Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 9 
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 23 
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 5 
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 21 
White Stork Ciconia ciconia 148 
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 55 
Greater Ramingo Phoenicopterus ruber 159 No signs of breeding 
Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 25 Principally in pairs 
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 4 
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 
Garganey Anas cfuercjuedula 15 
Red-crested pochard Netta rufina 1 
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 10 
Water Rail Rallus acjuaticus 4 
Moorhen GallinuJa chloropus 6 
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 8 
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 2 
Kentish Plover Charadrius alaexandrinus 10 
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 2 
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 4 
Little Stint Calidris minuta c. 150 
Ruff Philomachus pugnax c. 700 
Snipe Gallinago gallinago 4 
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 8 
Redshank Tringa totanus 1 
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 5 
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 50 
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei 50 No signs of breeding 
Little Tern Sterna albifrons 1 
White- winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 30 
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis 15 
Little Owl Athene noctua 1 
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 3 
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 21 
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 1 Migrant 
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 1 
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinoides 4 
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon 10 
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Common 
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Common 
Whitethroat Sylvia communis 1 
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus c. 200 
Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 3 
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 5 
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis c. 4,000 Roosting flock in canal reedbed 
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 10 
More extensive surveys are required to clarify the ornithological 
importance of Karapinar Ovasi and the threats to it. Winter hunting is 
possibly intensive, but there appears to have been little agricultural 
development as yet. 
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