Last update:30.12.2006: 210 species. Lifers for Switzerland:14 (Squacco Heron, Golden Plover, Laughing Gull, Franklin's Gull, Cetti's Warbler, Avocet, Eurasian Scops Owl, Bearded Vulture, Baillon's Crake, Short-toed Eagle, Capercaillie, Arctic Tern, Sociable Lapwing, Purple Sandpiper)
Baillon's Crake, Capercaillie, Sociable Lapwing and the two Gulls were also World lifers.
Divers
Black-throated Diver
Grebes
Great Crested Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Little Grebe
Cormorants
Cormorant
Herons and Egrets
Little Bittern
Night Heron
Squacco Heron
Little Egret
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Storks
White Stork
Swans, Geese and Ducks
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
Bean Goose
Greylag Goose
Shelduck
Ruddy Shelduck (Cat. C)
Wigeon
Mallard
Gadwall
Pintail
Shoveler
Teal
Garganey
Mandarin (Cat. C)
Wood Duck (escaped)
Red-crested Pochard
Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Eider
Velvet Scoter
Goldeneye
Smew
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander
Hawks, Vultures and Eagles, Osprey
European Honey-buzzard
Red Kite
Black Kite
Bearded Vulture (Lammergeier)
Short-toed Eagle
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Goshawk
Buzzard
Golden Eagle
Falcons
Kestrel
Merlin
Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
Grouses, Partridges
Black Grouse
Capercaillie
Grey Partridge (from reintroduction project, not counted)
Common Quail
Common Pheasant
Rails
Water Rail
Spotted Crake
Baillon's Crake
Moorhen
Coot
Cranes
Common Crane
Stilts and Avocets
Avocet
Plovers and Lapwings
Little Ringed Plover
Great Ringed Plover
Golden Plover
Sociable Lapwing
Lapwing
Sandpipers and Allies
Curlew Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ruff
Whimbrel
Curlew
Spotted Redshank
Common Redshank
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
Snipe
Gulls
Black-headed Gull
Franklin's Gull
Common Gull
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Terns
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Pigeons
Woodpigeon
Stock Dove
Feral Dove
Collared Dove
Turtle Dove
Cuckoos
Common Cuckoo
Owls
Eurasian Scops Owl
Eagle Owl
Pygmy Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Swifts
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Alpine Swift
Kingfishers
Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers and Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Woodpeckers
Black Woodpecker
Grey-headed Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Larks
Skylark
Swallows and Martins
Sand Martin
Crag Martin
Barn Swallow
House Martin
Pipits and Wagtails
Water Pipit
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Waxwing, Dipper, Wren and Accentors
Dipper
Wren
Hedge Accentor (Dunnock)
Chats and Thrushes
Robin
Rufous Nightingale
Black Redstart
Common Redstart
Whinchat
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Blue Rock Thrush
Ring Ouzel
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Warblers
Cetti's Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Bonelli's Warbler
Wood Warbler
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Long-tailed Tit, Bearded Tit, Real Tits
Long-tailed Tit
Bearded Tit
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Crested Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Nuthatches, Wallcreeper and Treecreepers
Nuthatch
Short-toed Treecreeper
Treecreeper
Orioles
Golden Oriole
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Great Grey Shrike
Jays, Crows and Magpies
Jay
Magpie
Nutcracker
Alpine Chough
Jackdaw
Raven
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Rook
Starlings
Starling
Sparrows
Tree Sparrow
Italian Sparrow (treated in Switzerland as subspecies of Spanish Sparrow)
House Sparrow
Finches
Chaffinch
Brambling
Serin
Citril Finch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin
Linnet
Common Crossbill
Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Buntings
Yellowhammer
Cirl Bunting
Rock Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Reed Bunting
Corn Bunting
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Baillon's Crake, Capercaillie, Sociable Lapwing and the two Gulls were also World lifers.
Divers
Black-throated Diver
Grebes
Great Crested Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Little Grebe
Cormorants
Cormorant
Herons and Egrets
Little Bittern
Night Heron
Squacco Heron
Little Egret
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Storks
White Stork
Swans, Geese and Ducks
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
Bean Goose
Greylag Goose
Shelduck
Ruddy Shelduck (Cat. C)
Wigeon
Mallard
Gadwall
Pintail
Shoveler
Teal
Garganey
Mandarin (Cat. C)
Wood Duck (escaped)
Red-crested Pochard
Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Eider
Velvet Scoter
Goldeneye
Smew
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander
Hawks, Vultures and Eagles, Osprey
European Honey-buzzard
Red Kite
Black Kite
Bearded Vulture (Lammergeier)
Short-toed Eagle
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Goshawk
Buzzard
Golden Eagle
Falcons
Kestrel
Merlin
Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
Grouses, Partridges
Black Grouse
Capercaillie
Grey Partridge (from reintroduction project, not counted)
Common Quail
Common Pheasant
Rails
Water Rail
Spotted Crake
Baillon's Crake
Moorhen
Coot
Cranes
Common Crane
Stilts and Avocets
Avocet
Plovers and Lapwings
Little Ringed Plover
Great Ringed Plover
Golden Plover
Sociable Lapwing
Lapwing
Sandpipers and Allies
Curlew Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ruff
Whimbrel
Curlew
Spotted Redshank
Common Redshank
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
Snipe
Gulls
Black-headed Gull
Franklin's Gull
Common Gull
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Terns
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Pigeons
Woodpigeon
Stock Dove
Feral Dove
Collared Dove
Turtle Dove
Cuckoos
Common Cuckoo
Owls
Eurasian Scops Owl
Eagle Owl
Pygmy Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Swifts
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Alpine Swift
Kingfishers
Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers and Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Woodpeckers
Black Woodpecker
Grey-headed Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Larks
Skylark
Swallows and Martins
Sand Martin
Crag Martin
Barn Swallow
House Martin
Pipits and Wagtails
Water Pipit
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Waxwing, Dipper, Wren and Accentors
Dipper
Wren
Hedge Accentor (Dunnock)
Chats and Thrushes
Robin
Rufous Nightingale
Black Redstart
Common Redstart
Whinchat
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Blue Rock Thrush
Ring Ouzel
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Warblers
Cetti's Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Bonelli's Warbler
Wood Warbler
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Long-tailed Tit, Bearded Tit, Real Tits
Long-tailed Tit
Bearded Tit
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Crested Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Nuthatches, Wallcreeper and Treecreepers
Nuthatch
Short-toed Treecreeper
Treecreeper
Orioles
Golden Oriole
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Great Grey Shrike
Jays, Crows and Magpies
Jay
Magpie
Nutcracker
Alpine Chough
Jackdaw
Raven
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Rook
Starlings
Starling
Sparrows
Tree Sparrow
Italian Sparrow (treated in Switzerland as subspecies of Spanish Sparrow)
House Sparrow
Finches
Chaffinch
Brambling
Serin
Citril Finch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin
Linnet
Common Crossbill
Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Buntings
Yellowhammer
Cirl Bunting
Rock Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Reed Bunting
Corn Bunting
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