Avibas

Avias mentance a wold wide database of the birds. The site can be used as bird checklists of the world. The main URL is:

http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN

We first get a table of all the world regions used by Avibas. We can select one region to get the checklist of the birds for this area. One species can belong to several regions.

Avibas provides several birds lists:

The Clements Bird List is probably out of date!

We take the Howard list as case example. If we want to pick a other list, we must submit the cgi parameter list=...:

Avibas Regional Checklist for Switzerland

For Switzerland we get the regional checklist with:

http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?region=ch&list=howardmoore&lang=EN

The href is region=ch&list=howardmoore&lang=EN.

Country or region: Switzerland
Number of species: 404
Number of globally threatened species: 12
Number of introduced species: 5
Date last reviewed: 2007-03-17
Phasianidae
Hazel Grouse	Tetrastes bonasia
Western Capercaillie	Tetrao urogallus
Eurasian Black Grouse	Lyrurus tetrix
Rock Ptarmigan	Lagopus muta
Rock Partridge	Alectoris graeca
Red-legged Partridge	Alectoris rufa	Extirpated
Grey Partridge	Perdix perdix
Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix
Common Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Introduced species
Anatidae
Bean Goose	Anser fabalis
Pink-footed Goose	Anser brachyrhynchus
Greylag Goose	Anser anser
Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons
Lesser White-fronted Goose	Anser erythropus	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Snow Goose	Anser caerulescens
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis
Brent Goose/Brant	Branta bernicla
Barnacle Goose	Branta leucopsis	Rare/Accidental
Red-breasted Goose	Branta ruficollis	Rare/Accidental Endangered
Mute Swan	Cygnus olor
Tundra Swan	Cygnus columbianus
Whooper Swan	Cygnus cygnus
Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna
Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea	Introduced species
Mandarin Duck	Aix galericulata	Introduced species
Gadwall	Anas strepera
Eurasian Wigeon	Anas penelope
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors	Rare/Accidental
Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta
Garganey	Anas querquedula
Common Teal	Anas crecca
Marbled Teal	Marmaronetta angustirostris	Vulnerable
Red-crested Pochard	Netta rufina
Common Pochard	Aythya ferina
Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	Near-threatened
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris
Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup	Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup	Aythya affinis
Common Eider	Somateria mollissima
White-winged Scoter	Melanitta fusca
Black Scoter	Melanitta nigra
Long-tailed Duck/Oldsquaw	Clangula hyemalis
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula
Smew	Mergellus albellus
Goosander	Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis	Introduced species
White-headed Duck	Oxyura leucocephala	Rare/Accidental Endangered
Gaviidae
Red-throated Diver or Loon	Gavia stellata
Black-throated Diver/Arctic Loon	Gavia arctica
Common Loon/Great Northern Diver	Gavia immer
White-billed Diver/Yellow-billed Loon	Gavia adamsii	Rare/Accidental
Procellariidae
Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea	Rare/Accidental
Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	Rare/Accidental
Yelkouan Shearwater	Puffinus yelkouan	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Sooty Shearwater	Puffinus griseus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Hydrobatidae
European Storm Petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus	Rare/Accidental
Band-rumped Storm Petrel	Oceanodroma castro	Rare/Accidental
Leach's Storm Petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa	Rare/Accidental
Podicipedidae
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
Red-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus
Slavonian or Horned Grebe	Podiceps auritus
Black-necked or Eared Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis
Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus ruber	Rare/Accidental
Ciconiidae
Black Stork	Ciconia nigra
European White Stork	Ciconia ciconia
Threskiornithidae
Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus
Northern Bald Ibis	Geronticus eremita	Extirpated Critically endangered
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia
Ardeidae
Eurasian Bittern	Botaurus stellaris
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus
Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
Great Egret	Ardea alba
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Rare/Accidental
Pink-backed Pelican	Pelecanus rufescens
Sulidae
Northern Gannet	Morus bassanus	Rare/Accidental
Phalacrocoracidae
Pygmy Cormorant	Phalacrocorax pygmeus	Rare/Accidental
Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
European Shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Rare/Accidental
Falconidae
Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus	Near-threatened
Merlin	Falco columbarius
Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo
Gyrfalcon	Falco rusticolus	Rare/Accidental
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
Accipitridae
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
European Honey Buzzard	Pernis apivorus
Black-winged Kite	Elanus caeruleus	Rare/Accidental
Red Kite	Milvus milvus	Near-threatened
Black Kite	Milvus migrans
White-tailed Sea Eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla
Bearded Vulture/Lammergeier	Gypaetus barbatus
Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus	Endangered
Eurasian Griffon	Gyps fulvus
Cinereous Vulture	Aegypius monachus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Short-toed Eagle	Circaetus gallicus
Western Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus
Northern Harrier/Hen Harrier	Circus cyaneus
Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus
Northern Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
Eurasian Buzzard	Buteo buteo
Long-legged Buzzard	Buteo rufinus	Rare/Accidental
Rough-legged Buzzard	Buteo lagopus
Lesser Spotted Eagle	Aquila pomarina	Rare/Accidental
Greater Spotted Eagle	Aquila clanga	Vulnerable
Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos
Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus
Otididae
Great Bustard	Otis tarda	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Houbara Bustard	Chlamydotis undulata	Rare/Accidental
Macqueen's Bustard	Chlamydotis macqueenii	Rare/Accidental
Little Bustard	Tetrax tetrax	Near-threatened
Rallidae
Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus
Corncrake	Crex crex	Near-threatened
Little Crake	Porzana parva
Baillon's Crake	Porzana pusilla	Rare/Accidental
Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana
Purple Swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio
Purple Gallinule	Porphyrio martinica
Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
Common Coot	Fulica atra
Gruidae
Common Crane	Grus grus
Burhinidae
Eurasian Stone Curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus
Haematopodidae
Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus
Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
Charadriidae
Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus
Sociable Plover	Vanellus gregarius	Rare/Accidental Critically endangered
Eurasian Golden Plover	Pluvialis apricaria
Pacific Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva	Rare/Accidental
Grey Plover/Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	Rare/Accidental
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus
Eurasian Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus
Scolopacidae
Eurasian Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola
Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus
Great Snipe	Gallinago media	Near-threatened
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Near-threatened
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Slender-billed Curlew	Numenius tenuirostris	Rare/Accidental Critically endangered
Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	Near-threatened
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus
Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	Rare/Accidental
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularius	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Red Knot	Calidris canutus
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Little Stint	Calidris minuta
Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii
White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	Rare/Accidental
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
Purple Sandpiper	Calidris maritima	Rare/Accidental
Dunlin	Calidris alpina
Broad-billed Sandpiper	Limicola falcinellus
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
Grey Phalarope/Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius
Glareolidae
Cream-coloured Courser	Cursorius cursor	Rare/Accidental
Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola
Black-winged Pratincole	Glareola nordmanni	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Laridae
Mew Gull	Larus canus
Audouin's Gull	Larus audouinii	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus	Rare/Accidental
Herring Gull	Larus argentatus
Yellow-legged Gull	Larus cachinnans
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus
Common Black-headed Gull	Larus ridibundus
Slender-billed Gull	Larus genei	Rare/Accidental
Mediterranean Gull	Larus melanocephalus
Laughing Gull	Larus atricilla	Rare/Accidental
Franklin's Gull	Larus pipixcan	Rare/Accidental
Little Gull	Larus minutus
Ivory Gull	Pagophila eburnea	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla
Gull-billed Tern	Sterna nilotica
Caspian Tern	Sterna caspia
Lesser Crested Tern	Sterna bengalensis	Rare/Accidental
Sandwich Tern	Sterna sandvicensis
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	Rare/Accidental
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea
Little Tern	Sterna albifrons
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Black Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger
Stercorariidae
Great Skua	Stercorarius skua
Pomarine Skua	Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger/Arctic Skua	Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus
Alcidae
Guillemot/Common Murre	Uria aalge	Rare/Accidental
Long-billed Murrelet	Brachyramphus perdix	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Pteroclididae
Pallas's Sandgrouse	Syrrhaptes paradoxus	Rare/Accidental
Columbidae
Rock Dove	Columba livia	Introduced species
Stock Dove	Columba oenas
Woodpigeon	Columba palumbus
European Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur
Eurasian Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto
Cuculidae
Great Spotted Cuckoo	Clamator glandarius	Rare/Accidental
Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus
Tytonidae
Barn Owl	Tyto alba
Strigidae
Eurasian Scops Owl	Otus scops
Eurasian Eagle-Owl	Bubo bubo
Tawny Owl	Strix aluco
Northern Hawk-Owl	Surnia ulula	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Pygmy Owl	Glaucidium passerinum
Little Owl	Athene noctua
Tengmalm's Owl/Boreal Owl	Aegolius funereus
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus
Caprimulgidae
European Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus
Apodidae
Alpine Swift	Tachymarptis melba
Common Swift	Apus apus
Pallid Swift	Apus pallidus
Coraciidae
European Roller	Coracias garrulus	Near-threatened
Alcedinidae
Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis
Meropidae
European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster
Upupidae
Common Hoopoe	Upupa epops
Picidae
Northern Wryneck	Jynx torquilla
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos minor
Middle Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos medius
White-backed Woodpecker	Dendrocopos leucotos
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major
Three-toed Woodpecker	Picoides tridactylus
Black Woodpecker	Dryocopus martius
Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis
Grey-headed Woodpecker	Picus canus
Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio
Isabelline Shrike	Lanius isabellinus	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Grey Shrike	Lanius minor
Great Grey Shrike/Northern Shrike	Lanius excubitor
Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator
Oriolidae
Eurasian Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus
Corvidae
Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius
Common Magpie	Pica pica
Eurasian Nutcracker	Nucifraga caryocatactes
Red-billed Chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Alpine Chough/Yellow-billed Chough	Pyrrhocorax graculus
Eurasian Jackdaw	Corvus monedula
Rook	Corvus frugilegus
Carrion Crow	Corvus corone
Common Raven	Corvus corax
Bombycillidae
Bohemian Waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus
Paridae
Great Tit	Parus major
Blue Tit	Parus caeruleus
Coal Tit	Parus ater
Marsh Tit	Parus palustris
Willow Tit	Parus montanus
Crested Tit	Parus cristatus
Remizidae
Penduline Tit	Remiz pendulinus
Hirundinidae
Collared Sand Martin/Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
Eurasian Crag Martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Northern House Martin	Delichon urbicum
Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica
Aegithalidae
Long-tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus
Alaudidae
Calandra Lark	Melanocorypha calandra	Rare/Accidental
White-winged Lark	Melanocorypha leucoptera	Rare/Accidental
Greater Short-toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla
Lesser Short-toed Lark	Calandrella rufescens	Rare/Accidental
Crested Lark	Galerida cristata
Woodlark	Lullula arborea
Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis
Horned Lark/Shorelark	Eremophila alpestris
Cisticolidae
Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	Rare/Accidental
Sylviidae
Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti
Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia
River Warbler	Locustella fluviatilis	Rare/Accidental
Savi's Warbler	Locustella luscinioides
Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Moustached Warbler	Acrocephalus melanopogon	Rare/Accidental
Aquatic Warbler	Acrocephalus paludicola	Vulnerable
Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Paddyfield Warbler	Acrocephalus agricola	Rare/Accidental
Blyth's Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus dumetorum	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris
Booted Warbler	Iduna caligata	Rare/Accidental
Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta
Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus
Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita
Western Bonelli's Warbler	Phylloscopus bonelli
Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Dusky Warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus	Rare/Accidental
Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	Rare/Accidental
Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla
Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin
Barred Warbler	Sylvia nisoria
Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca
Orphean Warbler	Sylvia hortensis	Rare/Accidental
Greater Whitethroat	Sylvia communis
Dartford Warbler	Sylvia undata	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Spectacled Warbler	Sylvia conspicillata	Rare/Accidental
Subalpine Warbler	Sylvia cantillans
Sardinian Warbler	Sylvia melanocephala
Timaliidae
Bearded Tit	Panurus biarmicus
Regulidae
Firecrest	Regulus ignicapilla
Goldcrest	Regulus regulus
Troglodytidae
Winter Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
Sittidae
Eurasian Nuthatch	Sitta europaea
Wallcreeper	Tichodroma muraria
Certhiidae
Eurasian Treecreeper	Certhia familiaris
Short-toed Treecreeper	Certhia brachydactyla
Sturnidae
Rosy Starling	Sturnus roseus	Rare/Accidental
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
Turdidae
Siberian Thrush	Zoothera sibirica	Rare/Accidental
Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus
Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris
Redwing	Turdus iliacus
Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos
Mistle Thrush	Turdus viscivorus
Muscicapidae
European Robin	Erithacus rubecula
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica
Thrush Nightingale	Luscinia luscinia
Common Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos
White-throated Irania	Irania gutturalis	Rare/Accidental
Rufous Scrub Robin	Cercotrichas galactotes	Rare/Accidental
Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros
Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra
Common Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica
Desert Wheatear	Oenanthe deserti	Rare/Accidental
Common Rock Thrush	Monticola saxatilis
Blue Rock Thrush	Monticola solitarius
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca
Collared Flycatcher	Ficedula albicollis
Red-breasted Flycatcher	Ficedula parva	Rare/Accidental
Cinclidae
White-throated Dipper	Cinclus cinclus
Passeridae
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus
Rock Sparrow	Petronia petronia	Rare/Accidental
White-winged Snowfinch	Montifringilla nivalis
Prunellidae
Alpine Accentor	Prunella collaris
Dunnock	Prunella modularis
Motacillidae
Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola	Rare/Accidental
Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba
Richard's Pipit	Anthus richardi	Rare/Accidental
Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris
Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis
Olive-backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni	Rare/Accidental
Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus
Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta
Rock Pipit	Anthus petrosus
Fringillidae
Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs
Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla
European Serin	Serinus serinus
European Greenfinch	Carduelis chloris
Eurasian Siskin	Carduelis spinus
European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
Citril Finch	Carduelis citrinella
Common Redpoll	Carduelis flammea	Rare/Accidental
Twite	Carduelis flavirostris	Rare/Accidental
Common Linnet	Carduelis cannabina
Trumpeter Finch	Bucanetes githagineus	Rare/Accidental
Common Rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus
Pine Grosbeak	Pinicola enucleator	Rare/Accidental
Red Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra
Eurasian Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Emberizidae
Corn Bunting	Emberiza calandra
Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella
Pine Bunting	Emberiza leucocephalos	Rare/Accidental
Western Rock Bunting	Emberiza cia
Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana
Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus
Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla
Rustic Bunting	Emberiza rustica	Rare/Accidental
Black-headed Bunting	Emberiza melanocephala	Rare/Accidental
Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus
Lapland Longspur	Calcarius lapponicus
Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis

Avibas Risk Categories

Avibas uses modiefied risk categories:

The Avibas risk categories can be matched to the IUCN 2207:

Avibas uses the class IT for the introduced species. Those species are not evaluated. The class LC of the least concern species containes all species without critical state.

-- TWikiAdminUser - 2009-10-29