British Birds - index 
    to bird family from name
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C 
  
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    Bird | 
    
    
    Shown in Type | 
   
  
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    Calandra 
    Lark  | 
    
     
    
    
    Larks  | 
   
  
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    Canada Goose  
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    Ducks, Geese, and Swans  | 
   
  
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    Canvasback   | 
    
     
    
    
    Ducks, Geese, and Swans  | 
   
  
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    Cape May 
    Warbler  | 
    
     
    
    
    New World Warblers  | 
   
  
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    Capped 
    Petrel   | 
    
     
    
    
    Petrels and Shearwaters  | 
   
  
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    Carrion Crow  | 
    
     
    
    
    Crows  | 
   
  
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    Caspian Gull
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    Gulls  | 
   
  
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    Caspian 
    Plover   | 
    
     
    
    
    Plovers & Lapwings  | 
   
  
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    Caspian Tern
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    Terns  | 
   
  
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    Catbird - 
    Gray   | 
    
     
    
    
    Mockingbirds  | 
   
  
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    Cattle Egret
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    Herons and Bitterns  | 
   
  
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    Cedar 
    Waxwing  | 
    
     
    
    
    Waxwings  | 
   
  
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    Cetti's 
    Warbler  | 
    
     
    
    
    Old World Warblers   | 
   
  
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    Chaffinch  | 
    
     
    
    
    Finches   | 
   
  
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    Chestnut-eared Bunting  | 
    
     
    
    
    Buntings and New world sparrows  | 
   
  
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    Chestnut-sided Warbler  | 
    
     
    
    
    New World Warblers  | 
   
  
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    Chiffchaff - 
    Iberian   | 
    
     
    
    
    Old World Warblers   | 
   
  
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    Chiffchaff 
    (Common)  | 
    
     
    
    
    Old World Warblers   | 
   
  
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    Chimney 
    Swift   | 
    
     
    
    
    Swifts  | 
   
  
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    Chough  | 
    
     
    
    
    Crows  | 
   
  
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    Cirl Bunting  | 
    
     
    
    
    Buntings and New world sparrows  | 
   
  
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    Cisticola - 
    Zitting   | 
    
     
    
    
    Old World Warblers   | 
   
  
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    Citrine 
    Wagtail  | 
    
     
    
    
    Wagtails and Pipits  | 
   
  
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    Cliff 
    Swallow  | 
    
     
    
    
    Swallows and Martins  | 
   
  
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    Coal Tit  | 
    
     
    
    
    Tits  | 
   
  
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    Collared 
    Dove   | 
    
     
    
    
    Pigeons and Doves 
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    Collared 
    Flycatcher  | 
    
     
    
    
    
    Old World Flycatchers  | 
   
  
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    Collared 
    Pratincole   | 
    
     
    
    
    Pratincoles and Coursers  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Blackbird   | 
    
     
    
    
    Thrushes and chats  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Buzzard  | 
    
     
    
    
    Hawks and Eagles  | 
   
  
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    Common Crane
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    Cranes  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Crossbill   | 
    
     
    
    
    Finches   | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Cuckoo   | 
    
     
    
    
    Cuckoos  | 
   
  
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    Common Eider  | 
    
     
    
    
    Ducks, Geese, and Swans  | 
   
  
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    Common Goldeneye   | 
    
     
    
    
    Ducks, Geese, and Swans  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Greenshank   | 
    
     
    
    
    Sandpipers, Snipe and Phalaropes  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Guillemot  | 
    
     
    
    
    Auks   | 
   
  
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    Common Gull  | 
    
     
    
    
    Gulls  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Kestrel   | 
    
     
    
    
    Falcons   | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Kingfisher  | 
    
     
    
    
    Kingfishers 
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    Common 
    Moorhen   | 
    
     
    
    
    Rails  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Nighthawk  | 
    
     
    
    
    Nightjars  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Nightingale   | 
    
     
    
    
    Thrushes and chats  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Pheasant  | 
    
     
    
    
    Pheasants and Partridges  | 
   
  
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    Common Pied 
    Oystercatcher   | 
    
     
    
    
    Oystercatchers  | 
   
  
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    Common Pochard   | 
    
     
    
    
    Ducks, Geese, and Swans  | 
   
  
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    Common Quail  | 
    
     
    
    
    Pheasants and Partridges  | 
   
  
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    Common Raven  | 
    
     
    
    
    Crows  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Redpoll   | 
    
     
    
    
    Finches   | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Redshank   | 
    
     
    
    
    Sandpipers, Snipe and Phalaropes  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Redstart  | 
    
     
    
    
    Thrushes and chats  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Rosefinch   | 
    
     
    
    
    Finches   | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Sandpiper   | 
    
     
    
    
    Sandpipers, Snipe and Phalaropes  | 
   
  
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    Common Scoter  | 
    
     
    
    
    Ducks, Geese, and Swans  | 
   
  
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    Common Shag
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    Cormorants  | 
   
  
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    Common Shelduck  | 
    
     
    
    
    Ducks, Geese, and Swans  | 
   
  
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    Common Snipe  | 
    
     
    
    
    Sandpipers, Snipe and Phalaropes  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Spoonbill   | 
    
     
    
    
    Ibises and Spoonbills  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Starling  | 
    
     
    
    
    Starlings  | 
   
  
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    Common Swift  | 
    
     
    
    
    Swifts  | 
   
  
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    Common Teal  | 
    
     
    
    
    Ducks, Geese, and Swans  | 
   
  
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    Common Tern
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    Terns  | 
   
  
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    Common 
    Treecreeper  | 
    
     
    
    
    Treecreepers 
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    Common 
    Yellowthroat  | 
    
     
    
    
    New World Warblers  | 
   
  
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    Coot - 
    American   | 
    
     
    
    
    Rails  | 
   
  
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    Coot 
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    Rails  | 
   
  
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    Cormorant - 
    Double-crested   | 
    
     
    
    
    Cormorants  | 
   
  
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    Cormorant  | 
    
     
    
    
    Cormorants  | 
   
  
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    Corn Bunting  | 
    
     
    
    
    Buntings and New world sparrows  | 
   
  
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    Corn Crake
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    Rails  | 
   
  
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    Cory's 
    Shearwater   | 
    
     
    
    
    Petrels and Shearwaters  | 
   
  
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    Courser - 
    Cream-coloured   | 
    
     
    
    
    Pratincoles and Coursers  | 
   
  
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    Cowbird - 
    Brown-headed   | 
    
     
    
    
    New World orioles and New World blackbirds  | 
   
  
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    Crag Martin  | 
    
     
    
    
    Swallows and Martins  | 
   
  
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    Crake - 
    Baillon's   | 
    
     
    
    
    Rails  | 
   
  
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    Crake - 
    Corn    | 
    
     
    
    
    Rails  | 
   
  
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    Crake - 
    Little   | 
    
     
    
    
    Rails  | 
   
  
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    Crake - 
    Spotted   | 
    
     
    
    
    Rails  | 
   
  
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    Crane 
    (Common)  | 
    
     
    
    
    Cranes  | 
   
  
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    Crane - 
    Sandhill   | 
    
     
    
    
    Cranes  | 
   
  
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    Cream-coloured Courser   | 
    
     
    
    
    Pratincoles and Coursers  | 
   
  
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    Crested Tern 
    - Lesser   | 
    
     
    
    
    Terns  | 
   
  
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    Crested Tit  | 
    
     
    
    
    Tits  | 
   
  
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    Cretzschmar's Bunting  | 
    
     
    
    
    Buntings and New world sparrows  | 
   
  
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    Crossbill 
    (Common)  | 
    
     
    
    
    Finches   | 
   
  
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    Crossbill - 
    Scottish   | 
    
     
    
    
    Finches   | 
   
  
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    Crossbill - 
    Two-barred   | 
    
     
    
    
    Finches   | 
   
  
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    Crossbill 
    - Parrot   | 
    
     
    
    
    Finches   | 
   
  
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    Crow 
    - Carrion   | 
    
     
    
    
    Crows  | 
   
  
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    Crow - 
    Hooded   | 
    
     
    
    
    Crows  | 
   
  
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    Cuckoo 
    (Common)  | 
    
     
    
    
    Cuckoos  | 
   
  
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    Cuckoo - 
    Black-billed   | 
    
     
    
    
    Cuckoos  | 
   
  
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    Cuckoo - 
    Great Spotted   | 
    
     
    
    
    Cuckoos  | 
   
  
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    Cuckoo - 
    Yellow-billed   | 
    
     
    
    
    Cuckoos  | 
   
  
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    Curlew
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    Sandpipers, Snipe and Phalaropes  | 
   
  
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    Curlew - Eskimo    | 
    
     
    
    
    Sandpipers, Snipe and Phalaropes  | 
   
  
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    Curlew - 
    Little   | 
    
     
    
    
    Sandpipers, Snipe and Phalaropes  | 
   
  
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    Curlew - 
    Slender-billed   | 
    
     
    
    
    Sandpipers, Snipe and Phalaropes  | 
   
  
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    Curlew - 
    Stone   | 
    
     
    
    
    Stone-Curlews  | 
   
  
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    Curlew 
    Sandpiper   | 
    
     
    
    
    Sandpipers, Snipe and Phalaropes  | 
   
 
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