The Checklist of the Birds of Belarus

Gaviiformes

Loons

1. Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
2. Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica)
3. Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)

Podicipediformes

Grebes

4. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
5. Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
6. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
7. Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
8. Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

Pelecaniformes

Pelicans

9. Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
10. Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)


Gannets

11. Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)


Cormorants

12. Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)
13. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Ciconiiformes

Herons and Egrets

14. Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
15. Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
16. Black-сrowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
17. Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
18. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
19. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
20. Great Egret (Casmerodius albus)
21. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
22. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)


Storks

23. Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
24. White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)


Ibises

25. Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
26. Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

Phoenicopteriformes

Flamingos

27. Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Anseriformes

Waterfowl

28. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
29. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
30. Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewickii)
31. Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
32. Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
33. Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
34. Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
35. Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
36. Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
37. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
38. Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
39. Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
40. Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
41. Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
42. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
43. Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
44. Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
45. Gadwall (Anas strepera)
46. Common Teal (Anas crecca)
47. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
48. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
49. Garganey (Anas querquedula)
50. Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
51. Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
52. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
53. Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
54. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
55. Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
56. Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri)
57. Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
58. Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
59. Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
60. Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
61. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
62. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
63. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
64. Goosander (Mergus merganser)

Galliformes

Falcons

65. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
66. Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
67. Merlin (Falco columbarius)
68. Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
69. Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)
70. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)


Ospreys

71. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)


Eagles and Hawks

72. European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
73. Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
74. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
75. Pallas's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
76. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
77. Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
78. Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
79. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
80. Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
81. Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
82. Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
83. Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
84. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
85. Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
86. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
87. Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
88. Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
89. Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina)
90. Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga)
91. Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
92. Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)
93. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
94. Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

Falconiformes

Grouses

95. Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia)
96. Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
97. Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
98. Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)


Pheasants and Quails

99. Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
100. Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
101. Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Gruiformes

Cranes

102. Common Crane (Grus grus)


Rails

103. Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
104. Corncrake (Crex crex)
105. Little Crake (Porzana parva)
106. Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla)
107. Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
108. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
109. Common Coot (Fulica atra)


Bustards

110. Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
111. Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)

Charadriiformes

Thick-knees

112. Eurasian Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)


Oystercatchers

113. Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)


Stitls and Avocets

114. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
115. Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)


Plovers

116. Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
117. Sociable Lapwing (Chettusia gregaria)
118. Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
119. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
120. Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
121. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
122. Eurasian Dotterel (Eudromias morinellus)


Sandpipers and Snipes

123. Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
124. Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
125. Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
126. Great Snipe (Gallinago media)
127. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
128. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
129. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
130. Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
131. Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
132. Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
133. Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
134. Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
135. Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
136. Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
137. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
138. Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
139. Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
140. Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
141. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
142. Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
143. Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii)
144. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
145. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
146. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
147. Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
148. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
149. Ruff male, Reeve female (Philomachus pugnax)
150. Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)


Pratincoles

151. Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)


Skuas

152. Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
153. Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
154. Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
155. Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)


Gulls and Terns

156. Common Gull (Larus canus)
157. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
158. Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
159. Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
160. Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)
161. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
162. Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
163. Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
164. Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
165. Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
166. Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
167. Common Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
168. Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
169. Little Gull (Larus minutus)
170. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
171. Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
172. Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
173. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
174. Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
175. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
176. Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
177. Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)
178. Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
179. White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
180. Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)

Pterocliformes

Sandgrouses

181. Pallas’s Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)

Columbiformes

Pigeons and Doves

182. Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
183. Stock Pigeon (Columba oenas)
184. Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
185. European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
186. Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Cuculiformes

Cuckoos

187. Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

Strigiformes

Barn Owls

188. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)


True Owls

189. Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops)
190. Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
191. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)
192. Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
193. Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
194. Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)
195. Tengmalm’s Owl (Aegolius funereus)
196. Little Owl (Athene noctua)
197. Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum)
198. Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
199. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
200. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Caprimulgiformes

Nightjars

201. Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Apodiformes

Swifts

202. Alpine Swift (Apus melba)
203. Common Swift (Apus apus)

Coraciiformes

Rollers

204. European Roller (Coracias garrulus)


Kingfishers

205. Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)


Bee-eaters

206. European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

Upupiformes

Hoopoes

207. Common Hoopoe / Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Piciformes

Woodpeckers

208. Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
209. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
210. White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
211. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius)
212. Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)
213. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
214. Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
215. Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
216. European Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
217. Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)

Passeriformes

Larks

218. Horned Lark / Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
219. Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
220. Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
221. Wood Lark (Lullula arborea)


Swallows

222. Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
223. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
224. Northern House Martin (Delichon urbicum)


Pipits and Wagtails

225. Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
226. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
227. Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
228. Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
229. Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
230. Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
231. Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
232. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
233. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)


Waxwings

234. Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)


Dippers

235. White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)


Wrens

236. Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)


Accentors

237. Siberian Accentor (Prunella montanella)
238. Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (Prunella modularis)


Thrushes

239. Naumann’s Thrush (Turdus naumanni)
240. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
241. Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)
242. Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
243. Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
244. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
245. Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
246. Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
247. European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
248. Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
249. Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
250. Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
251. Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
252. European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
253. Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
254. Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)


Flycatchers

255. Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
256. European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
257. Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
258. Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)


Warblers

259. Savi’s Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
260. River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)
261. Common Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
262. Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola)
263. Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
264. Blyth's Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
265. Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)
266. Eurasian Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
267. Great Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
268. Booted Warbler (Iduna caligata)
269. Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
270. Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
271. Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
272. Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
273. Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
274. Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
275. Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
276. Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
277. Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
278. Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
279. Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
280. Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
281. Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)


Goldcrests

282. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
283. Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)


Bearded Tits

284. Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus)


Long-tailed Tits

285. Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)


Penduline Tits

286. Eurasian Penduline-tit (Remiz pendulinus)


Titmices

287. Marsh Tit (Parus palustris)
288. Willow Tit (Parus montanus)
289. Crested Tit (Parus cristatus)
290. Coal Tit (Parus ater)
291. Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
292. Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)
293. Great Tit (Parus major)


Nuthatches

294. Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)


Treecreepers

295. Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
296. Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)


Shrikes

297. Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
298. Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)
299. Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
300. Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)


Orioles

301. Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)


Crows and Jays

302. Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
303. Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)
304. Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
305. Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
306. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
307. Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
308. Common Raven (Corvus corax)


Starlings

309. Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus)
310. Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)


Sparrows

311. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
312. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)


Finches

313. Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
314. Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
315. European Serin (Serinus serinus)
316. European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
317. Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
318. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
319. Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)
320. Twite (Acanthis flavirostris)
321. Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
322. Arctic Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
323. Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
324. Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
325. Parrot Crossbill (Loxia pytyopsittacus)
326. Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
327. White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
328. Common Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
329. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)


Buntings

330. Corn Bunting (Miliaria calandra)
331. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
332. Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
333. Reed Bunting (Schoeniclus schoeniclus)
334. Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi)
335. Yellow-breasted Bunting (Ocyris aureolus)
336. Little Bunting (Ocyris pusillus)
337. Rustic Bunting (Ocyris rusticus)
338. Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
339. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)