List of Austrian Bird Species compiled by Andreas Ranner December 2015 © Avifaunistic Commission of BirdLife Austria ANSERIFORMES Status Cat. Mute Swan Cygnus olor B A/C 2 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus W A Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus D/W A Bean Goose Anser fabalis D/W A Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus A A Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons D/W A Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus D A Greylag Goose Anser anser B A/C 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis S/W/b C5/D 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis D/b A/D 2 Brant Goose Branta bernicla U A Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis D A Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca D/S/W/b C5/D 2 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea D/S/W/b B/C 5/D 2 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna B A/C 2 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata B C1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope D/W A American Wigeon Anas americana A A0 Falcated Duck Anas falcata A B Gadwall Anas strepera B A Eurasian Teal Anas crecca B A Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis A A0 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos B A Northern Pintail Anas acuta B A Garganey Anas querquedula B A Blue-winged Teal Anas discors A A Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata B A Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina B A Common Pochard Aythya ferina B A Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris A A Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca B A Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula B A Greater Scaup Aythya marila D/W A Common Eider Somateria mollissima D/W/b A Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus A A Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis D/W A Common Scoter Melanitta nigra D/W A Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca D/W A Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula B A Smew Mergellus albellus D/W A Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator D/W A Common Merganser Mergus merganser B A Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis A C5 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala A A GALLIFORMES Common Quail Coturnix coturnix B A Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca B A Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia B A Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta B A Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix B A Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus B A Grey Partridge Perdix perdix B A Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus B C1 GAVIIFORMES Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata D/W A Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica D/W A Great Northern Loon Gavia immer D/W A Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii A A PODICIPEDIFORMES Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis B A Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus B A Red-necked Grebbe Podiceps grisegena D/W/b A Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus D/W A Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis B A PROCELLARIIFORMES Scopoli’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea A B Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan A B European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus A A Leach’s Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa A B PELECANIFORMES Northern Gannet Morus bassanus A B Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo B A European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis A A0 Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus B A Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus U A Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus A A CICONIIFORMES Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris B A Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus B A Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax B A Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides D/S A Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis U A Little Egret Egretta garzetta B A Great Egret Egretta alba B A Grey Heron Ardea cinerea B A Purple Heron Ardea purpurea B A Black Stork Ciconia nigra B A White Stork Ciconia ciconia B A Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus U/eB A Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia B A PHOENICOPTERIFORMES Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus A A ACCIPITRIFORMES European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus B A Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus A A Black Kite Milvus migrans B A Red Kite Milvus milvus B A White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla B A Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus B A/D 2 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus U A Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus S/b A/D 2 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus A/eB A/C 5 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus D/eB A Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus B A Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus D/W/b A Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus D A Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus B A Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis B A Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus B A Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes A A Common Buzzard Buteo buteo B A Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus D/S A Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus D/W A Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga U A Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina D/eB A Booted Eagle Aquila pennata D/eB A Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos B A Bonelli’s Eagle Aquila fasciata A A Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis A A Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca B A Osprey Pandion haliaetus D/eB A FALCONIFORMES Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni A/eB A Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus B A Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus B A Merlin Falco columbarius D/W A Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo B A Saker Falcon Falco cherrug B A Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus A A Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus B A GRUIFORMES Water Rail Rallus aquaticus B A Spotted Crake Porzana porzana B A Little Crake Porzana parva B A Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla U/b? A Corn Crake Crex crex B A Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus B A Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio A B Eurasian Coot Fulica atra B A Common Crane Grus grus D/eB A Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax A/eB A Macqueen’s Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii A A Great Bustard Otis tarda B A CHARADRIIFORMES Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus B A Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus B A Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta B A Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus D A Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva A A0 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria D A Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola D A Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius A A White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus A A Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus B A Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius B A Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula D A Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus B A Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii A A Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus B A Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus D A Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris A A Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata B A Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa B A Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica D A Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres D A Red Knot Calidris canutus D A Ruff Calidris pugnax D/eB A Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata A A0 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus D A Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea D A Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii D A Sanderling Calidris alba D A Dunlin Calidris alpina D A Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima A A Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii A A Little Stint Calidris minuta D A White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis A A Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis A A Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos D A Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla A A Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus D A Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius D A Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus U A Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos B A Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius A A Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus D/b (B?) A Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus D A Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia D A Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes A A Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis D/b A Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola D A Common Redshank Tringa totanus B A Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus D/W A Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola B A Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago B A Great Snipe Gallinago media D A Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor A A Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola U A Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni A A Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus U A Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus D A Long-tailed Jeager Stercorarius longicaudus U A Great Skua Stercorarius skua U A Common Murre Uria aalge A B0 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia A B Razorbill Alca torda A A0 Little Auk Alle alle A A Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica A A0 Little Tern Sternula albifrons D/eB A Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica D/eB A Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia D A Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida B A Black Tern Chlidonias niger D/eB A White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus D/b A Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis D A Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis A A Common Tern Sterna hirundo B A Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii A A0 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea D/b A Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus D A Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini A A Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla D A Slender-billed Gull Larus genei A A Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus B A Pallas’s Gull Larus ichthyaetus A A Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus B A Mew Gull Larus canus B A Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis A A Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus D A European Herring Gull Larus argentatus D A Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans D/W A Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis B A Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides A B Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus A A Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus D A PTEROCLIDIFORMES Pallas’s Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus A B COLUMBIFORMES Rock Dove Columba livia forma domestica B C1 Stock Dove Columba oenas B A Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus B A Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto B A European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur B A Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis A A CUCULIFORMES Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius A A Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus B A STRIGIFORMES Barn Owl Tyto alba B A Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops B A Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo B A Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus A A Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula A A Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum B A Little Owl Athene noctua B A Tawny Owl Strix aluco B A Ural Owl