A list compiled by Armas Hill


PHOTO AT RIGHT: PIED WHEATEAR

Over 270 birds have been found during FONT tours in Bulgaria.


Codes:

(i): introduced species

(Vme): vagrant from the Middle East

 
The following 2 sets of designations by Birdlife International:

(t): a globally threatened or rare species
 (t1): critical 
 (t2): endangered
 (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

(Ee): endangered in Europe
(Ev): vulnerable in Europe
(Er): rare in Europe
(Ed): has recently declined in Europe
(El): localized in Europe


Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Europe

List of Birds during FONT European Tours  (with some photos)

List of European Mammals 

List of Birds during previous Focus On Nature Tours in Bulgaria:

1. Great Crested Grebe ______  
   Podiceps c. cristatus
   
   
2. Red-necked Grebe ______ 
   Podiceps g. grisegena
   
   
3. Black-necked Grebe ______  (called Eared Grebe in North America) 
   Podiceps n. nigricollis
   
   
4. Little Grebe ("Dabchick") ______ 
   Tachybaptus r. ruficollis
   
   
5. European Shag  ______ 
   Leucocarbo (formerly Phalacrocorax) a. aristotelis
   
   
6. Great Cormorant ______ 
   Phalacrocorax c. carbo
   
   
7. Pygmy Cormorant (nt) ______ 
   Phalacrocorax pygmeus
   
   
8. Great White Pelican (Er) ______ (IN PHOTOGRAPH AT THE END OF THIS LIST)
   Pelecanus onocrotalus
   
   
9. Dalmatian Pelican (nt) (Ev) ______ 
   Pelecanus crispus
   
   
10. Grey Heron ______  
    Ardea c. cinerea 
    
    
11. Purple Heron (Ev) ______ 
    Ardea p. purpurea
    
    
12. Great Egret ______ 
    Ardea (formerly Egretta) a. alba
    
    
13. Little Egret  ______ 
    Egretta g. garzetta
    
    
14. Squacco Heron (Ev)  ______ 
    Ardeola ralloides
    
    
15. Black-crowned Night-Heron (Ed)  ______ 
    Nycticorax n. nycticorax
    
    
16. Little Bittern (Ev)  ______ 
    Ixobrychus m. minutus
    
    
17. Eurasian Bittern ______
    Botaurus s. stellaris
    
    
18. Glossy Ibis (Ed) ______ 
    Plegadis falcinellus
    
    
19. Eurasian Spoonbill (Ee) ______ 
    Platalea l. leucorodia
    
     
20. White Stork (Ev) ______ 
    Ciconia c. ciconia
    
    
21. Black Stork (Er) ______ 
    Ciconia nigra
    
    
22. Mute Swan (i) ______ 
    Cygnus olor
    
    
23. Whooper Swan ______ 
    Cygnus cygnus
    
    
24. Greylag Goose ______
    Anser a. anser
    
    
25. Greater White-fronted Goose ______
    Anser a. albifrons
    
    
26. Lesser White-fronted Goose (t3) (Ev) ______
    Anser erythropus
    
    
27. Red-breasted Goose (t3) (El) ______
    Branta ruficollis
    
    
28. Common Shelduck ______ 
    Tadorna tadorna
    
    
29. Ruddy Shelduck ______ 
    Tadorna ferruginea
    
    
30. Mallard ______ 
    Anas p. platyrhynchos
    
    
31. Gadwall (Ev) ______ 
    Anas strepera
    
    
32. Eurasian Teal ______  (has been considered conspecific with the Green-winged Teal of North America)
    Anas crecca
    
    
33. Garganey (Ev)  ______ 
    Anas querquedula
    
    
34. Northern Pintail (Ev) ______ 
    Anas acuta
    
    
35. Eurasian Wigeon ______ 
    Anas penelope
    
    
36. Northern Shoveler ______ 
    Anas clypeata
    
    
37. Red-crested Pochard (Ed) ______ 
    Netta rufina
    
    
38. Common Pochard ______ 
    Aythya ferina
    
    
39. Tufted Duck ______ 
    Aythya fuligula
    
    
40. Ferruginous Duck (nt) (Ev) ______ (has also been called White-eyed Pochard)
    Aythya nyroca
    
    
41. Greater Scaup ______
    Aythya m. marila
    
    
42. Common Goldeneye ______ 
    Bucephala c. clangula
    
    
43. Osprey (Er) ______ 
    Pandion h. haliaetus
    
    
44. Red Kite ______ 
    Milvus milvus
    
    
45. Black Kite (Ev) ______ 
    Milvus m. migrans
    
    
46. Egyptian Vulture (Ee) ______ 
    Neophron p. percnopterus
    
    
47. Bearded Vulture (Ee) ______  (has also been called Lammergeier)
    Gypaetus barbatus
    
    
48. Cinereous Vulture (nt) (Ev) ______  (has also been called Eurasian Black Vulture; another name: Monk Vulture)
    Aegypius monachus
    
    
49. Griffon Vulture (Er) ______ 
    Gyps f. fulvus
    
    
50. Levant Sparrowhawk (Er) ______  
    Accipiter brevipes
    
    
51. Eurasian Sparrowhawk ______ 
    Accipiter n. nisus
    
    
52. Northern Goshawk ______ 
    Accipiter g. gentilis
    
    
53. Common Buzzard ______ 
    Buteo b. buteo
    
    
54. Long-legged Buzzard (Ee) ______ 
    Buteo r. rufinus
    
    
55. European Honey-Buzzard ______ 
    Pernis apivorus
    
    
56. White-tailed Eagle (nt) (Er) ______  (has also been called White-tailed Fish Eagle)
    Haliaeetus albicilla
    
    
57. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Er)  ______ 
    Circaetus gallicus
    
    
58. Bonelli's Eagle (Ee) ______ 
    Hieraaetus f. fasciatus
    
    
59. Booted Eagle (Er) ______ 
    Hieraaetus pennatus
    
    
60. Golden Eagle (Er) ______ 
    Aquila c. chrysaetos
    
    
61. Asian Imperial Eagle (t3) (Ee) ______ (IN PHOTOGRAPH AT THE END OF THIS LIST)
    Aquila heliaca 
    
    
62. Lesser Spotted Eagle (Er) ______  
    Aquila p. pomarina
    
    
63. Western Marsh-Harrier ______  (was considered conspecific with Eastern Marsh-Harrier, and when so, was called Northern Marsh-Harrier)
    Circus a. aeruginosus
    
    
64. Northern Harrier (Ev) ______ (has been called Hen Harrier in Europe)
    Circus cyaneus 
    
    
65. Pallid Harrier (Ee) ______ 
    Circus macrourus 
    
    
66. Montagu's Harrier ______ 
    Circus pygargus
    
    
67. Saker Falcon  (Ee) ______ 
    Falco cherrug
    
    
68. Peregrine Falcon  (Er) ______ 
    Falco p. peregrinus
    
    
69. Eurasian Hobby ______ 
    Falco s. subbuteo
    
    
70. Red-footed Falcon (Ev) ______ 
    Falco vespertinus
    
    
71. Lesser Kestrel (t3) (Ev) ______ 
    Falco naumanni
    
    
72. Common Kestrel (Ed) ______ 
    Falco t. tinnunculus
    
    
73. Chukar (Ev) ______ 
    Alectoris chukar kleini
    
    
74. Grey Partridge (Ev) ______  (has also been called Hungarian Partridge) 
    Perdix p. perdix
    
    
75. Common Quail (Ev) ______ 
    Coturnix c. coturnix
    
    
76. Common Pheasant (i) ______ 
    Phasinus colchicus
    
    
77. Water Rail ______ 
    Rallus a. aquaticus
    
    
78. Baillon's Crake (Er) ______ 
    Porzana pusilla intermedia
    
    
79. Spotted Crake ______ 
    Porzana porzana
    
    
80. Little Crake ______ 
    Porzana parva
    
    
81. Corncrake (t3) ______ 
    Crex crex
    
    
82. Common Moorhen ______ 
    Gallinula c. chloropus
    
    
83. Eurasian Coot ______ 
    Fulica a. atra
    
    
84. Grey Plover ______  (has been called Black-bellied Plover in the Americas) 
    Pluvialis s. squatarola
    
    
85. Little Ringed Plover ______ 
    Charadrius dubius curonicus
    
    
86. Common Ringed Plover ______ 
    Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
    
    
87. Kentish Plover (Ed)  ______ (was conspecific with Snowy Plover in North America & South America)
    Charadrius a. alexandrinus
    
    
88. Northern Lapwing  ______ 
    Vanellus vanellus
    
    
89. White-tailed Lapwing  (Vme) ______  (was called White-tailed Plover)
    Vanellus (formerly Chettusia) leucura
    
    
90. Ruddy Turnstone ______  
    Arenaria i. interpres
    
    
91. Dunlin (Ev) ______ 
    Calidris a. alpina
    
    
92. Curlew Sandpiper ______ 
    Calidris ferruginea
    
    
93. Sanderling ______ 
    Calidris a. alba
    
    
94. Little Stint ______ 
    Calidris minuta
    
    
95. Temminck's Stint  ______ 
    Calidris temminckii
    
    
96. Wood Sandpiper (Ed) ______ 
    Tringa glareola
    
    
97. Common Greenshank ______ 
    Tringa nebularia
    
    
98. Common Redshank (Ed) ______ 
    Tringa t. totanus
    
    
99. Spotted Redshank ______ 
    Tringa erythropus
    
    
100. Marsh Sandpiper ______ 
     Tringa stagnatilis
     
     
101. Green Sandpiper ______ 
     Tringa ochropus
     
     
102. Common Sandpiper ______ 
     Actitis hypoleucos
     
     
103. Ruff / Reeve ______ 
     Philomachus pugnax
     
     
104. Eurasian Curlew (Ed) ______ 
     Numenius a. arquata
     
     
105. Black-tailed Godwit (Ev) ______ 
     Limosa l. limosa
     
     
106. Eurasian Woodcock ______ 
     Scolopax rusticola
     
     
107. Common Snipe ______ (was considered conspecific with the Wilson's Snipe of North America)
     Gallinago gallinago
     
     
108. Red-necked Phalarope ______ 
     Phalaropus lobatus
     
     
109. Eurasian Stone-Curlew (Ev) ______ 
     Burhinus o. oedicnemus
     
     
110. Eurasian Oystercatcher ______ 
     Haematopus o. ostralegus
     
     
111. Pied Avocet ______ 
     Recurvirostra avosetta
     
     
112. Black-winged Stilt ______ 
     Himantopus h. himantopus
     
     
113. Collared Pratincole (Ee) ______ 
     Glareola p. pratincola
     
     
114. Slender-billed Gull ______  
     Larus genei
     
     
115. Common Black-headed Gull ______  
     Larus ridibundus
     
     
116. Mediterranean Gull ______  
     Larus melanocephalus
     
     
117. Little Gull (Ed) ______  
     Larus minutus 
     
     
118. "Caspian (or Pontic)" Yellow-legged Gull ______  
     Larus c. cachinnans
     
     
119. Lesser Black-backed Gull ______ 
     Larus fuscus graellsii
     
     
120. Gull-billed Tern (Ee) ______ 
     Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) n. nilotica
     
     
121. Caspian Tern (Ee) ______  
     Hydroprogne (formerly Sterna) caspia
     
     
122. Sandwich Tern (Ed) ______ 
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) s. sandvicensis
     
     
123. Common Tern ______ 
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     
124. Little Tern (Ed) ______  
     Sterna a. albifrons
     
     
125. Black Tern (Ed) ______  
     Childonias n. niger
     
     
126. White-winged Tern ______ 
     Childonias leucopterus
     
     
127. Whiskered Tern (Ed) ______  
     Childonias h. hybrida
     
     
128. Parasitic Jaeger ______  (has been called Arctic Skua in Europe)
     Stercorarius parasiticus
     
     
129. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) ______  
     Columba livia
     
     
130. Stock Dove (or Stock Pigeon) ______  
     Columba oenas
     
     
131. Common Wood Pigeon ______  
     Columba palumbus
     
     
132. Eurasian Collared Dove ______  
     Streptopelia decaocto
     
     
133. European Turtle-Dove (Ed) ______  
     Streptopelia t. turtur
     
     
134. Great Spotted Cuckoo_____ 
     Clamator glandarius
     
     
135. Common Cuckoo ______  
     Cuculus c. canorus
     
     
136. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Ev) ______ 
     Bubo b. bubo
     
     
137. Long-eared Owl  ______ 
     Asio o. otus
     
     
138. Short-eared Owl (Ev) ______ 
     Asio f. flammeus
     
     
139. Eurasian Scops-Owl (Ed) ______ 
     Otus s. scops
     
     
140. Little Owl (Ed) ______ 
     Athene noctua indigena
     
     
141. Eurasian Nightjar (Ed) ______ 
     Caprimulgus europaeus
     
     
142. Common Swift ______ 
     Apus a. apus
     
     
143. Alpine Swift ______ 
     Tachymarptis (formerly Apus) m. melba
     
     
144. Pallid Swift ______ 
     Apus pallidus illyricus
     
     
145. European Bee-eater (Ed) ______ 
     Merops apiaster
     
     
146. European Roller (Ed) ______ 
     Coracias g. garrulus
     
     
147. Eurasian Hoopoe ______ 
     Upupa e. epops
     
     
148. Eurasian Wryneck (Ed) ______ 
     Jynx t. torquilla
     
     
149. Black Woodpecker ______ 
     Dryocopus martius
     
     
150. Grey-headed Woodpecker (Ed) ______ 
     Picus c. canus
     
      
151. European Green Woodpecker (Ed) ______ 
     Picus v. viridis
     
     
152. Syrian Woodpecker ______ 
     Dendrocopos syriacus
     
     
153. Great Spotted Woodpecker ______ 
     Dendrocopos major pinetorum
     
     
154. Middle Spotted Woodpecker ______ 
     Dendrocopos m. medius
     
     
155. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker ______ 
     Dendrocopos minor hortorum
     
     
156. Greater Short-toed Lark (Ev) ______ 
     Calandrella b. brachydactyla
     
     
157. Calandra Lark (Ed) ______ 
     Melanocorypha c. calandra
     
     
158. Wood Lark (Ev) ______ 
     Lullula a. arborea
     
     
159. Eurasian Skylark (Ev) ______ 
     Alauda a. arvensis
     
     
160. Crested Lark (Ed) ______ 
     Galerida c. cristata
     
     
161. Barn Swallow ______ 
     Hirundo r. rustica
     
      
162. Red-rumped Swallow ______ 
     Cecropis (formerly Hirundo) daurica rufala
     
     
163. Eurasian Crag-Martin ______ 
     Ptyonoprogne rupestris
     
     
164. Sand Martin (Ed) ______ (has been called Bank Swallow in the Americas)
     Riparia r. riparia
     
     
165. Common House Martin ______ 
     Delichon u. urbica
     
     
166. Northern (or Winter) Wren ______ 
     Troglodytes t. troglodytes
     
     
167. Dunnock ______ 
     Prunella m. modularis
     
     
168. White-throated Dipper ______ 
     Cinclus cinclus aquaticus
     
     
169. Tree Pipit ______ 
     Anthus t. trivialis
     
     
170. Meadow Pipit ______ 
     Anthus p. pratensis 
     
     
171. Water Pipit ______ 
     Anthus s. spinoletta
     
     
172. Red-throated Pipit ______ 
     Anthus cervinus rufogularis
     
     
173. Tawny Pipit (Ev) ______ 
     Anthus c. campestris
     
     
174. White Wagtail ______  
     Motacilla a. alba
     
     
175. Grey Wagtail ______  
     Motacilla c. cinerea
     
     
176. "Blue-headed" Western Yellow Wagtail ______  (Western Yellow Wagtail has been split from the Eastern Yellow Wagtail of eastern Asia & Alaska, Motacilla tschutschensis) 
     Motacilla flava flava  
     
     
177. "Grey-headed" Western Yellow Wagtail ______ 
     Motacilla flava thunbergi
     
     
178. "Black-headed" Western Yellow Wagtail ______ 
     Motacilla flava feldegg
     
     
179. Spotted Flycatcher (Ed) ______ 
     Muscicapa s. striata
     
     
180. Collared Flycatcher ______ 
     Ficedula albicollis
     
     
181. Semicollared Flycatcher ______ 
     Ficedula semitorquata
     
     
182. Red-breasted Flycatcher ______  (was considered conspecific with what's now called the Taiga Flycatcher in eastern Asia) 
     Ficedula p. parva
     
     
183. Whinchat ______ 
     Saxicola rubetra
     
     
184. Common Stonechat (Ed) ______ 
     Saxicola torquatus rubicola
     
     
185. Northern Wheatear ______  
     Oenanthe o. oenanthe
     
     
186. "Eastern" Black-eared Wheatear ______  
     Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca
     
     
187. Isabelline Wheatear ______ 
     Oenanthe isabellina
     
     
188. Pied Wheatear ______ (IN PHOTOGRAPH AT BEGINNING OF THIS LIST)
     Oenanthe pleschanka 
     
     
189. Black Redstart ______ 
     Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis
     
     
190. Common Redstart (Ev) ______ 
     Phoenicurus p. phoenicurus
     
     
191. European Robin ______ 
     Erithacus r. rubecula
     
     
192. Common Nightingale ______ 
     Luscinia megarhynchos bachrmanni
     
     
193. Thrush Nightingale (or "Sprosser") ______ 
     Luscinia luscinia
     
     
194. Blue Rock Thrush (Ev) ______ 
     Monticola s. solitarius
     
     
195. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (Ed) ______ 
     Monticola saxatilis
     
     
196. Eurasian Blackbird ______ 
     Turdus m. merula
     
     
197. Ring Ouzel ______ 
     Turdus torquatus alpestris
     
     
198. Song Thrush ______ 
     Turdus p. philomelos
     
     
199. Mistle Thrush ______ 
     Turdus v. viscivorus
     
     
200. Zitting Cisticola ______ (has also been called Fan-tailed Warbler, but a non-related species is so-named in Mexico; additionally the cisticolas are now in a family apart from New World Warblers) 
     Cisticola j. juncidis
     
     
201. Common Grasshopper Warbler ______ 
     Locustella n. naevia
     
     
202. Cetti's Warbler ______ 
     Cettia c. cetti
     
     
203. Savi's Warbler ______ 
     Locustella l. luscinioides
     
     
204. River Warbler ______  
     Locustella fluviatilis
     
     
205. Marsh Warbler ______  
     Acrocephalus palustris
     
     
206. Moustached Warbler ______
     Acrocephalus m. melanopogon
     
     
207. Eurasian Reed-Warbler ______  
     Acrocephalus scirpaceus
     
     
208. Great Reed Warbler ______ 
     Acrocephalus a. arundinaceus
     
     
209. Sedge Warbler ______  
     Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
     
     
210. Paddyfield Warbler ______
     Acrocephalus agricola septimus
     
     
211. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (Ev) ______ (was considered conspecific with what's now the Western Olivaceous Warbler, Hippolais opaca)
     Hippolais pallida elaeica
     
     
212. Olive-tree Warbler (Er) ______
     Hippolais olivetorum
     
     
213. Icterine Warbler ______
     Hippolais icterina
     
     
214. Common Whitethroat ______ 
     Sylvia c. communis
     
     
215. Lesser Whitethroat ______  
     Sylvia c. curruca
     
     
216. Garden Warbler ______  
     Sylvia b. borin
     
     
217. Barred Warbler ______  
     Sylvia n. nisoria
     
     
218. Eurasian Blackcap ______  
     Sylvia a. atricapilla
     
     
219. Orphean Warbler ______  
     Sylvia hortensis 
     
     
220. Sardinian Warbler ______ 
     Sylvia m. melanocephala
     
     
221. Subalpine Warbler ______ 
     Sylvia cantillans
     
     
222. Willow Warbler ______  
     Phylloscopus trochilus acredula
     
     
223. Western Bonelli's Warbler ______ (was considered conspecific with what's now the Eastern Bonelli's Warbler, Phylloscopus orientalis)
     Phylloscopus bonelli
     
     
224. Wood Warbler ______ 
     Phylloscopus sibilatrix
     
     
225. Common Chiffchaff ______ 
     Phylloscopus c. collybita
     
     
226. Firecrest ______ 
     Regulus i. ignicpillus
     
     
227. Goldcrest ______ 
     Regulus r. regulus
     
     
228. Great Tit ______ 
     Parus m. major
     
     
229. Blue Tit ______ 
     Cyanistes (formerly Parus) c. caeruleus
     
     
230. Coal Tit ______ 
     Periparus (formerly Parus) a. ater 
     
     
231. Marsh Tit ______ 
     Poecile (formerly Parus) p. palustris
     
     
232. Willow Tit ______ 
     Poecile (formerly Parus) m. montanus
     
     
233. Sombre Tit ______ 
     Poecile (formerly Parus) lugubris anatoliae
     
     
234. European Crested Tit ______ 
     Lophophanes (formerly Parus) c. cristatus
     
     
235. Long-tailed Bushtit ______  (has been called Long-tailed Tit)  
     Aegithalos caudatus europaeus
     
     
236. Eurasian Penduline-Tit ______ 
     Remiz p. pendulinus
     
     
237. Bearded Reedling ______ (was at one time called Bearded Tit)
     Panurus b. biarmicus
     
     
238. Eurasian Nuthatch ______ 
     Sitta europaea caesia
     
     
239. Western Rock Nuthatch ______ 
     Sitta n. neumayer
     
     
240. Eurasian Treecreeper ______ 
     Certhia f. familiaris
     
     
241. Short-toed Treecreeper ______ 
     Certhia b. brachydactyla
     
     
242. Lesser Grey Shrike ______  
     Lanius minor
     
     
243. Masked Shrike ______ 
     Lanius nubicus
     
     
244. Woodchat Shrike (Ev) ______ 
     Lanius s. senator 
     
     
245. Red-backed Shrike (Ed) ______ 
     Lanius c. collurio
     
     
246. Eurasian Jay ______ 
     Garrulus g. glandarius
     
     
247. Spotted Nutcracker ______ 
     Nucifraga c. caryocatactes
     
     
248. Eurasian Magpie ______ (was considered conspecific with the Black-billed Magpie of North America)
     Pica pica
     
     
249. Northern Raven ______ 
     Corvus c. corax
     
     
250. Rook ______ 
     Corvus f. frugilegus
     
     
251. Hooded Crow  ______  (no longer considered conspecific with the Carrion Crow)
     Corvus cornix
     
      
252. Eurasian Jackdaw ______ 
     Corvus m. monedula
     
     
253. Common Starling ______ 
     Sturnus vulgaris
     
     
254. Rosy Starling ______ (has also been called Rose-colored Starling)
     Sturnus roseus
     
     
255. Eurasian Golden Oriole ______ 
     Oriolus o. oriolus
     
     
256. House Sparrow (i) ______ 
     Passer d. domesticus
     
     
257. Spanish Sparrow ______ 
     Passer h. hispaniolensis
     
     
258. Eurasian Tree Sparrow ______ 
     Passer m. montanus
     
     
259. Common Chaffinch ______ 
     Fringilla c. coelebs
     
     
260. European Goldfinch ______ 
     Carduelis c. carduelis
     
     
261. European Greenfinch ______ 
     Carduelis c. chloris
     
     
262. Eurasian Linnet ______ 
     Carduelis c. cannabina
     
     
263. Eurasian Bullfinch ______ 
     Pyrrhula p. pyrrhula
     
     
264. Hawfinch ______ 
     Coccothraustes c. coccothraustes
     
     
265. European Serin ______ 
     Serinus serinus
     
     
266. Red Crossbill ______ (called Red Crossbill in North America)
     Loxia c. curvirostra
     
     
267. Corn Bunting ______ 
     Emberiza (formerly Miliaria) c. calandria
     
     
268. Rock Bunting (Ev) ______ 
     Emberiza c. cia
     
     
269. Cirl Bunting ______ 
     Emberiza cirlus
     
     
270. Yellowhammer ______ 
     Emberiza c. citrinella
     
     
271. Ortolan Bunting (Ev) ______ 
     Emberiza hortulana
     
     
272. Black-headed Bunting (Ev) ______
     Emberiza melanocephala
     
     
273. Common Reed Bunting ______ 
     Emberiza s. schoeniclus 
     
     
     

     

A flock of White Pelicans (above),
and an Imperial Eagle (below).

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