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A guide to Austria and it's wildlife

A guide to Austria, and the wildlife that lives in it's beautiful mountains

Common Crane 1
Grus grus
Great Bustard 2
Otis tarda
Spotted Crake 3
Porzana porzana
Water Rail 2
Rallus aquaticus
Corn Crake 4
Crex crex
Eurasian Coot 5
Fulica atra
Common Quail 6
Coturnix coturnix
Gray Partridge 7
Perdix perdix
Rock Partridge 8
Alectoris graeca
Rock Ptarmigan 9
Lagopus muta
Ring-necked Pheasant 10
Phasianus colchicus
Western Capercaillie 11
Tetrao urogallus
Indian Peafowl 12
Pavo cristatus
Common Cuckoo 13
Cuculus canorus
European Bee-eater 14
Merops apiaster
European Roller 14
Coracias garrulus
Common Kingfisher 15
Alcedo atthis
European Turtle Dove 14
Streptopelia turtur
Eurasian Collared-Dove 16
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 17
Columba livia
Stock Dove 15
Columba oenas
Common Wood-Pigeon 18
Columba palumbus
Eurasian Spoonbill 19
Platalea leucorodia
African Sacred Ibis 20
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Northern Bald Ibis 21
Geronticus eremita
Glossy Ibis 22
Plegadis falcinellus
Temminck's Stint 23
Calidris temminckii
Little Stint 24
Calidris minuta
Red Knot 25
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 26
Calidris alba
Dunlin 27
Calidris alpina
Curlew Sandpiper 28
Calidris ferruginea
Least Sandpiper 25
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 14
Calidris melanotos
Common Greenshank 29
Tringa nebularia
Common Redshank 30
Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper 31
Tringa stagnatilis
Spotted Redshank 32
Tringa erythropus
Green Sandpiper 23
Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper 23
Tringa glareola
Eurasian Curlew 33
Numenius arquata
Whimbrel 34
Numenius phaeopus
Jack Snipe 14
Lymnocryptes minimus
Great Snipe 35
Gallinago media
Eurasian Woodcock 14
Scolopax rusticola
Ruddy Turnstone 36
Arenaria interpres
Black-tailed Godwit 14
Limosa limosa
Bar-tailed Godwit 37
Limosa lapponica
Red-necked Phalarope 38
Phalaropus lobatus
Common Sandpiper 39
Actitis hypoleucos
Eared Grebe 14
Podiceps nigricollis
Great Crested Grebe 40
Podiceps cristatus
Horned Grebe 41
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 42
Podiceps grisegena
Little Grebe 43
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Cormorant 44
Phalacrocorax carbo
Mew Gull 45
Larus canus
Great Black-backed Gull 46
Larus marinus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 47
Larus fuscus
Caspian Gull 48
Larus cachinnans
Common Tern 49
Sterna hirundo
Parasitic Jaeger 25
Stercorarius parasiticus
Black Tern 50
Chlidonias niger
White-winged Tern 51
Chlidonias leucopterus
Yellow-billed Loon 25
Gavia adamsii
Arctic Loon 52
Gavia arctica
Common Loon 53
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 54
Gavia stellata
Red-footed Falcon 14
Falco vespertinus
Eurasian Hobby 51
Falco subbuteo
Peregrine Falcon 55
Falco peregrinus
Merlin 56
Falco columbarius
Saker Falcon 57
Falco cherrug
White Stork 58
Ciconia ciconia
Black Stork 59
Ciconia nigra
Kentish Plover 60
Charadrius alexandrinus
Common Ringed Plover 15
Charadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed Plover 61
Charadrius dubius
Black-winged Stilt 31
Himantopus himantopus
Eurasian Oystercatcher 14
Haematopus ostralegus
Northern Lapwing 62
Vanellus vanellus
Pied Avocet 63
Recurvirostra avosetta
Black-bellied Plover 64
Pluvialis squatarola
Eurasian Stone-curlew 65
Burhinus oedicnemus
Little Egret 66
Egretta garzetta
Purple Heron 67
Ardea purpurea
Grey Heron 68
Ardea cinerea
Black-crowned Night-Heron 69
Nycticorax nycticorax
Little Bittern 70
Ixobrychus minutus
Eurasian Bittern 71
Botaurus stellaris
Imperial Eagle 72
Aquila heliaca
Golden Eagle 73
Aquila chrysaetos
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 74
Accipiter nisus
Northern Goshawk 75
Accipiter gentilis
Booted Eagle 76
Hieraaetus pennatus
Montagu's Harrier 77
Circus pygargus
Circus cyaneus 56
Western Marsh-Harrier 72
Circus aeruginosus
Pallid Harrier 78
Circus macrourus
Long-legged Buzzard 79
Buteo rufinus

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