Here is an informative list of scientific names of different birds found in the world.
| Common name | Scientific name |
| Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos |
| Robin | Erithacus rubecula |
| Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| Swift | Apus apus |
| Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
| Common gull | Larus canus |
| Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| Crane | Grus grus |
| Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
| Raven | Corvus corax |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
| House sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser |
| Ruddy duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| White-headed duck | Oxyura leucocephala |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Honey buzzard | Pernis apivorus |
| Red kite | Milvus milvus |
| White-tailed sea-eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla |
| Marsh harrier | Circus aeruginosus |
| Hen harrier | Circus cyaneus |
| Montagu’s harrier | Circus pygargus |
| Coot | Fulica atra |
| Great bustard | Otis tarda |
| Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus |
| Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis |
| Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Knot | Calidris canutus |
| Spotted crake | Porzana porzana |
| Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| Corncrake | Crex crex |
| Baillon’s crake | Porzana pusilla |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| Temminck’s stint | Calidris temminckii |
| Jack snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Purple sandpiper | Calidris maritima |
| Grey plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Water rail | Rallus aquaticus |
| Rough-legged buzzard | Buteo lagopus |
| Golden eagle | Aquila chrysaetos |
| American kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus |
| Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
| Red-throated diver | Gavia stellata |
| Black-throated diver | Gavia arctica |
| Great northern diver | Gavia immer |
| Little grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Great-crested grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| Red-necked grebe | Podiceps grisegena |
| Slavonian grebe | Podiceps auritus |
| Black-necked grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis |
| Manx shearwater | Puffinus puffinus |
| Storm petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus |
| Leach’s petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
| Common diving-petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix |
| Dalmatian pelican | Pelecanus crispus |
| Gannet | Morus bassanus |
| Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis |
| Little bittern | Ixobrychus minutus |
| Bittern | Botaurus stellaris |
| Grey heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Mute swan | Cygnus olor |
| Bewick’s swan | Cygnus columbianus |
| Whooper swan | Cygnus cygnus |
| Bean goose | Anser fabalis |
| Pink-footed goose | Anser brachyrhynchus |
| White-fronted goose | Anser albifrons |
| Greylag | Anser anser |
| Canada goose | Branta canadensis |
| Barnacle goose | Branta leucopsis |
| Brent goose | Branta bernicla |
| Egyptian goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus |
| Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna |
| Mandarin | Aix galericulata |
| Wood duck | Aix sponsa |
| Wigeon | Anas penelope |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| Teal | Anas crecca |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Garganey | Anas querquedula |
| Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| Red-crested pochard | Netta rufina |
| Tufted duck | Aythya fuligula |
| Pochard | Aythya ferina |
| Long-tailed duck | Clangula hyemalis |
| Greater scaup | Aythya marila |
| Eider | Somateria mollissima |
| Velvet scoter | Melanitta fusca |
| Common scoter | Melanitta nigra |
| Red-breasted merganser | Mergus serrator |
