
193. Little Owl (Athene noctua)
194. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
195. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Caprimulgiformes

Nightjars

196. Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
197. Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)

Apodiformes

Swifts

198. Alpine Swift (Apus melba)
199. Common Swift (Apus apus)
200. Little Swift (Apus affinis)

Coraciiformes

Rollers

201. European Roller (Coracias garrulus)


Kingfishers

202. Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)


Bee-eaters

203. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)
204. European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

Upupiformes

Hoopoes

205. Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Piciformes

Woodpeckers

206. Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
207. White-winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)

Passeriformes

Larks

208. Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)
209. Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
210. Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
211. White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
212. Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
213. Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
214. Hume’s Short-toed Lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
215. Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)
216. Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
217. Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
218. Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
219. Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula)


Swallows

220. Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
221. Pale Sand Martin (Riparia diluta)
222. Grey-throated Martin (Riparia chinensis)
223. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
224. Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
225. Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
226. Eurasian Crag Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
227. Northern House Martin (Delichon urbicum)


Pipits and Wagtails

228. Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
229. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
230. Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
231. Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
232. Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
233. Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
234. Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
235. Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)
236. Yellow-headed Wagtail (Motacilla lutea)
237. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
238. Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
239. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
240. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
241. Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)


Bulbuls

242. White-cheeked Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)


Waxwings

243. Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)


Dippers

244. White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
245. Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)


Wrens

246. Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)


Accentors

247. Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
248. Altai Accentor (Prunella himalayana)
249. Brown Accentor (Prunella fulvescens)
250. Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis)


Thrushes

251. Tickell's Thrush (Turdus unicolor)
252. Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
253. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
254. Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)
255. Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
256. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
257. Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
258. Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
259. Blue Rock-thrush (Monticola solitarius)
260. Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus caeruleocephala)
261. Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
262. Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
263. Eversmann’s Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)
264. Güldenstadt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogastrus)
265. White-capped Water Redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus)
266. Plumbeous River Redstart (Rhyacornis fuliginosa)
267. White-throated Robin (Irania gutturalis)
268. Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin (Erythropygia galactotes)
269. European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
270. Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
271. Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
272. Himalayan Rubythroat (Luscinia pectoralis)
273. Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
274. Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
275. Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
276. Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
277. Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
278. Variable Wheater (Oenanthe picata)
279. Finsch’s Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)
280. Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
281. Persian Wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia)
282. Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
283. Little Forktail (Enicurus scouleri)


Flycatchers

284. Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
285. Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
286. Rusty-tailed Flycatcher (Muscicapa ruficauda)
287. European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
288. Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
289. Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)


Warblers

290. Streaked Scrub Warbler (Scotocerca inquieta)
291. Cetti’s Warbler (Cettia cetti)
292. Large Bush-warbler (Tribura major)
293. Savi’s Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
294. Common Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
295. Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
296. Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
297. Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
298. Blyth's Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
299. Hume’s Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus orinus)
300. Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)
301. Eurasian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
302. Clamorous Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
303. Great Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
304. Booted Warbler (Iduna caligata)
305. Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)
306. Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna pallida)
307. Upcher’s Warbler (Hippolais languida)
308. Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
309. Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
310. Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
311. Mountain Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
312. Plain Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus neglectus)
313. Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
314. Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
315. Green Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus)
316. Western Crowned Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus occipitalis)
317. Hume’s Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
318. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (Phylloscopus griseolus)
319. Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
320. Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
321. Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
322. Eastern Orphean Warbler (Sylvia crassirostris)
323. Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
324. Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
325. Hume’s Whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)
326. Ménétries’s Warbler (Sylvia mystacea)
327. Asian Desert Warbler (Sylvia nana)


Goldcrests

328. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)


Laughingthrushes

329. Streaked Laughingthrush (Garrulax lineatus)


Bearded Tits

330. Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus)


Long-tailed Tits

331. White-browed Tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)


Penduline Tits

332. Black-headed Penduline-tit (Remiz macronyx)
333. White-crowned Penduline-tit (Remiz coronatus)


Titmices

334. Rufous-naped Tit (Parus rufonuchalis)
335. Yellow-breasted Tit (Parus flavipectus)
336. Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis)


Nuthatches

337. Eastern Rock-nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)
338. Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)


Treecreepers

339. Bar-tailed Treecreeper (Certhia himalayana)


Shrikes

340. Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
341. Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)
342. Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
343. Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
344. Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)
345. Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
346. Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)


Orioles

347. Indian Golden Oriole (Oriolus kundoo)


Monarchs

348. Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)


Crows and Jays

349. Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
350. Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
351. Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
352. Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
353. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
354. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
355. Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
356. Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)
357. Common Raven (Corvus corax)


Starlings

358. Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
359. Brahminy Starling (Sturnia pagodarum)
360. Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus)
361. Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)


Sparrows

362. Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri)
363. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
364. Indian Sparrow (Passer indicus)
365. Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
366. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
367. Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)
368. White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)
369. Afgan Ground-sparrow (Pyrgilauda theresae)


Finches

370. Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
371. Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
372. Red-fronted Serin (Serinus pusillus)
373. European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
374. Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
375. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
376. Grey-crowned Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)
377. Common Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)
378. Twite (Acanthis flavirostris)
379. Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
380. Plain Mountain-finch (Leucosticte nemoricola)
381. Brandt’s Mountain-finch (Leucosticte brandti)
382. Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus)
383. Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)
384. Mongolian Finch (Bucanetes mongolicus)
385. Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)
386. Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
387. Red-mantled Rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)
388. Blyth’s Rosefinch (Carpodacus grandis)
389. Great Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
390. Red-fronted Rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus)
391. Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
392. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
393. White-winged Grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)


Buntings

394. Corn Bunting (Miliaria calandra)
395. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
396. Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos)
397. White-capped Bunting (Emberiza stewarti)
398. Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)
399. Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
400. Grey-necked Bunting (Emberiza buchanani)
401. Red-headed Bunting (Granativora bruniceps)
402. Reed Bunting (Schoeniclus schoeniclus)
403. Chestnut Bunting (Ocyris rutilus)
404. Little Bunting (Ocyris pusillus)
405. Rustic Bunting (Ocyris rusticus)