Checklist of the birds of Kamchatka

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Gaviiformes
Gaviidae
Red-Throated Loon (Red-Throated Diver) Gavia stellata
Arctic Loon (Black-Throated Diver) Gavia arctica
Pacific Loon (Pacific Diver) Gavia pacifica
Common Loon (Great Northern Diver) Gavia immer
Yellow-Billed Loon (White - Billed Diver) Gavia adamsii
Podicipediformes
Podicipedidae
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
Red-Ncckcd Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Diomedeidae
Short-Tailed Albatross Diomedea albatrus
Laysan Albatross Diomedea immutabilis
Black-Footed Albatross Diomedea nigripes
Procellariidae
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Mottled (Peale's) Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
Short-Tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris
Hidrobatidae
Leach's Storm petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Fork Tailed Storm petrel Oceanodroma furcata
Pelecaniformes
Phalacrocoracidae
Pallas's Cormorant Phalacrocorax perspicillatus
Pelagic Cormorant (Pelagic Shag) Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Red-Faced Cormorant (Red-faced Shag) Phalacrocorax urile
Ciconiiformes
Ardeidae
Black-Crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Great Egret Egretta alba
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
Chincse Egret Egretta eulophotes
Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
Manilensis Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Brant Branta nigricans
White-Fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Lesser White-Fronted Goose Anser erythropus
Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Snow Goose Chen (Anser) caerulescens
Emperor Goose Philacte (Chen) canagica (Anser canagicus)
Swan Goose Cygnopsis (Anser) cygnoides
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Tundra (Bewick's) Swan Cygnus bewickii
Whistling Swan Cygnus columbianus
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Spot-Billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
Green-Winged Teal Anas crecca
Baikal Teal Anas formosa
Falcated Teal Anas falcata
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
American Wigeon Anas americana
Pintail Anas acuta
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Common Pochard Aythyaferina
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup Aythya afflnis
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
Oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Common Eider Somateria mollissima
King Eider Somateria spectabilis
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
Black Scoter Melanitta americana (M.nigra americana)
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
White-Winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi (M.fusca deglandi)
Smew Mergus albellus
Red-Breasted Merganser Mergus senator
Chinese Merganser Mergus squamatus
Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Falconiformes
Pandionidae
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Accipitridae
Black Kite Mulvis migrans
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Eurasian Sparrow Hawk Accipiter nisus
Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk Accipiter gularis
Rough-Legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
White-Tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucophalus
Steller's Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus pelaglcas
Falconidae
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Merlin Falco columbarius
Eurasian (Common) Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Galliformes
Tetraonidae
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus
Black Grouse Lururus Tetrix
Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao Parvirostris
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasiba
Gruiformes
Gruidae
Japanese (Red-Crowned) Crane Grus japonensis
Siberian White Crane Grus leucogeranus
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo
Rallidae
Ruddy-Breasted Crake Porzana fusca
White-Breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Moorhcn Gallinula chloropus
Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
Black (Common, European) Coot Fulica atra
Charadriiformes
Charadriidae
Back-Bellied (Gray) Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
Great Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Mongolian Plover Charadrius mongolus
Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Black-Winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
American Black Qystercateher Haematopus bachmani
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Spotted (Nordmann's) Greenshank Tringa guttifer
Red Shank Tringa tetanus
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Gray-Tailed Tattler Heteroscelus (Tringa) brevipes
Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus (Tringa) incanus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Red (Gray) Phalarope Phalaropus Fulicarius
Northern (Red-Necked) Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Spoon-Billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Rufous-Necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Long-Toed Stint Calidris subminuta
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
Broad-Billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Black-Tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Bar-Tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Long-Billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Glareolidae
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Stercorariidae
Pomarine Jaeger (Pomarinc Skua) Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua) Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-Tailed Jaeger (Long-Tailed Skua) Stercorarius
Longicaudus
Laridae
Great Black-Headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus
Common Black-Headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Herring Gull Larus heuglini (L.argentatus vegae)
Slaty-Backed Gull Larus schistisagus
Glaucous-Winged Gull Larus glaucescens
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Mew Gull Larus canus
Black-Tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Black-Legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Red-Legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica (S. camtschatica)
Alcidae
Common Murre (Guillemot) Uria aalge
Thick-Billed Murre (Brunnich's Guillemot) Uria
Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea
Least Auklet Aethia pusilla
Parakeet Auklet Cyclorrhynchus psittacula
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
Tufted Puffin Lunda cirrhata
Columbiformes
Columbidae
Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
Japanese Green Pigeon Sphenurus sieboldii
Cuculiformes
Cuculidae
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturates
Strigiformes
Strigidae
Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca
Short-Eared Owl Asio flammeus
Boreal (Tengmalm's) Owl Aegolius funereus
Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Northern
Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae
Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
Apodiformes
Apodidae
White Rumped (Pacific) Swift Apus pacificus
Upupiformes
Upupidae
Hoopoe Upupa epops
Piciformes
Picidae
Black Woodpecker Dryocopos martius
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopus minor
Three-Toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
Passeriformes
Hirundinidae
Bank Swallow (Sand Martin) Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Red-Rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
House Martin Delichon urbica
Alaudidae
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
Motacillidae
Indian (Olive) Tree Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
Red-Throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Water Pipit Anthus rubescens
Yellow Wagtail Motacillaflava
Yellow Wagtail) Motacilla taivana (M.flava taivana)
Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
White (Pied) Wagtail Motacilla alba
Black-Backed Wagtail Motacilla lugens
Laniidae
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
Northern (Great Gray) Shrike Lanius excubitor
Corvidae
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus
Black-Billed Magpie Pica pica camtschatica
Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
(Common, Northern) Raven Corvus corax
Bombycillidae
Bohemian Waiwing Bombycilla garrulus
Cinclidae
Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
Troglodytidae
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Prunellidae
Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
Syilviidae
Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella fasciolata
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola
Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella ochotensis
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
Muscicapidae
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
Gray-spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
Japanese Robin Luscinia akahige
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Swinhoe's Red-Tailed Robin Luscinia (Pseudaedon) sibilans
Siberian Blue Robin (Red-flanked Bluetail) Tarsiger
Cyanurus
Gray-Cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
Brown Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
Gray-Headed (Eye-Browed) Thrush Turdus obscurus
Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus (T.naumanni eunomus)
Aegithalidae
Long Tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Paridae
Willow Tit Parus montanus
Siberian Tit Parus cinctus
Coal Tit Parus ater
Great Tit Parus major (P. major major)
(Great Tit) Parus minor (P. major minor)
Sittidae
Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Passeridae
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Passer montanus
Fringillidae
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
Siskin Spinus spinus
Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Hoary (Arctic) Redpoll Acantishornemanni
Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa
Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
Red (Common) Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
White-Winged (Two-barred) Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Emberizidae
Golden-Crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
Savannah Sparrow Ammodramus sandwichensis
American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis
Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephala
Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
Black-Faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
Yellow-Breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
Lapland Longspur (Lapland Bunting) Calcarius lapponicus
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

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