All posts by marnixr

Oriental Magpie-robin

Passeriformes #2

Place: Maing Thauk market near Inle Lake, Myanmar
Date: 3 April 2013.





[Copsychus saularis, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Oriental magpie-robin]

The sound of the oriental magpie-robin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Albert Lastukhin & Vladimir Sotnikov)

Teal

Anseriformes

Place: Brownsea Island, Dorset
Date: 10 October 2015.






[Anas crecca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian teal]

The sound of the teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Smooth-billed Ani

Cuculiformes

Place: Santa Cruz, Galapagos
Date: 12 August 2010.


[Crotophaga ani, Family Cuculidae, Order Cuculiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Smooth-billed ani]

The sound of the smooth-billed ani (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patricio Mena Valenzuela)

Saffron Finch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 28 April 2014.







[Sicalis flaveola, Family Thraupidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Saffron finch]

The sound of the saffron finch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Lago de San Pablo, Ecuador
Date: 3 August 2010.


[Colaptes rivolii, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crimson-mantled woodpecker]

The sound of the crimson-mantled woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mitch Lysinger)

Helmeted Guineafowl

Galliformes

Place: Saltram House, Devon
Date: 18 September 2015.



Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 30 August 2012.



[Numida meleagris, Family Numididae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Helmeted guineafowl]

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

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

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Coraciiformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 30 August 2012.






[Merops hirundineus, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Swallow-tailed bee-eater]

The sound of the swallow-tailed bee-eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Danckwerts)

Goosander

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 20 December 2015.






[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]

The sound of the goosander (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

African Darter

Suliformes

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



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




[Anhinga rufa, Family Anhingidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: African darter]

The sound of the African darter (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Rolf A. de By)