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Paleartic birds

Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius.
Common Swift Apus apus.
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus.
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba.
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus.
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis.
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus.
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus.
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata.
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis.
Eurasian Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto.
Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis meena.
European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur.
White-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba junoniae.
Dark-tailed Laurel-pigeon Columba bollii.
Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus.
Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni.
Stock Dove Columba oenas.
Rock Dove Columba livia.
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix.
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta.
Willow Grouse Lagopus lagopus.
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix.
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus francolinus.
Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus.
Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala melanocephala.
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa intercedens.
Chukar Alectoris chukar cypriotes.
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara koenigi.
Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis sewerzowi.
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus.
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides.
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis.
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea.
Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis.
Great White Egret Ardea alba alba.
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
 Goosander Mergus merganser 
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina.
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris.
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata.
Garganey Anas quequedula.
Northern Pintail Anas acuta.
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos.
Gadwall Anas strepera.
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope.
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata.
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
Brent Goose Branta bernicla 
 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
 European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo.
Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
Yelkouan Shearwater  Puffinus yelkouan
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus.
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos.
Hybrid Citrine Wagtail Yellow Wagtail Motacilla citreola  x Motacilla flava
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis.
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis ruficollis
Greater Spotted Eagle in Pals. November 2013. 
Great Reed-warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus.
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon. See more photos of Mostached and Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Savi's Warbler.
Ruff, Philomachus pugnax.
Presumed hybrid Little Egrett  Egretta garzetta x Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis, Camargue, France, september 2013.
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax fishing at night. See more photos by other birds migrating in groups and other photos in daylight here.
Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea osea
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus.
Common Pochard, Aythya ferina. 
Marsh tit, Poecile palustris palustris.
Firecrest
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,. 
Trumpeter finch, male, calling, Western Sahara. April 2012
Woodlark on the ground, august 2012
Baillon's Crake, adult
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea