Category Archives: Passeriformes

Azure-shouldered Tanager

Passeriformes #3

Place: Abraão, Ihla Grande, Brazil
Dates: 30 April 2014.



[Thraupis cyanoptera, Family Thraupidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Azure-shouldered tanager]

The sound of the azure-shouldered tanager (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

Hooded Crow

Passeriformes #1

Place: Pompei, Italy
Dates: 17 May 2016.


Place: Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy
Dates: 15 June 2016.










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

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

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

My Pet Barn Swallows

Passeriformes #1

Place: Alberobello, Italy
Dates: 12 June 2016.









[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]

The sound of the barn swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Magpies Sheltering from the Rain

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 26 December 2014.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 1 August 2016.






[Pica pica, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian magpie]

The sound of the magpie (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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

House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: Amroth, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2016.




Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 13 August 2016.





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




[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

Burchell’s Starling

Passeriformes #2

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


Place: Maun, Botswana
Dates: 31 August 2012.



[Lamprotornis australis, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Burchell’s starling]

The sound of Burchell’s starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tom Wulf)

Blue Waxbill and Jameson’s Firefinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Victoria Falls, Zambia
Dates: 23 August 2012.




[Uraeginthus angolensis, Family Estrildidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue waxbill]

The sound of the blue waxbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Gabriel A. Jamie)

[Lagonosticta rhodopareia, Family Estrildidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Jameson’s firefinch]

The sound of the Jameson’s firefinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)

More Dippers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 20 November 2016.






Place: River Taff near Bute Park, Cardiff
Dates: 14 January 2017.







[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

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

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

Yellowhammer

Passeriformes #3

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




[Emberiza citrinella, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellowhammer]

The sound of the yellowhammer (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

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

Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 11 January 2017.







[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).