All posts by marnixr

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Coraciiformes

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


Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 20/21 August 2012.








[Merops nubicoides, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern carmine bee-eater]

The sound of the southern carmine bee-eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Social Flycatcher

Passeriformes #1

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












Place: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 27 April 2014.



Place: Jardim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 3 May 2014.


[Myiozetetes similis, Family Tyrannidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Social flycatcher]

The sound of the social flycatcher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ricardo José Mitidieri)

African Pied Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 19 August 2012.






[Motacilla aguimp, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African pied wagtail]

The sound of the African pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tim Cockcroft)

Cormorants on a Cliff

Suliformes

Place: Flamborough Head, Yorkshire
Date: 4 November 2015.








[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

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

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

Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: near Bolderwood Deer Sanctuary, New Forest
Date: 5 March 2016.





[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

The sound of the mistle thrush (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

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

American Flamingo

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Santa Cruz, Galapagos
Date: 15 August 2010.



[Phoenicopterus ruber, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: American flamingo]

The sound of the American flamingo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

Jay

Passeriformes #1

Place: Aracenas campsite, Andalucia
Date: 19 June 2015.




[Garrulus glandarius, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian jay]

The sound of the jay (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Rufous Hornero

Passeriformes #1

Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date: 19 April 2014.




[Furnarius rufus, Family Furnariidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rufous hornero]

The sound of the rufous hornero (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Red Kite

Accipitriformes

Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Date: 25 March 2016.






Place: Aberaeron, Ceredigion
Date: 25 March 2016.


[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]

The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

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

Bennett’s Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 29 August 2012.


[Campethera bennettii, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Bennett’s woodpecker]

The sound of Bennett’s woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Charles Hesse)