eBird Field Checklist
France
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621 species (+228 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Snow Goose
Bar-headed x Snow Goose (hybrid)
Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Bar-headed x Graylag Goose (hybrid)
Swan Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Greater/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
Bar-headed x Barnacle Goose (hybrid)
Graylag x Barnacle Goose (hybrid)
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Bar-headed x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Barnacle x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Hawaiian Goose
Red-breasted Goose
Cape Barren Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Black-necked Swan
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
swan sp.
Upland Goose
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
South African Shelduck
Australian 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
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Gadwall x Eurasian Wigeon (hybrid)
American Wigeon
Chiloe Wigeon
Yellow-billed Duck
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
Eurasian Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)
American Black Duck
Cape Teal
White-cheeked Pintail
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Wigeon x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
Gadwall x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)
Mallard x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)
Northern Pintail x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)
Garganey/Green-winged Teal
Yellow-billed Teal
Anas sp.
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Marbled Duck
Red-crested Pochard
Mallard x Red-crested Pochard (hybrid)
Rosy-billed Pochard
Canvasback
Common Pochard
Red-crested x Common Pochard (hybrid)
Ring-necked Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Common Pochard x Ferruginous Duck (hybrid)
Tufted Duck
Common Pochard x Tufted Duck (hybrid)
Ferruginous x Tufted Duck (hybrid)
Greater Scaup
Tufted Duck x Greater Scaup (hybrid)
Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
Common Eider
Surf Scoter
Velvet Scoter
Common Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Smew
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
White-headed Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
California Quail
Hazel Grouse
Rock Ptarmigan
Western Capercaillie
Black Grouse
Gray Partridge
Reeves's Pheasant
Golden Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant
Green Pheasant
Ring-necked/Green Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
pheasant sp.
Red Junglefowl
Common Quail
Japanese Quail
Red-legged Partridge
Rock Partridge
Red-legged x Rock Partridge (hybrid)
Red-legged/Rock Partridge
Flamingos
Chilean Flamingo
American Flamingo
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Podiceps sp.
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
Eurasian/African Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Bustards
Great Bustard
Little Bustard
Cuckoos
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Red-necked Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Common/Pallid Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
large swift sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Water Rail
Corn Crake
Sora
Spotted Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Western Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake
Little/Baillon's Crake
Spotted/Little/Baillon's Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Common Crane
Red-crowned Crane
Shorebirds
Eurasian Thick-knee
Egyptian Plover
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
European Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Eurasian Dotterel
Killdeer
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Siberian/Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed/Black-tailed Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Jack Snipe
Eurasian Woodcock
Great Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Redshank
Common/Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
large shorebird sp.
Cream-colored Courser
Oriental Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Alcids
Atlantic Puffin
Black Guillemot
Razorbill
Dovekie
Common Murre
large alcid sp.
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Ross's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Audouin's Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Black-headed x Mediterranean Gull (hybrid)
Black-headed/Mediterranean Gull
Common Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Gull
Kelp Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian x Herring Gull (hybrid)
Yellow-legged Gull
Caspian/Yellow-legged Gull
Herring/Yellow-legged Gull
Caspian/Herring/Yellow-legged Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Herring/Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yellow-legged/Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
white-winged gull sp.
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Inca Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Sandwich x Elegant Tern (hybrid)
Lesser Crested Tern
West African Crested Tern
Royal Tern
tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Arctic Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Common/Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Black-browed Albatross
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites sp.
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates sp.
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Fea's Petrel
Zino's/Fea's Petrel
Pterodroma sp.
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Cory's/Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Yelkouan Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater
Barolo Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
procellariid sp.
Storks
Black Stork
White Stork
Ciconia sp.
stork sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
booby sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Pygmy Cormorant
Great Cormorant
European Shag
Great Cormorant/European Shag
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican
Great White x Dalmatian Pelican (hybrid)
pelican sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Little Egret x Western Reef-Heron (hybrid)
Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
Green Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Gray/Purple Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Scarlet Ibis
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
African/Malagasy Sacred Ibis
Northern Bald Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
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
Lesser x Greater Spotted Eagle (hybrid)
Lesser/Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Golden Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila sp.
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Northern Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Hen/Montagu's Harrier
Pallid/Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk/Eurasian Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Red Kite
Black Kite
Red/Black Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Harris's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Snowy Owl
Eurasian Eagle-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
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
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
Iberian Green Woodpecker
Eurasian x Iberian Green Woodpecker (hybrid)
Eurasian/Iberian Green Woodpecker
Picus sp.
Black Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Eleonora's Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Laggar Falcon
Saker Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Galah
White Cockatoo
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Alexandrine Parakeet
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet
Plum-headed Parakeet
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Budgerigar
Coconut Lorikeet
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Fischer's Lovebird
Yellow-collared Lovebird
Black-cheeked Lovebird
Gray Parrot
Senegal Parrot
Monk Parakeet
Sun Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
parakeet sp.
Vireos
Red-eyed Vireo
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Brown Shrike
Iberian Gray Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Iberian Gray/Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Red-backed x Woodchat Shrike (hybrid)
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
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
crow sp.
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
corvid sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Coal Tit
Crested Tit
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Marsh/Willow Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
Azure Tit
Great Tit
Parus sp.
parid sp.
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Eurasian Penduline-Tit
Larks
Bar-tailed Lark
Horned Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandra Lark
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
Mediterranean/Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Alaudala sp.
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Thekla's Lark
Crested Lark
Thekla's/Crested Lark
lark sp.
Bearded Reedling
Bearded Reedling
Cisticolas and Allies
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Booted Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Western Olivaceous Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Melodious/Icterine Warbler
Hippolais sp.
Aquatic Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Marsh/Common Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
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
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Wood Warbler
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Western/Eastern 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
Willow Warbler/Common Chiffchaff/Iberian Chiffchaff
Common/Iberian Chiffchaff
Greenish Warbler
Two-barred Warbler
Arctic 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
Asian Desert Warbler
Rüppell's Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Moltoni's Warbler
Western Subalpine Warbler
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Western/Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Moltoni's/Western/Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Spectacled Warbler
Marmora's Warbler
Dartford Warbler
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
old world warbler sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Red-billed Leiothrix
Kinglets
Goldcrest
Common Firecrest
Goldcrest/Common Firecrest
Wallcreeper
Wallcreeper
Nuthatches
Corsican Nuthatch
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
European/Spotless Starling
Rosy Starling
Common Myna
Thrushes
White's Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Eyebrowed Thrush
Fieldfare
Ring Ouzel
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
European Robin
Common Nightingale
Bluethroat
Red-flanked Bluetail
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Semicollared Flycatcher
European Pied Flycatcher
European Pied/Atlas Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
European Pied x Collared Flycatcher (hybrid)
European Pied/Collared/Semicollared Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Common x Black Redstart (hybrid)
Common/Black Redstart
redstart sp.
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat
Siberian/Amur Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Western Black-eared Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Western/Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Black Wheatear
White-crowned Wheatear
Kurdish Wheatear
wheatear sp.
muscicapid sp.
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Weavers and Allies
Black-headed Weaver
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Estrildids
Zebra Finch
Indian Silverbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Accentors
Alpine Accentor
Dunnock
accentor sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Italian Sparrow
House x Italian Sparrow (hybrid)
House/Italian Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Italian x Spanish Sparrow (hybrid)
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
House x Eurasian Tree Sparrow (hybrid)
Sudan Golden Sparrow
Passer sp.
Rock Sparrow
White-winged Snowfinch
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Richard's/Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Tree/Olive-backed Pipit
Pechora Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
Meadow/Water Pipit
Rock Pipit
American Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch
Brambling
Common Chaffinch/Brambling
Hawfinch
Common Rosefinch
Eurasian Bullfinch
Trumpeter Finch
European Greenfinch
Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
Twite
Eurasian Linnet
Common Redpoll
Lesser Redpoll
Common/Lesser Redpoll
redpoll sp.
Parrot Crossbill
Scottish Crossbill
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
European Goldfinch
Citril Finch
Corsican Finch
European Serin
Island Canary
Eurasian 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
Ortolan Bunting
House Bunting
Reed Bunting
Little Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Black-faced Bunting
Chestnut Bunting
Emberiza sp.
New World Sparrows
White-throated Sparrow
Blackbirds
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.