Place: Genovesa, Galapagos
Dates: 17 August 2010.
[Sula sula, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-footed booby]
The sound of the red-footed boobie (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Oscar Campbell)
Monthly Archives: December 2017
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Place: Guango hummingbird sanctuary, Ecuador
Dates: 6 August 2010.
[Boissonneaua matthewsii, Family Trochilidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chestnut-breasted coronet]
The sound of the chestnut-breasted coronet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mitch Lysinger)
Barn Swallow Morning Song
Place: Aleria, Corsica, France
Dates: 31 May 2017.
[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]
The sound of the barn swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)
Distribution and sightings of the swallow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
White-headed Duck
Place: London Wetlands WWT, London
Dates: 9 July 2017.
[Oxyura leucocephala, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-headed duck]
The sound of the white-headed duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)
Great Black-backed Gull
Place: Port Isaac, Cornwall
Dates: 30 August 2016.
Place: Golspie, Sutherland
Dates: 19 July 2017.
[Larus marinus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great black-backed gull]
The sound of the great black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the great black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Blackbird
Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 14 April 2016.
Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 30 April 2017.
Place: Ilam Park, Staffordshire
Dates: 6 December 2017.
[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]
The sound of the blackbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)
Distribution and sightings of the blackbird across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Harpy Eagle
Place: Condor Rescue Centre, Otavalo, Ecuador
Dates: 3 August 2010.
[Harpia harpyja, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Harpy eagle]
The sound of the harpy eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dušan M. Brinkhuizen)
Eurasian Spoonbills from Italy
Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia
Dates: 16 June 2017.
Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Dates: 25 May 2016.
[Platalea leucorodia, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian spoonbill]
The sound of the Eurasian spoonbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)
Distribution and sightings of the spoonbill across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Andean Teal
Place: Laguna Limpiopungo near the Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador
Dates: 5 August 2010.
[Anas andium, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Andean teal]
The sound of the Andean teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Leonardo Ordóñez-Delgado)
Common Terns
Place: Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Dates: 18 July 2017.
[Sterna hirundo, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common tern]
The sound of the common tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Ahmed)
Distribution and sightings of the common tern across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 