197 species · 1 endemic · 40 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Endemic to Turkmenistan
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Rock DoveColumba livia
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common SwiftApus apus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
European RollerCoracias garrulus
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
Great TitParus major
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Little OwlAthene noctua
Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
Turkestan Ground JayPodoces panderi
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common TernSterna hirundo
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Variable WheatearOenanthe picata
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Little TernSternula albifrons
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
White-winged WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucopterus
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Eastern Orphean WarblerCurruca crassirostris
Grey-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis caniceps
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
See-see PartridgeAmmoperdix griseogularis
Saxaul SparrowPasser ammodendri
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Little StintCalidris minuta
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
Great EgretArdea alba
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Black StorkCiconia nigra
Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
European RobinErithacus rubecula
RuffCalidris pugnax
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis
Zarudny's SparrowPasser zarudnyi
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common CraneGrus grus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Booted WarblerIduna caligata
Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
White-capped BuntingEmberiza stewarti
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Black TernChlidonias niger
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Indian Golden OrioleOriolus kundoo
Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
Turkestan Short-toed LarkAlaudala heinei
Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
GadwallMareca strepera
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Common PochardAythya ferina
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nana
Rufous-naped TitPeriparus rufonuchalis
White-crowned Penduline TitRemiz coronatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
WoodlarkLullula arborea
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatum
Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes
Grey HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca