Birds of Tajikistan
Tajikistan hosts 255 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatum
- Great TitParus major
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Indian Golden OrioleOriolus kundoo
- White-winged WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucopterus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Variable WheatearOenanthe picata
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- White-capped BuntingEmberiza stewarti
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis caniceps
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Eversmann's RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Bar-tailed TreecreeperCerthia himalayana
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Güldenstädt's RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Hill PigeonColumba rupestris
- Rufous-naped TitPeriparus rufonuchalis
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Himalayan SnowcockTetraogallus himalayensis
- Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Blue-capped RedstartPhoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Large-billed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orinus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Brandt's Mountain FinchLeucosticte brandti
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Plain Mountain FinchLeucosticte nemoricola
- Great RosefinchCarpodacus rubicilla
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Little ForktailEnicurus scouleri
- Brown AccentorPrunella fulvescens
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicus
- Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Western Crowned WarblerPhylloscopus occipitalis
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- White-crowned Penduline TitRemiz coronatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
- Hume's Short-toed LarkCalandrella acutirostris
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Solitary SnipeGallinago solitaria
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- See-see PartridgeAmmoperdix griseogularis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
- Pale MartinRiparia diluta
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Snow PigeonColumba leuconota
- Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectus
- Altai AccentorPrunella himalayana
- Yellow-eyed PigeonColumba eversmanni
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Blyth's RosefinchCarpodacus grandis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Tibetan SandgrouseSyrrhaptes tibetanus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- White-browed Tit-warblerLeptopoecile sophiae
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Red-mantled RosefinchCarpodacus rhodochlamys
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersii
- Black-necked CraneGrus nigricollis
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Red-fronted RosefinchCarpodacus puniceus