Category Archives: Passeriformes

Water Pipit

Passeriformes #3

Place: Collada de Llesba, Picos de Europa, northern Spain
Date: 19 September 2018.







[Anthus spinoletta, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water pipit]

The sound of the water pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bernard Bousquet)

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

Sparrows Taking a Dust Bath

Passeriformes #3

Place: Salamanca, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 16 September 2018.




[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Skokholm Wrens

Passeriformes #2

Place: Path between farm and South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.


Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.


Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.








Place: Spy Rock, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.


Place: Mad Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.






Place: Farm, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.



[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

Ayeyarwady Bulbul

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kuthodaw pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar
Date: 7 April 2013.



[Pycnonotus blanfordi, Family Pycnonotidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ayeyarwady bulbul]

The sound of the Ayeyarwady bulbul (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Brian Cox)

Iberian Chiffchaff

Passeriformes #2

Place: Aljezur, south-west Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.






[Phylloscopus ibericus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Iberian chiffchaff]

The sound of the Iberian chiffchaff (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jorge Leitão)

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

Spotless Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: Idanha-a-Nova, mid-east Portugal
Date: 5 September 2018.







Place: Aljezur, south-west tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.









Place: Castro Verde, inland southern Portugal
Date: 13 September 2018.




Place: Zamora, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 17 September 2018.



[Sturnus unicolor, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotless starling]

The sound of the spotless starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nelson Conceição)

Various Great Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire
Date: 27 June 2015.


Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Date: 25 March 2016.


Place: Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.


Place: Sabaudia, Latina, Italy
Date: 15 June 2016.



Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2016.




Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.


[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

The sound of the great tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Hooded Crows from Corsica

Passeriformes #1

Place: La Canonica, Corsica, France
Date: 23 May 2017.


Place: Etang de Biguglia, Corsica, France
Date: 23 May 2017.


Place: Macinaggio, Corsica, France
Date: 24 May 2017.


Place: St. Florent, Corsica, France
Date: 26 May 2017.



Place: Ile Rousse, Corsica, France
Date: 27 May 2017.





Place: Aleria, Corsica, France
Date: 30 May 2017.




Place: Sartène, Corsica, France
Date: 2 June 2017.



[Corvus cornix, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hooded crow]

The sound of the hooded crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Francesco Sottile)

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

Thekla’s Lark

Passeriformes #1

Place: Amoreira Beach, near south-western tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.







Place: Ruinas Romanas de Sao Cucufate, south-central Portugal
Date: 14 September 2018.





[Galerida theklae, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Thekla’s lark]

The sound of Thekla’s lark (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paulo Alves)

Red-rumped Swallow

Passeriformes #1

Place: Vila Nova de Milfontes, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.








Place: Aljezur, south-western tip of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.



[Cecropis daurica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-rumped swallow]

The sound of the red-rumped swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Alexandre Moreira)

Distribution of the red-rumped swallow across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).