Place: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 28 April 2014.
[Chlorostilbon lucidus, Family Trochilidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glittering-bellied emerald]
The sound of the glittering-bellied emerald (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Blamires)
Place: Filey, Yorkshire
Date: 3 November 2015.
I saw this great black-backed seagull on the beach south of Scarborough, holding its wings in a rather strange fashion. When scared off, it could fly ok, but it never folded its wings where they normally go on its back. From its feathers and bill colour I can tell it’s only just matured, and I wonder whether it got hurt in some way through inexperience. At the time that I spotted it, it was scavenging crab and fish remains thrown on the beach by some fishermen. Is there anyone with any bright ideas as to what might mean ?
[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).
Place: Mandalay Palace, Mandalay, Myanmar
Date: 7 April 2013.
[Chatarrhaea gularis, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated babbler]
The sound of the white-throated babbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)
Place: Bridlington, Yorkshire
Date: 2 November 2015.
[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Turnstone]
The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)
Distribution and sightings of the turnstone across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: North of Maun, Botswana
Date: 19 August 2012.
Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 27 August 2012.
[Struthio camelus, Family Struthionidae, Order Struthioniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ostrich]
The sound of the ostrich (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jeremy Hegge)
Place: Iguaçu Bird Park, Brazil
Date: 23 April 2014.
[Guaruba guarouba, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Golden parakeet]
The sound of the golden parakeet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nargila Moura)
Place: Afon Mawddach near Dolgellau, North Wales
Date: 19 January 2014.
[Mergus serrator, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted merganser]
The sound of the red-breasted merganser (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)
Distribution and sightings of the red-breasted merganser across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Osuna, Andalucia
Date: 10 June 2015.
[Upupa epops, Family Upupidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hoopoe]
The sound of the hoopoe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Zdeněk Vermouzek)
Distribution of the hoopoe across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Bouillon, Belgium
Date: 30 May 2010.
[Vultur gryphus, Family Cathartidae, Order Cathartiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Andean condor]
The sound of the Andean condor (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Guillermo Egli)
Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 27 August 2012.
[Bucorvus leadbeateri, Family Bucorvidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern ground hornbill]
The sound of the southern ground hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
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