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Appendix 1 :

List of Species considered by The Israeli Rarities and Distribution Committee
The following species and subspecies require full documentation, as described in Bulletin 1:01, to be submitted to the IRDC.

  1. Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
  2. Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
  3. Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
  4. Shy Albatross (Diomedea cauta)
  5. Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)
  6. Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)
  7. Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes)
  8. Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)
  9. Persian Shearwater (Puffinus persicus)
  10. Little Shearwater (Puffinus assimilis)
  11. Balearic Sherwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
  12. Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta)
  13. Fea's Petrel (Pterodroma feae)
  14. Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
  15. European Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
  16. Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
  17. Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (O. castro)
  18. Swinhoe's Petrel (O. monorhis)
  19. Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
  20. Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
  21. White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus)
  22. Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath)
  23. Black-headed Heron (A. melanocephala)
  24. Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
  25. Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
  26. Pink-backed Pelican (P. rufescens)
  27. Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
  28. Marabou (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
  29. Sacred Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
  30. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
  31. Bewick's Swan (C.bewickii)
  32. Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
  33. Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
  34. Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
  35. Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha)
  36. Cape Teal (A. capensis)
  37. Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
  38. Southern Pochard (Netta erythropthalma)
  39. Scaup (Aythya marila)
  40. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
  41. Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
  42. Eider (Somateria mollissima)
  43. Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
  44. Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)
  45. Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
  46. Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
  47. Oriental Honey-Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
  48. Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
  49. Shikra (Accipiter badius)
  50. Dark Chanting Hawk (Melierax metabates)
  51. Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)
  52. Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
  53. Crab Plover (Dromas ardeola)
  54. Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarium)
  55. Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
  56. Black-headed Lapwing (V. tectus)
  57. Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
  58. Kittlitz's Plover (C. pecuarius)
  59. Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
  60. Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
  61. Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
  62. Long-toed Stint (C. subminuta)
  63. White-rumped Sandpiper (C. fuscicollis)
  64. Baird's Sandpiper (C. bairdii)
  65. Pintail Snipe (Gallinago stenura)
  66. Great Snipe ( Gallinago media)
  67. Swinhoe's Snipe (G. megala)
  68. Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
  69. Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)
  70. Great Skua (Catharacta skua)
  71. South-Polar Skua (Catharus maccormicki)
  72. Sooty Gull (Larus hemprichii)
  73. Sabine's Gull (L. sabini)
  74. Brown-headed Gull (L. brunnicephalus)
  75. Grey-headed Gull (L. cirrocephalus)
  76. Herring Gull (L. argentatus)
  77. Glaucous Gull (L. hyperboreus)
  78. Great Black-backed Gull (L.marinus)
  79. Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
  80. Sooty Tern (S. fuscata)
  81. Saunder's Tern (S. saundersi)
  82. African Skimmer (Rhynchops flavirostris)
  83. African Collared Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea)
  84. Oriental Turtle-Dove (S. orientalis)
  85. Didric Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
  86. Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
  87. Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix signata)
  88. Black-crowned Finch-Lark (E. nigriceps)
  89. Hume's Lark (Calandrella autirostris)
  90. Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola)
  91. Ethiopian Swallow (Hirundo aethiopica)
  92. Blyth's Pipit (Anthus godlewskii)
  93. White-cheeked Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
  94. Grey Hypocolius (Hypocolius ampelinus)
  95. Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis)
  96. Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
  97. Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicorus erythronotus)
  98. Pied Stonechat (Saxicola caprata)
  99. Red-rumped Wheatear (Oenanthe moesta)
  100. Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
  101. Variable Wheatear (O. picata)
  102. Black Wheatear (O. leucura)
  103. Eye-browed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
  104. Dusky Thrush (T. naumanni)
  105. Black-throated Thrush (T. ruficollis)
  106. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella certhiola)
  107. Grasshopper Warbler (L. naevia)
  108. Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
  109. Blyth's Reed Warbler (A. dumetorum)
  110. Oriental Reed Warbler (A. orientalis)
  111. Basra Reed Warbler (A. griseldis)
  112. Booted warbler (Hippolais caligata)
  113. Menetries's Warbler (Sylvia mystacea)
  114. Green Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides nitidus)
  115. Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
  116. Pallas's Warbler (P. proregulus)
  117. Radde's Warbler (P. schwarzi)
  118. Dusky Warbler (P. fuscatus)
  119. Caucasian Chiffchaff (P. lorenzii)
  120. Coal Tit (Parus ater)
  121. Blue Tit (P. caeruleus)
  122. Chinese Shrike (L. arenarius)
  123. Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
  124. Northern Grey Shrike (L. excubitor)
  125. Long-tailed Shrike (L. schach)
  126. Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
  127. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
  128. Chestnut-shouldered Petronia (Petronia xanthocollis)
  129. Yellow-breasted Bunting (Embriza aureola)
  130. Red-headed Bunting (Embriza bruniceps)

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