Bird Species of Georgia
This list includes 361 bird species that are known to occur in Georgia. This list is based on information found on the Avibase website. The site has an extensive database of birding records and a nice collection of bird photos. You can find species checklists for locations all over the world and view every list in a number of different ways. This list on this page, for example, is a text record set that follows Clements 2005. You can also see the same list displayed using Sibley and Monroe (1996), Howard and Moore (3rd edition), Commission internationale pour les noms français d'oiseaux (CINFO 1993), or the American Ornithologist Union 7th edition (including 47th suppl.) as its naming authority. It is also possible to view the checklists as a collection of species names with an accompanying photograph for each bird that is listed.
You may also be interested in two other good resources for Georgia birders. One is an excellent Georgia birding book that is appropriately called " Birding Georgia." You can also find a wealth of information at the Georgia Ornithological Society website.
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Arctic Loon | Gavia arctica | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
| Levantine Shearwater | Puffinus yelkouan | |
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| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Vulnerable |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| European Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | |
| Pygmy Cormorant | Phalacrocorax pygmaeus | |
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| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Great Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Vulnerable |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | Vulnerable |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | |
| Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | |
| Marbled Teal | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Vulnerable |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| Ferruginous Pochard | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | Endangered |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Near-threatened |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Lammergeier | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | Near-threatened |
| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Western Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Levant Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brevipes | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Aquila pomarina | |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Aquila clanga | Vulnerable |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
| Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Vulnerable |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Booted Eagle | Aquila pennatus | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Vulnerable |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Near-threatened |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Endangered |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Caucasian Grouse | Tetrao mlokosiewiczi | Data deficient |
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| Caucasian Snowcock | Tetraogallus caucasicus | |
| Caspian Snowcock | Tetraogallus caspius | |
| Chukar | Alectoris chukar | |
| Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus | |
| Gray Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
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| Demoiselle Crane | Anthropoides virgo | |
| Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | Near-threatened |
| Little Crake | Porzana parva | |
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Great Bustard | Otis tarda | Vulnerable |
| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | Near-threatened |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
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| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Near-threatened |
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| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Critically endangered |
| European Golden-Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | |
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| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Slender-billed Curlew | Numenius tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus | |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
| Audouin's Gull | Larus audouinii | Near-threatened |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | |
| Armenian Gull | Larus armenicus | |
| Great Black-headed Gull | Larus ichthyaetus | |
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | |
| Slender-billed Gull | Larus genei | |
| Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus | |
| Little Gull | Larus minutus | |
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| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | |
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
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| Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata | |
| Black-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles orientalis | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| Stock Pigeon | Columba oenas | |
| Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| Eurasian Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
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| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| European Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
| Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Near-threatened |
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| Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | |
| Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos medius | |
| White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
| Syrian Woodpecker | Dendrocopos syriacus | |
| Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | |
| Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | |
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| Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | |
| Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | |
| White-winged Lark | Melanocorypha leucoptera | |
| Black Lark | Melanocorypha yeltoniensis | |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| Lesser Short-toed Lark | Calandrella rufescens | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
| Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | Rare/Accidental |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Common House-Martin | Delichon urbica | |
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| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
| Firecrest | Regulus ignicapillus | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
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| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
| Radde's Accentor | Prunella ocularis | |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
| Dark-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
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| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | |
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
| Eurasian River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
| Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | |
| Eurasian Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Blyth's Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Great Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
| Booted Warbler | Hippolais caligata | |
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Hippolais pallida | |
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Mountain Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus sindianus | |
| Plain Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus neglectus | |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | Rare/Accidental |
| Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca | |
| Hume's Whitethroat | Sylvia althaea | |
| Barred Warbler | Sylvia nisoria | |
| Western Orphean Warbler | Sylvia hortensis | |
| Eastern Orphean Warbler | Sylvia crassirostris | |
| Menetries's Warbler | Sylvia mystacea | |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | |
| Semicollared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | Near-threatened |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| White-winged Redstart | Phoenicurus erythrogaster | Rare/Accidental |
| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maura | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Finsch's Wheatear | Oenanthe finschii | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | |
| Red-tailed Wheatear | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
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| Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | |
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| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
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| Sombre Tit | Poecile lugubris | |
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | |
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| Great Tit | Parus major | |
| Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
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| Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
| Krueper's Nuthatch | Sitta krueperi | Near-threatened |
| Rock Nuthatch | Sitta neumayer | |
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| Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | |
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| Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
| Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | |
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| Eurasian Penduline-Tit | Remiz pendulinus | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Southern Gray Shrike | Lanius meridionalis | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
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| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| Yellow-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | |
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| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
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| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
| Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | |
| Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
| Gray-hooded Bunting | Emberiza buchanani | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
| Great Rosefinch | Carpodacus rubicilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| European Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris | |
| Common Redpoll | Carduelis flammea | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Siskin | Carduelis spinus | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| Twite | Carduelis flavirostris | |
| Eurasian Linnet | Carduelis cannabina | |
| Fire-fronted Serin | Serinus pusillus | |
| European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Crimson-winged Finch | Rhodopechys sanguinea | |
| Mongolian Finch | Rhodopechys mongolica | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
| Rock Petronia | Petronia petronia | |
| White-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla nivalis | |