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Puffin Fratercula arctica added to John Doragh's Britain 2025 year list (BOU), 12 Jul 2025. 111 species

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Switzerland IOC

The IOC Switzerland list uses a subset of species from the complete world taxonomy maintained by the IOC and which is updated regularly at www.worldbirdnames.org.

This list is based on the "Checklist of the Birds of Switzerland - 2024" according to the Swiss Rarities Committee. Species listed in category D only are not included. Bold names indicate that all records must be validated by the Swiss Rarities Committee.

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Last update: June 12, 2025.

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