Checklist for Switzerland

eBird Field Checklist

Switzerland

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555 species (+142 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Wandering Whistling-Duck

Bar-headed Goose

Emperor Goose

Snow Goose

Graylag Goose

Swan Goose

Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)

Greater White-fronted Goose

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Taiga Bean-Goose

Tundra Bean-Goose

Taiga/Tundra Bean-Goose

Pink-footed Goose

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Anser sp.

Brant

Barnacle Goose

Graylag x Barnacle Goose (hybrid)

Cackling Goose

Canada Goose

Barnacle x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Red-breasted Goose

Mute Swan

Graylag Goose x Mute Swan (hybrid)

Black Swan

Black-necked Swan

Tundra Swan

Whooper Swan

Tundra/Whooper Swan

swan sp.

Knob-billed Duck

Orinoco Goose

goose sp.

Egyptian Goose

Ruddy Shelduck

Egyptian Goose x Ruddy Shelduck (hybrid)

South African Shelduck

Australian Shelduck

Paradise Shelduck

Common Shelduck

Ruddy x Common Shelduck (hybrid)

Muscovy Duck

Ringed Teal

Wood Duck

Mandarin Duck

Maned Duck

Brazilian Teal

Baikal Teal

Garganey

Blue-billed Teal

Silver Teal

Puna Teal

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Australasian Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

Falcated Duck

Eurasian Wigeon

Chiloe Wigeon

Yellow-billed Duck

Pacific Black Duck

Philippine Duck

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Northern Shoveler x Mallard (hybrid)

Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)

Eurasian Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)

Cape Teal

White-cheeked Pintail

Red-billed Duck

Northern Pintail

Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Yellow-billed Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Garganey/Green-winged Teal

Yellow-billed Teal

Chestnut Teal

Auckland Islands Teal

Anas sp.

dabbling duck sp.

Marbled Duck

Red-crested Pochard

Mallard x Red-crested Pochard (hybrid)

Southern Pochard

Rosy-billed Pochard

Common Pochard

Red-crested x Common Pochard (hybrid)

Ring-necked Duck

Ferruginous Duck

Red-crested Pochard x Ferruginous Duck (hybrid)

Common Pochard x Ferruginous Duck (hybrid)

Tufted Duck

Red-crested Pochard x Tufted Duck (hybrid)

Common Pochard x Tufted Duck (hybrid)

Ferruginous x Tufted Duck (hybrid)

New Zealand Scaup

Greater Scaup

Tufted Duck x Greater Scaup (hybrid)

Lesser Scaup

Aythya sp.

Common Eider

Surf Scoter

Velvet Scoter

Common Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Smew

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Common/Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

White-headed Duck

Maccoa Duck

duck sp.

waterfowl sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Northern Bobwhite

California Quail

Hazel Grouse

Rock Ptarmigan

Western Capercaillie

Black Grouse

Western Capercaillie x Black Grouse (hybrid)

grouse sp.

Gray Partridge

Reeves's Pheasant

Golden Pheasant

Lady Amherst's Pheasant

Ring-necked Pheasant

Silver Pheasant

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Common Quail

Japanese Quail

Red-legged Partridge

Chukar

Rock Partridge

Flamingos

Chilean Flamingo

Greater Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Eared Grebe

Horned/Eared Grebe

grebe sp.

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Stock Dove

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba sp.

European Turtle-Dove

Oriental Turtle-Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

African Collared-Dove

Namaqua Dove

Crested Pigeon

Diamond Dove

pigeon/dove sp.

Sandgrouse

Pallas's Sandgrouse

Bustards

Great Bustard

Houbara Bustard

Macqueen's Bustard

Little Bustard

Turacos

Violet Turaco

Cuckoos

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Nightjars

Eurasian Nightjar

Swifts

Alpine Swift

Common Swift

Pallid Swift

Common/Pallid Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Water Rail

Corn Crake

Spotted Crake

Eurasian Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Purple Gallinule

Western Swamphen

moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.

Little Crake

Baillon's Crake

rail/crake sp.

Cranes

Black Crowned-Crane

Demoiselle Crane

Common Crane

Shorebirds

Eurasian Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

European Golden-Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Eurasian Dotterel

Killdeer

Common Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Common/Little Ringed Plover

Northern Lapwing

Sociable Lapwing

Kentish Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

Whimbrel

Slender-billed Curlew

Eurasian Curlew

Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed/Black-tailed Godwit

godwit sp.

Jack Snipe

Eurasian Woodcock

Great Snipe

Common Snipe

snipe sp.

Red Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

phalarope sp.

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Lesser Yellowlegs

Spotted Redshank

Common Greenshank

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Ruff

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Temminck's Stint

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Curlew Sandpiper/Dunlin

Purple Sandpiper

Little Stint

White-rumped Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

large shorebird sp.

Cream-colored Courser

Black-winged Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger

Great Skua

jaeger sp.

jaeger/skua sp.

Alcids

Long-billed Murrelet

Common Murre

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake

Ivory Gull

Sabine's Gull

Slender-billed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Audouin's Gull

Mediterranean Gull

Black-headed/Mediterranean Gull

Common Gull

Caspian Gull

Herring Gull

Yellow-legged Gull

Caspian/Yellow-legged Gull

Herring/Yellow-legged Gull

Caspian/Herring/Yellow-legged Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Iceland Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Little Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

Black Tern

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias sp.

Arctic Tern

Common Tern

Common/Arctic Tern

Roseate Tern

Sandwich Tern

Lesser Crested Tern

tern sp.

gull/tern sp.

Loons

Red-throated Loon

Arctic Loon

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Yellow-billed Loon

loon sp.

Storm-Petrels

European Storm-Petrel

Leach's Storm-Petrel

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Cory's Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

Yelkouan Shearwater

Storks

Black Stork

White Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

stork sp.

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Northern Gannet

Cormorants and Anhingas

Pygmy Cormorant

Great Cormorant

European Shag

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

Dalmatian Pelican

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Great Bittern

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Egret

Squacco Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Gray/Purple Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Scarlet Ibis

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Northern Bald Ibis

Eurasian Spoonbill

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

Bearded Vulture

Egyptian Vulture

European Honey-buzzard

Cinereous Vulture

Rüppell's Griffon

Eurasian Griffon

old world vulture sp.

Short-toed Snake-Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Greater Spotted Eagle

Booted Eagle

Golden Eagle

Western Marsh Harrier

Hen Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

Hen/Montagu's Harrier

harrier sp.

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Goshawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk/Eurasian Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Red Kite

Black Kite

Red/Black Kite

White-tailed Eagle

Rough-legged Hawk

Common Buzzard

Long-legged Buzzard

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Eurasian Scops-Owl

Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Northern Hawk Owl

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl

Little Owl

Tawny Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Long-eared/Short-eared Owl

Boreal Owl

owl sp.

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

European Roller

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker

Middle Spotted Woodpecker

White-backed Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos sp.

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Gray-headed Woodpecker

Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Black Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Mountain Caracara

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel

American Kestrel

Red-footed Falcon

Eleonora's Falcon

Merlin

Eurasian Hobby

Saker Falcon

Gyrfalcon

Peregrine Falcon

small falcon sp.

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Regent Parrot

eclectus sp.

Alexandrine Parakeet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Plum-headed Parakeet

Red-breasted Parakeet

Crimson Rosella

Eastern Rosella

Pale-headed Rosella

Budgerigar

Coconut Lorikeet

Gray-headed Lovebird

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Fischer's Lovebird

Yellow-collared Lovebird

lovebird sp.

Gray Parrot

Senegal Parrot

Monk Parakeet

Yellow-headed Parrot

Turquoise-fronted Parrot

Green-cheeked Parakeet

Burrowing Parakeet

Blue-crowned Parakeet

parakeet sp.

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Brown Shrike

Long-tailed Shrike

Great Gray Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Woodchat Shrike

Red-backed x Woodchat Shrike (hybrid)

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Green Jay

Eurasian Jay

Eurasian Magpie

Eurasian Nutcracker

Red-billed Chough

Yellow-billed Chough

Red-billed/Yellow-billed Chough

Eurasian Jackdaw

Rook

Carrion Crow

Hooded Crow

Carrion x Hooded Crow (hybrid)

Carrion/Hooded Crow

Pied Crow

crow sp.

Common Raven

crow/raven sp.

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Coal Tit

Crested Tit

Marsh Tit

Willow Tit

Marsh/Willow Tit

chickadee sp.

Eurasian Blue Tit

Great Tit

parid sp.

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Eurasian Penduline-Tit

Larks

Horned Lark

Greater Short-toed Lark

Bimaculated Lark

Calandra Lark

Mediterranean/Turkestan Short-toed Lark

Wood Lark

White-winged Lark

Eurasian Skylark

Crested Lark

lark sp.

Bearded Reedling

Cisticolas and Allies

Zitting Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Booted Warbler

Melodious Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Melodious/Icterine Warbler

Aquatic Warbler

Moustached Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Paddyfield Warbler

Blyth's Reed Warbler

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Marsh/Common Reed Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Common/Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus sp.

Grassbirds and Allies

River Warbler

Savi's Warbler

Common Grasshopper Warbler

Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Eurasian Crag-Martin

Barn Swallow

Western House-Martin

Barn Swallow x Western House-Martin (hybrid)

Red-rumped Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

White-eared Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler

Western Bonelli's Warbler

Yellow-browed Warbler

Hume's Warbler

Pallas's Leaf Warbler

Radde's Warbler

Dusky Warbler

Willow Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler/Common Chiffchaff

Iberian Chiffchaff

Greenish Warbler

Phylloscopus sp.

Bush Warblers and Allies

Cetti's Warbler

Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit

Long-tailed Tit

Sylviid Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

Garden Warbler

Barred Warbler

Lesser Whitethroat

Western Orphean Warbler

Sardinian Warbler

Moltoni's Warbler

Western Subalpine Warbler

Eastern Subalpine Warbler

Western/Eastern Subalpine Warbler

Greater Whitethroat

Spectacled Warbler

Dartford Warbler

Sylvia/Curruca sp.

Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies

Vinous-throated Parrotbill

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Red-billed Leiothrix

Masked Laughingthrush

Kinglets

Goldcrest

Common Firecrest

Goldcrest/Common Firecrest

Wallcreeper

Nuthatches

Eurasian Nuthatch

Treecreepers

Eurasian Treecreeper

Short-toed Treecreeper

Eurasian/Short-toed Treecreeper

treecreeper sp.

Wrens

Eurasian Wren

Dippers

White-throated Dipper

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Spotless Starling

Rosy Starling

Splendid Starling

Superb Starling

Thrushes

Siberian Thrush

Mistle Thrush

Song Thrush

Redwing

Eurasian Blackbird

Fieldfare

Ring Ouzel

Turdus sp.

thrush sp.

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

European Robin

White-throated Robin

Thrush Nightingale

Common Nightingale

Bluethroat

Red-breasted Flycatcher

Semicollared Flycatcher

European Pied Flycatcher

Collared Flycatcher

European Pied/Collared/Semicollared Flycatcher

Common Redstart

Black Redstart

Common x Black Redstart (hybrid)

Common/Black Redstart

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Blue Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

European Stonechat

Siberian Stonechat

Northern Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Desert Wheatear

Western Black-eared Wheatear

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

Weavers and Allies

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Estrildids

Zebra Finch

Indian Silverbill

Java Sparrow

Scaly-breasted Munia

Tricolored Munia

Common Waxbill

Red Avadavat

Accentors

Alpine Accentor

Dunnock

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Italian Sparrow

House x Italian Sparrow (hybrid)

House/Italian Sparrow

Spanish Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

House/Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer sp.

Rock Sparrow

White-winged Snowfinch

Wagtails and Pipits

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

Citrine Wagtail

White Wagtail

wagtail sp.

Richard's Pipit

Tawny Pipit

Meadow Pipit

Tree Pipit

Meadow/Tree Pipit

Olive-backed Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Water Pipit

Meadow/Water Pipit

pipit sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Chaffinch

Brambling

Common Chaffinch/Brambling

Hawfinch

Common Rosefinch

Pine Grosbeak

Eurasian Bullfinch

Trumpeter Finch

House Finch

European Greenfinch

Twite

Eurasian Linnet

Common Redpoll

Lesser Redpoll

Common/Lesser Redpoll

redpoll sp.

Red Crossbill

European Goldfinch

Citril Finch

European Serin

Citril Finch/European Serin

Island Canary

Eurasian Siskin

Hooded Siskin

finch sp.

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

Lapland Longspur

Snow Bunting

Old World Buntings

Black-headed Bunting

Corn Bunting

Rock Bunting

Cirl Bunting

Yellowhammer

Pine Bunting

Yellowhammer x Pine Bunting (hybrid)

Ortolan Bunting

Reed Bunting

Little Bunting

Rustic Bunting

Emberiza sp.

New World Sparrows

Song Sparrow

Wood-Warblers

Common Yellowthroat

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Northern Cardinal

Tanagers and Allies

Red-crested Finch

Yellow Cardinal

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.