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Tourleader/Trip Report: Peter Jones

Bird Species List

The species list below gives all the species we have seen during our trip. We have given the english as well as the latin names.

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea

Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus

Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

White Stork Ciconia ciconia

Waldrapp Geronticus eremita

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna

Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope

Gadwall Anas strepera

Eurasian Teal Anas crecca

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Northern Pintail Anas acuta

Garganey Anas querquedula

Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina

Common Pochard Aythya ferina

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus

Black Kite Milvus migrans

Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus

Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus

Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo

Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus

Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciatus

Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni

Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus

Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata

Eurasian Coot Fulica atra

Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus

Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor

Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria

Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

Common Redshank Tringa totanus

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Red Knot Calidris canutus

Sanderling Calidris alba

Little Stint Calidris minuta

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

Dunlin Calidris alpina

Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus

Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii

Herring Gull Larus argentatus

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus

Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia

Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis

Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis

Royal Tern Sterna maxima

Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Little Tern Sterna albifrons

Black Tern Chlidonias niger

Rock Pigeon Columba livia

Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus

Eurasian Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur

Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Barn Owl Tyto alba

Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus

Tawny Owl Strix aluco

Little Owl Athene noctua

Common Swift Apus apus

Pallid Swift Apus pallidus

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Hoopoe Upupa epops

Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major

Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti

Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes

Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey

Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla

Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens

Crested Lark Galerida cristata

Thekla Lark Galerida theklae

Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha

Bank Swallow Riparia riparia

Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Common House-Martin Delichon urbica

White Wagtail Motacilla alba

Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus

Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius

Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus

Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula

Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti

Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus

Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis

African Desert Warbler Sylvia deserti

Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis

Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans

Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala

Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata

Tristram's Warbler Sylvia deserticola

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

European Robin Erithacus rubecula

Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri

Whinchat Saxicola rubetra

European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola

White-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga

Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura

Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe

Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta

Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica

Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti

Fulvous Chatterer Turdoides fulvus

Coal Tit Periparus ater

Great Tit Parus major

Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus

African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae

Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea

Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis

Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius

Eurasian Magpie Pica pica

Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula

Common Raven Corvus corax
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor

Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus

Rock Bunting Emberiza cia

House Bunting Emberiza striolata

Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris

European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina

European Serin Serinus serinus

Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githaginea

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis