Which species should be reported to the AFK?

Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
White-billed Diver (Gavia adamsii)
Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)
Soty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)
Little Shearwater (Puffinus assimilis)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
Gannet (Sula bassana)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)
White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Glossy Ibis1 (Plegadis falcinellus)
Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Bewick's Swan2 (Cygnus columbianus)
Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons; all subspecies except albifrons)
Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Barnacle Goose1,2,4 (Branta leucopsis)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Red-breasted Goose1 (Branta ruficollis)
Ruddy Shelduck4 (Tadorna ferruginea)
Falcated Duck (Anas falcata)
Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
Ring-billed Duck (Aythya collaris)
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
Bearded Vulture4 (Gypaetus barbatus)
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
Griffon Vulture3 (Gyps fulvus)
Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina)
Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga)
Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)
Golden Eagle3 (Aquila chrysaetos)
Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus)
Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)
Gyr Falcon (Falco rusticolus)
Rock Partridge3 (Alectoris graeca; confusion risk with released Chukars!)
Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)
Kentish Plover1,2 (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Dotterel3 (Eudromias morinellus)
Sociable Plover (Chettusia gregaria)
White-tailed Plover (Chettusia leucura)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Broad-billed Sandpiper1 (Limicola falcinellus)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)
Great Snipe (Gallinago media)
Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursor)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
Great Black-headed Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Great Black-backed Gull2 (Larus marinus)
Little Tern1,2 (Sterna albifrons)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Sandwich Tern2 (Sterna sandvicensis)
Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis)
Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)
Brünnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Pallas's Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
Scops Owl3 (Otus scops)
Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
Alpine Swift3 (Apus melba)
Roller3 (Coracias garrulus)
Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)
Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Rock Martin3 (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava; all subspecies except flava, thunbergi, cinereocapilla)
Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba; all subspecies except alba)
Siberian Accentor (Prunella montanella)
Alpine Accentor3 (Prunella collaris)
Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
Stonechat (Saxicola torquata; all subspecies except rubicola)
Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura)
Rock Thrush3 (Monticola saxatilis)
Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
White's Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
Siberian Thrush (Zoothera sibirica)
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Naumann's Thrush (Turdus naumanni)
Black-throated Thrush (Turdus ruficollis)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Fan-tailed Warbler (Cisticola juncidis)
Moustached Warbler3 (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola)
Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
Olivaceous Warbler (Hippolais pallida)
Booted Warbler (Hippolais caligata)
Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta)
Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis)
Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita; all subspecies except collybita and abietinus)
Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)
Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
Lesser Grey Shrike1 (Lanius minor)
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
Alpine Chough3 (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Roseate Starling (Sturnus roseus)
Rock Petronia (Petronia petronia)
Snowfinch3 (Montifringilla nivalis)
Citril Finch3 (Serinus citrinella)
Twite1 (Carduelis flavirostris)
Arctic Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni)
Two-barred Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
Parrot Crossbill (Loxia pytyopsittacus)
Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)
Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos)
Cirl Bunting3 (Emberiza cirlus)
Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia)
Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica)
Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla)
Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)

1 only records away from the lake Neusiedl - Seewinkel area

2 only records away from Lake Constance and Rhindelta

3 only records away from known breeding (see Dvorak et al., Atlas der Brutvögel Österreichs, 1993), summer, migration or wintering areas

4 only if genuinely wild birds are assumed, not released, escaped or feral birds. Additionally to the description details are required why the bird(s) in question is (are) considered to be wild.

The list of species considered by the AFK is reviewed regularly. The list as above only contains species or subspecies that have been recorded in Austria as wild birds or originating from established self-supporting feral populations. Additionally all records of species or subspecies not yet recorded in Austria as a wild bird should be submitted to the AFK, with a detailed description and if possible supported by photographs, video, sound recordings or other proofing materials.

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