Category Archives: Bird Order

Wren

Passeriformes #2

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 5 November 2016.








[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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

Merlin

Falconiformes

Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 25 July 2016.




[Falco columbarius, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Merlin (bird)]

The sound of the merlin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tayler Brooks)

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

Chilean Flamingo

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.





[Phoenicopterus chilensis, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chilean flamingo]

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

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

Smooth-billed Ani

Cuculiformes

Place: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Dates: 20 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)

Southern Fiscal Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Maun, Botswana
Dates: 1 September 2012.




[Lanius collaris, Family Laniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern fiscal]

The sound of the southern fiscal shrike (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Goldfinches of Spain and Italy

Passeriformes #3

Place: Navarrete, Spain
Dates: 11 May 2016.






Place: Avola, Sicily
Dates: 24/25 May 2016.





Place: Pozzallo, Sicily
Dates: 26 May 2016.


Place: Navarrete, Spain
Dates: 22 June 2016.






[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

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

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

Greenshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 3 November 2016.




[Tringa nebularia, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common greenshank]

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

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

Moorhen on a Stick

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 29 October 2016.





[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

The sound of the moorhen (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Krzysztof Deoniziak)

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

Squacco Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Dates: 21 August 2012.



[Ardeola ralloides, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Squacco heron]

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

Distribution of the moorhen across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Yellow-legged Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Dates: 25 May 2016.








[Larus michahellis, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellow-legged gull]

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

Distribution of the yellow-legged gull across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).