Birds of Tajikistan
263 species recorded at 20 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatum
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaMost recorded
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreolaHotspots with the most records
- [Dushanbe Botanical Garden]Dushanbe106 species
- [Dushanbe Water Treatment Impoundments]Dushanbe153 species
- [Dushanbe – Karamov Bridge over Varzob River]Dushanbe74 species
- [Dushanbe – Victory Park]Dushanbe72 species
- 6 [Dushanbe – Lake 6]Dushanbe73 species
- [Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve - Restricted access]Khatlon Province97 species
- [Kondara Gorge]Dushanbe79 species
- [Dushanbe – Vodonossos Reservoir]Dushanbe51 species
- ) [Siyomi Impoundments (Sherozi Avenue access)]Dushanbe44 species
- [Seven Bridges Trail along Adzhuk River]Dushanbe53 species
- [Iskanderkul Lake]Sughd Province77 species
- [Khorog Botanical Garden]Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region47 species
All 20 hotspots
- [Chorbogh Marshes]Khatlon Province45 species
- [Rudaki Park]Dushanbe35 species
- [Syr Darya River east of Kulangir Bridge]Sughd Province51 species
- Road from Sambuli to QizilqalaKhatlon Province18 species
- [Panjakent – Zeravshan River bank]Sughd Province38 species
- DushanbeDushanbe40 species
- ) [Rushan (general area)]Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region36 species
- KhujandSughd Province24 species
All species recorded · 263
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Rufous-naped Tit Periparus rufonuchalis
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens
- Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
- Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus