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Falconiformes

Falconidae | Falcons

Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Galliformes

Tetraonidae | Grouses

Caucasian Black Grouse (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi)

Phasianidae | Pheasants and Quails

Caucasian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus)
Caspian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius)
Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)
Black Francolin (Francolinus francolinus)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Gruiformes

Gruidae | Cranes

Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)
Common Crane (Grus grus)

Rallidae | Rails

Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Little Crake (Porzana parva)
Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla)
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Grey-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
Common Coot (Fulica atra)

Common Moorhen

Otididae | Bustards

Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)

Charadriiformes

Burhinidae | Thick-knees

Eurasian Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)

Haematopodidae | Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Recurvirostridae | Stitls and Avocets

Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Black-winged Stilt

Charadriidae | Plovers

Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Spur-winged Plover (Hoplopterus spinosus)
White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellochettusia leucura)
Sociable Lapwing (Chettusia gregaria)
Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
Eurasian Dotterel (Eudromias morinellus)

Little Ringed Plover

Scolopacidae | Sandpipers and Snipes

Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Great Snipe (Gallinago media)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)

Common Redshank

Common Sandpiper

Ruff male, Reeve female

Glareolidae | Pratincoles

Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursor)
Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)

Stercorariidae | Skuas

Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Laridae | Gulls and Terns

Common Gull (Larus canus)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Heuglin's Gull (Larus heuglini)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii)
Little Gull (Larus minutus)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)

Caspian Gull

Yellow-legged Gull

Armenian Gull

Pallas's Gull

Mediterranean Gull

Common Black-headed Gull

Slender-billed Gull