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Checklist of the
Oostvaardersplassen,
Residents:
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great crested grebe |
Podiceps cristatus |
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little grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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great cormorant |
Phalocrocorax carbo |
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great bittern |
Botaurus stellaris |
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great white egret |
Egretta alba |
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grey heron |
Ardea cinerea |
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mute swan |
Cygnus olor |
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greylag goose |
Anser anser |
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common shelduck |
Tadorna tadorna |
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egyptian goose |
Alopochen aegyptiacus |
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mallard |
Anas platyrinchos |
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gadwall |
Anas strepera |
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northern shoveler |
Anas clypeata |
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common teal |
Anas crecca |
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common pochard |
Athya fernia |
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tufted duck |
Aythya fuligula |
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marsh harrier |
Circus aeruginosus |
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eurasian sparrowhawk |
Accipiter nisus |
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northern goshawk |
Accipiter gentillis |
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common buzzard |
Buteo buteo |
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white tailed eagle |
Haliaeetus albicilla |
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common kestrel |
Falco tinunculus |
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common pheasant |
Phasianus colchicus |
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water rail |
Rallus aquaticus |
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moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
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common coot |
Fulica atra |
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northern lapwing |
Vanellus vanellus |
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black headed gull |
Larus ridibundus |
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common gull |
Larus canus |
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herring gull |
Larus argentatus |
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greater black backed gull |
Larus marinus |
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common tern |
Sterna hirundo |
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wood pigeon |
Columba palumbus |
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stock pigeon |
Columba oenas
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common kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
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great spotted woodpecker |
Dendrocopos major |
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lesser spotted woodpecker |
Dendrocopos minor |
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wren |
Troglodytes troglodytes |
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hedge accentor |
Prunella modularis |
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robin
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Erithacus rebecula |
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blackbird |
Turdus merula |
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bearded tit |
Panurus biarmicus |
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marsh tit |
Parus palustris |
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willow tit |
Parus montanus |
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blue tit |
Parus caeruleus |
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great tit |
Parus major |
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long tailed tit |
Aegithalos caudatus |
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short toed treecreeper |
Certhia brachydacttyla |
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common starling |
Strunus vulgaris |
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magpie |
Pica pica |
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eurasian jackdaw |
Corvus monedula
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carrion crow |
Corvus corone corone |
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house sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
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chaffinch |
Fringilla coelebs |
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hawfinch |
Coccothraustes
coccothraustes |
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greenfinch |
Chloris chloris |
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reed bunting |
Emberiza schoeniclus |
Summer Visitors:
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little egret |
Egretta
garzetta |
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white stork |
Ciconia
ciconia |
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eurasian
spoonbill |
Platalea
leucorodia |
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garganey |
Anas
querquedula |
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hen harrier |
Circus cyaneus |
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honey buzzard |
Pernis
apivorus |
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hobby |
Falco subbuteo |
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avocet |
Recuvirostra
avosetta |
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great ringed
plover |
Charadrius
hiaticula |
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little ringed
plover |
Charadrius
dubius |
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common
redshank |
Tringa totanus |
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lesser black
backed gull |
Larus fuscus |
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turtle dove |
Streptopelia
turtur |
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common cuckoo |
Cuculus
canorus |
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common swift |
Apus apus |
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sky lark |
Alauda
arvensis |
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house martin |
Delichon urbica |
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sand martin |
Riparia
riparia |
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barn swallow |
Hirundo
rustica |
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tree pipit |
Anthus
trivialis |
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meadow pipit |
Anthus
pratensis |
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pied wagtail |
Motacilla alba |
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yellow wagtail |
Motacilla
flava |
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rufous
nightingale |
Luscinia
megarhynchos |
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bluethroat |
Luscinia
svecica |
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common
redstart |
Phoenicurus
phoenicurus |
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song trush |
Turdus
philomelos |
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savi's warbler |
Locustella
luscinioides |
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sedge warbler |
Acrocephalus
schoenobaenus |
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marsh warbler |
Acrocephalus
palustris |
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reed warbler |
Acrocephalus
scirpaceus |
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icterine
warbler |
Hippolais
icterina |
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garden warbler |
Sylvia borin |
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lesser
whitethroat |
Sylvia curruca |
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common
whithetrhoat |
Sylvia
communis |
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blackcap |
Sylvia
articapilla |
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willow warbler |
Phylloscopus
trochilus |
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chiffchaff |
Phylloscopus
collybita |
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golden oriole |
Orioles
orioles |
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tree sparrow |
Passer
montanus |
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goldfinch |
Carduelis
carduelis |
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linnet |
Carduelis
cannabina |
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house martin |
Delichon urbica |
Winter visitors:
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whooper swan |
Cygnus cygnus |
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tundra swan |
Cygnus
columbianus bewickii |
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white fronted
goose |
Anser
albifrons |
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barnacle goose |
Branta
leucopsis |
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eurasian
wigeon |
Anas penelope |
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northern
pintail |
Anas acuta |
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greater scaup |
Aythya marila |
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common
goldeneye |
Bucephala
clangula |
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smew |
Mergus
albellus |
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goosander |
Mergus
merganser |
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rough legged
buzzard |
Buteo lagopus |
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merlin |
Falco
columbarius |
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peregrine
falcon |
Falco
peregrinus |
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european
golden plover |
Pluvialis
apricaria |
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eurasian
curlew |
Numenius
arquata |
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jack snipe |
Gallinago
gallinago |
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fieldfare |
Turdus pilaris |
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redwing |
Turdus iliacus |
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great grey
shrike |
Lanius
excubitor |
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eurasian jay |
Garrulus
glandarius |
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common raven |
Covus corax |
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pied carrion
crow |
Corvus corone
corvix |
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brambling |
Fringilla
montifringilla |
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siskin |
Carduelis
spinus |
Passage migrants:
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black stork |
Ciconia nigra |
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red crested pochard |
Netta rufina |
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montagu's harrier |
Circus pygargus |
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osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
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common crane |
Grus grus |
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oystercatcher |
Heamatopus ostralegus |
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kentish plover |
Charadrius alexandrinus |
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curlew sandpiper |
Calidris ferruginea |
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dunlin |
Calidirs alpina |
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little stint |
Calidris minuta |
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temminck's stint |
Calidris temminckii |
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ruff |
Philomachus pugnax |
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black tailed godwit |
Limosa limosa |
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bar tailed godwit |
Limosa lapponica |
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spotted redshank |
Tringa erythropus |
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common greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
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wood sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
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common sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
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green sandpiper |
Tringa ochropus |
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common snipe
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Gallinago
gallinago |
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little gull |
Larus minutus |
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black tern |
Chilodonias niger |
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collard dove |
Streptopelia decaocto |
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water pipit |
Anthus spinoletta |
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whinchat |
Saxicola ruberta |
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common stonechat |
Saxicola torquata |
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northern wheatear |
Oenanthte oenanthe |
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mistle trush |
Turdus viscivorus |
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grasshopper warbler |
Locustella naevia |
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goldcrest |
Regules regules |
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firecrest |
Regules ignicapilus |
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rook |
Corvus frugilegus |
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bullfinch |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
Rarities:
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red necked
grebe |
Podiceps
grisegena |
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black necked
grebe |
Podiceps
nigricollis |
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white pelican |
Pelecanus
onocrotalus |
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cattle egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
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sacred ibis |
Threskiornis
aethiopicus |
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greater
flaminigo |
Phoenicopterus
ruber |
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greater
flaminigo |
Phoenicopterus
chilensis |
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black swan |
Cygnus atratus |
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snow goose |
Anser
caerulescens |
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ross goose |
Anser rossii |
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bar headed
goose |
Anser indicus |
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greater canada
goose |
Branta
candensis |
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lesser canada
goose |
Branta
hutchinsii |
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red breasted
goose |
Branta
ruficollis |
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ruddy shelduck |
Tadorna
ferruginea |
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ruddy duck |
Oxyura
jamaicensis |
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bufflehead |
Bucephala
albeola |
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ferruginous
duck |
Aythya nyroca |
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monk vulture |
Aegypius
monachus |
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broad billed
sandpiper |
Limicola
falcinellus |
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pectoral
sandpiper |
Calidris
melanotos |
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great reed
warbler |
Acrocephalus
arundinaceus |
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red backed
shrike |
Lanius
collurio |
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rosy starling |
Sturnus roseus |
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ortolan
bunting |
Emberiza
hortulana |
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