eBird Field Checklist
Iraq
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344 species (+47 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Graylag Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Mute Swan
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Marbled Duck
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Common Goldeneye
Smew
White-headed Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
grouse sp.
Black Francolin
Caspian Snowcock
See-see Partridge
Common Quail
Chukar
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Stock Dove
Common Wood-Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Bustards
Great Bustard
Little Bustard
Cuckoos
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Little Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Water Rail
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Gray-headed Swamphen
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Demoiselle Crane
Common Crane
Shorebirds
Eurasian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Jack Snipe
Eurasian Woodcock
Common Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
peep sp.
large shorebird sp.
Cream-colored Courser
Collared Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Pallas's Gull
Caspian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Armenian Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
tern sp.
Storks
Black Stork
White Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Pygmy Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great Bittern
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Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Ardea sp.
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Cinereous Vulture
Eurasian Griffon
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Golden Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Levant Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Levant/Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Pallid Scops-Owl
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Arabian Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Indian Roller
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Syrian Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Eurasian Green Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Saker Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Budgerigar
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Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Magpie
Red-billed Chough
Yellow-billed Chough
Red-billed/Yellow-billed Chough
Eurasian Jackdaw
Rook
Hooded Crow
Brown-necked Raven
crow sp.
Common Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Sombre Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
Great Tit
Parus sp.
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Eurasian Penduline-Tit
Larks
Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Bar-tailed Lark
Desert Lark
Horned Lark
Temminck's Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Bimaculated Lark
Calandra Lark
Bimaculated/Calandra Lark
Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark/Alaudala sp.
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Crested Lark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Delicate Prinia
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Hippolais sp.
Moustached Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Basra Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
River Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
White-eared Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Plain Leaf Warbler
Willow Warbler
Mountain Chiffchaff
Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus sp.
Bush Warblers and Allies
Scrub Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
Long-tailed Tit
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Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Menetries's Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Iraq Babbler
Afghan Babbler
Kinglets
Goldcrest
Wallcreeper
Wallcreeper
Nuthatches
Western Rock Nuthatch
Eastern Rock Nuthatch
Eurasian Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Wrens
Eurasian Wren
Dippers
White-throated Dipper
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Rosy Starling
Common Myna
Thrushes
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Fieldfare
Black-throated Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
European Robin
White-throated Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Bluethroat
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Semicollared Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola sp.
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Hume's Wheatear
Finsch's Wheatear
Mourning Wheatear
Kurdish Wheatear
Persian Wheatear
Kurdish/Persian Wheatear (Red-tailed Wheatear)
wheatear sp.
Hypocolius
Hypocolius
Accentors
Alpine Accentor
Radde's Accentor
Dunnock
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Dead Sea Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Rock Sparrow
Pale Rockfinch
White-winged Snowfinch
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
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Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch
Brambling
Hawfinch
Common Rosefinch
Crimson-winged Finch
Trumpeter Finch
Desert Finch
European Greenfinch
Eurasian Linnet
European Goldfinch
European Serin
Fire-fronted Serin
Eurasian Siskin
finch sp.
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Corn Bunting
Rock Bunting
Yellowhammer
Pine Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Cinereous Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Reed Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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