Great Frigate Bird

Suliformes

Place: en route from San Cristobal to Santiago, Galapagos
Date: 15 August 2010.



[Fregata minor ridgwayi, Family Fregatidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great frigatebird]

The sound of the great frigate bird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Eric DeFonso)

Eurasian Spoonbill

Pelecaniformes

Place: La Rocina, Andalucia, Spain
Date: 14 June 2015.



Place: Castro Marim, Algarve, Portugal
Date: 17 June 2015.



[Platalea leucorodia, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian spoonbill]

The sound of the Eurasian spoonbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution and sightings of the spoonbill across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the spoonbill across the British Isles

White-bellied Sunbird

Passeriformes #3

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 26 August 2012.


[Cinnyris talatala, Family Nectariniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-bellied sunbird]

The sound of the white-bellied sunbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niall Perrins)

Starling Stretching Its Wings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Date: 28 March 2016.


[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

The sound of the starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

Distribution and sightings of the starling across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the starling across the British Isles

Mealy Amazon

Psittaciformes

Place: El Jardin Aleman, Misahualli, Ecuador
Date: 7 August 2010.




[Amazona farinosa, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mealy amazon]

The sound of the mealy amazon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Allen T. Chartier)

Snowy Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 28 April 2014.


[Egretta thula, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Snowy egret]

The sound of the snowy egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernando Igor de Godoy)

Juvenile Herring Gull Pretending To Be Big

Charadriiformes

Place: Bridlington, Yorkshire
Date: 2 November 2015.



[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

The sound of the herring gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the herring gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the herring gull across the British Isles

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25 August 2012.



[Lamprotornis chalybaeus, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greater blue-eared starling]

The sound of the greater blue-eared starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Long-tailed Sylph

Apodiformes

Place: Guango hummingbird sanctuary, Ecuador
Date: 6 August 2010.


[Aglaiocercus kingii, Family Trochilidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed sylph]

The sound of the long-tailed sylph (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jonas Nilsson)

Black Vulture

Cathartiformes

Place: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 28 April 2014.



Place: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 27 April 2014.








Place: Iguazu Falls, Brazil
Date: 22 April 2014.



Place: Iguazu Falls, Brazil
Date: 23 April 2014.


Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 1 May 2014.




Place: Abraão, Ilha Grande, Brazil
Date: 29 April 2014.



[Coragyps atratus, Family Cathartidae, Order Cathartiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black vulture]

The sound of the black vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Antonio Silveira)