List of French birds: non-passerines

532 bird species have been recorded in France. This page lists the French bird species in the non-passerine families. See List of French birds: passerines for the rest of the list.

Gaviiformes

Gaviidae
- Red-throated Diver - Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Diver - Gavia arctica
- Great Northern Diver - Gavia immer
- White-billed Diver - Gavia adamsii

Podicipediformes

Podicipedidae
- Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps Rare/Accidental
- Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus
- Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena
- Slavonian Grebe - Podiceps auritus
- Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis

Procellariiformes

Diomedeidae
- Black-browed Albatross - Thalassarche melanophris
- Wandering Albatross - Diomedea exulans rare

Procellariidae
- Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis
- Bulwer's Petrel - Bulweria bulwerii
- Cory's Shearwater - Calonectis diomedea
- Great Shearwater - Puffinus gravis
- Sooty Shearwater - Puffinus griseus
- Manx Shearwater - Puffinus puffinus
- Levantine Shearwater - Puffinus yelkouan
- Balearic Shearwater - Puffinus mauretanicus Near-threatened
- Little Shearwater - Puffinus assimilis

Hydrobatidae
- Wilson's Petrel - Oceanites oceanicus
- Storm Petrel - Hydrobates pelagicus
- Leach's Petrel - Oceanodroma leucorhea
- Swinhoe's Petrel - Oceanodroma monorhis
- Madeiran Petrel - Oceanodroma castro

Pelecaniformes

Sulidae
- Gannet - Morus bassanus

Phalacrocoracidae
- Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Shag - Phalacrocorax aristotelis
- Pygmy Cormorant - Phalacrocorax pygmaeus rare

Fregatidae
- Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens rare

Ciconiiformes

Ardeidae
- Bittern - Botaurus stellata
- Little Bittern - Ixobrychus minutus
- Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
- Squacco Heron - Ardeola ralloides
- Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
- Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef-Heron - Egretta gularis Rare/Accidental
- Great White Egret - Ardea alba
- Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea
- Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias Rare/Accidental
- Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea
- Black-headed Heron - Ardea melanocephala Rare/Accidental
- Green Heron - Butorides virescens Rare/Accidental

Ciconiidae
- Black Stork - Ciconia nigra
- White Stork - Ciconia ciconia

Threskiornithidae
- Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus Introduced species
- Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
- Common Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae
- Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Flamingo - Phoenicopterus minor Near-threatened

Anseriformes

Anatidae
- Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus
- Bean Goose - Anser fabalis
- Pink-footed Goose - Anser brachyrhynchus Rare/Accidental
- White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose - Anser erythropus Rare/Accidental
- Greylag Goose - Anser anser
- Snow Goose - Anser caerulescens Rare/Accidental
- Canada Goose - Branta canadensis introduced species
- Barnacle Goose - Branta leucopsis
- Brent Goose - Branta bernicla
- Red-breasted Goose - Branta ruficollis Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
- Egyptian Goose - Alopochen aegyptiaca introduced
- Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea Rare/Accidental
- Common Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna
- Wigeon - Anas penelope
- American Wigeon - Anas americana Rare/Accidental
- Gadwall - Anas strepera
- Falcated Duck - Anas falcata Rare/Accidental
- Common Teal - Anas crecca
- Green-winged Teal - Anas carolinensis Rare/Accidental
- Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
- American Black Duck - Anas rubripes Rare/Accidental
- Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
- Garganey - Anas querquedula
- Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors Rare/Accidental
- Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
- Marbled Teal - Marmaronetta angustirostris Rare/Accidental
- Red-crested Pochard - Netta rufina
- Pochard - Aythya ferina
- Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris Rare/Accidental
- Ferruginous Duck - Aythya nyroca Near-threatened
- Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis Rare/Accidental
- Common Eider - Somateria mollissima
- Steller's Eider - Polysticta stelleri
- Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalis
- Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra
- Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata Rare/Accidental
- Velvet Scoter - Melanitta fusca
- Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica Rare/Accidental
- Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
- Smew - Mergellus albellus
- Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus Rare/Accidental
- Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
- Goosander - Mergus merganser
- Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis introduced
- White-headed Duck - Oxyura leucocephala Endangered

Falconiformes

Pandionidae
- Osprey - Pandion haliaetus

Accipitridae
- European Honey Buzzard - Pernis apivorus
- Black-shouldered Kite - Elanus caeruleus
- Black Kite - Milvus migrans
- Red Kite - Milvus milvus
- White-tailed Eagle - Haliaeetus albicilla Near-threatened
- Lammergeier - Gypaetus barbatus
- Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus
- Eurasian Griffon Vulture - Gyps fulvus
- Cinereous Vulture - Aegypius monachus Near-threatened
- Lappet-faced Vulture - Torgos tracheliotus Rare/Accidental
- Short-toed Eagle - Circaetus gallicus
- Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus
- Hen Harrier - Circus cyaneus
- Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus Rare/Accidental
- Montagu's Harrier - Circus pygargus
- Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis
- Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus
- Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo
- Rough-legged Buzzard - Buteo lagopus
- Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus Rare/Accidental
- Greater Spotted Eagle - Aquila clanga Vulnerable
- Lesser Spotted Eagle - Aquila pomarina Rare/Accidental
- Steppe Eagle - Aquila nipalensis
- Spanish Eagle - Aquila adalberti Vulnerable
- Imperial Eagle - Aquila heliaca Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
- Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
- Bonelli's Eagle - Aquila fasciatus
- Booted Eagle - Aquila pennatus

Falconidae
- Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni Vulnerable
- Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus
- Eleonora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae
- Red-footed Falcon - Falco vespertinus
- Merlin - Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo
- Lanner Falcon - Falco biarmicus Rare/Accidental
- Gyr Falcon - Falco rusticolus Rare/Accidental
- Saker Falcon - Falco cherrug Rare/Accidental
- Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus

Galliformes

Tetraonidae
- Ptarmigan - Lagopus muta
- Eurasian Black Grouse - Tetrao tetrix
- Capercaillie - Tetrao urogallus
- Hazel Grouse - Bonasa bonasia

Odontophoridae
- California Quail - Callipepla californica Introduced species
- Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus Introduced species

Phasianidae
- Rock Partridge - Alectoris graeca
- Chukar - Alectoris chukar Introduced species
- Barbary Partridge - Alectoris barbara Introduced species
- Red-legged Partridge - Alectoris rufa
- Grey Partridge - Perdix perdix
- Common Quail - Coturnix coturnix
- Common Pheasant - Phasanius colchicus Introduced species

Gruiformes

Gruidae
- Common Crane - Grus grus

Rallidae
- Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Crake - Crex crex Vulnerable
- Spotted Crake - Porzana porzana
- Sora - Porzana carolina Rare/Accidental
- Little Crake - Porzana parva
- Baillon's Crake - Porzana pusilla
- Purple Swamphen - Porphyrio porphyrio
- Allen's Gallinule - Porphyrio alleni Rare/Accidental
- American Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinica Rare/Accidental
- Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus
- Red-knobbed Coot - Fulica cristata Rare/Accidental
- Coot - Fulica atra

Otidae
- Great Bustard - Otis tarda Vulnerable Rare/Accidental
- Houbara Bustard - Chlamydotis undulata Rare/Accidental
- Little Bustard - Tetrax tetrax Near-threatened Rare/Accidental

Charadriiformes

Haematopodidae
- Common Pied Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus

Recurvirostridae
- Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus
- Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta

Burhinidae
- Stone Curlew - Burhinus oedicnemus

Glareolidae
- Cream-coloured Courser - Cursorius cursor rare
- Collared Pratincole - Glareola pratincola
- Black-winged Pratincole - Glareola nordmanni Data deficient

Charadriidae
- Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius
- Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula
- Kittlitz's Plover - Charadrius pecuarius Rare/Accidental
- Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus Rare/Accidental
- Kentish Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus
- Lesser Sand Plover - Charadrius mongolus Rare/Accidental
- Greater Sand Plover - Charadrius leschenaultii Rare/Accidental
- Caspian Plover - Charadrius asiaticus Rare/Accidental
- Eurasian Dotterel - Charadrius morinellus
- American Golden Plover - Pluvialis dominica Rare/Accidental
- Pacific Golden Plover - Pluvialis fulva Rare/Accidental
- Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria
- Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
- Sociable Lapwing - Vanellus gregarius Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
- Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus
- White-tailed Lapwing - Vanellus leucurus Rare/Accidental

Scolopacidae
- Woodcock - Scolopax rusticola
- Jack Snipe - Lymnocryptes minimus
- Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago
- Great Snipe - Gallinago media Rare/Accidental
- Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus Rare/Accidental
- Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus Rare/Accidental
- Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa
- Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica
- Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
- Slender-billed Curlew - Numenius tenuirostris Rare/Accidental Critically endangered
- Curlew - Numenius arquata
- Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus
- Common Redshank - Tringa totanus
- Marsh Sandpiper - Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
- Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca Rare/Accidental
- Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes Rare/Accidental
- Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria Rare/Accidental
- Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola
- Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos
- Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius Rare/Accidental
- Willet - Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Rare/Accidental
- Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
- Great Knot - Calidris tenuirostris Rare/Accidental
- Red Knot - Calidris canutus
- Sanderling - Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla Rare/Accidental
- Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri Rare/Accidental
- Red-necked Stint - Calidris ruficollis Rare/Accidental
- Little Stint - Calidris minuta
- Temminck's Stint - Calidris temminckii
- Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla Rare/Accidental
- White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis Rare/Accidental
- Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii Rare/Accidental
- Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Calidris acuminata Rare/Accidental
- Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea
- Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus Rare/Accidental
- Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima
- Dunlin - Calidris alpina Rare/Accidental
- Broad-billed Sandpiper - Limicola falcinellus Rare/Accidental
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis Near-threatened
- Ruff - Philomachus pugnax
- Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor Rare/Accidental
- Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus
- Grey Phalarope - Phalaropus fulicaria

Stercorariidae
- Pomarine Skua - Stercorarius pomarinus
- Arctic Skua - Stercorarius parasiticus
- Long-tailed Skua - Stercorarius longicaudus
- Great Skua - Stercorarius skua

Laridae
- Common Gull - Larus canus
- Audouin's Gull - Larus audouinii Near-threatened
- Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
- Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
- Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides Rare/Accidental
- Glaucous Gull - Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
- Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus
- Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis
- Great Black-headed Gull - Larus ichthyaetus Rare/Accidental
- Black-headed Gull - Larus ridibundus
- Slender-billed Gull - Larus genei
- Bonaparte's Gull - Larus philadelphia
- Mediterranean Gull - Larus melanocephalus
- Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla Rare/Accidental
- Franklin's Gull - Larus pipixcan Rare/Accidental
- Little Gull - Larus minutus
- Ivory Gull - Pagophila eburnea Rare/Accidental
- Ross's Gull - Rhodostethia rosea Rare/Accidental
- Sabine's Gull - Larus sabini
- Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla

Sternidae
- Gull-billed Tern - Sterna nilotica
- Caspian Tern - Sterna caspia
- Lesser Crested Tern - Sterna bengalensis Rare/Accidental
- Sandwich Tern - Sterna sandvicensis
- Elegant Tern - Sterna elegans Near-threatened
- Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
- Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
- Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea
- Aleutian Tern - Sterna aleutica
- Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri Rare/Accidental
- Bridled Tern - Sterna anaethetus Rare/Accidental
- Sooty Tern - Sterna fuscata Rare/Accidental
- Little Tern - Sterna albifrons
- Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybridus
- Black Tern - Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus

Alcidae
- Common Guillemot - Uria aalge
- Brunnich's Guillemot - Uria lomvia Rare/Accidental
- Razorbill - Alca torda
- Black Guillemot - Cepphus grylle Rare/Accidental
- Little Auk - Alle alle
- Atlantic Puffin - Fratercula arctica

Pterocliformes

Pteroclidae
- Pallas's Sandgrouse - Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse - Pterocles alchata

Columbiformes

Columbidae
- Rock Dove - Columba livia
- Stock Dove - Columba oenas
- Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus
- Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
- Oriental Turtle Dove - Streptopelia orientalis Rare/Accidental

Psittaciformes

Psittacidae
- Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri Introduced species
- Monk Parakeet - Myiopsitta monachus Introduced species

Cuculiformes

Cuculidae
- Great Spotted Cuckoo - Clamator glandarius
- Common Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanu Rare/Accidental

Strigiformes

Tytonidae
- Barn Owl - Tyto alba

Strigidae
- Scops Owl - Otus scops
- Eurasian Eagle Owl - Bubo bubo
- Snowy Owl - Bubo scandiacus Rare/Accidental
- Northern Hawk Owl - Surnia ulula Rare/Accidental
- Little Owl - Athene noctua
- Tawny Owl - Strix aluco
- Eurasian Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium passerinum
- Long-eared Owl - Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus
- Tengmalm's Owl - Aegolius funereus