Blackbirds Doing Stuff

Passeriformes #2

Place: Rainforest biome of The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 20 September 2015.

Blackbird eating fruit

Place: Alhambra, Andalucia
Date: 9 June 2015.

Blackbird fighting a grasshopper

Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 28 June 2016.

Blackbird singing

[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

The sound of the blackbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

White-browed Robin-chat

Passeriformes #2

Place: Victoria Falls, Zambia
Date: 24 August 2012.

[Cossypha heuglini, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-browed robin-chat]

The sound of the white-browed robin-chat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordists Robrecht Debbaut and Jonas Pottier)

Carrion Crow

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 28 June 2016.

Place: Beaulieu, New Forest
Date: 5 May 2016.

Place: Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire
Date: 18 April 2016.

[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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

Goldfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Beaulieu, New Forest
Date: 5 May 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).

Whitethroat

Passeriformes #1

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 30 April 2016.

[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

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

White-spectacled Bulbul

Passeriformes #1

Place: Petra, Jordan
Date: 17 April 2012.

[Pycnonotus xanthopygos, Family Pycnonotidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-spectacled bulbul]

The sound of the white-spectacled bulbul (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

Barn Swallow

Passeriformes #1

Place: Chedworth Roman villa, Cotswolds
Date: 27 June 2015.

Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2010.

Place: Parque Natural de Ria Formosa, Algarve
Date: 15 June 2015.

[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).

Magpie Calling

Passeriformes #1

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 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).

European Serin

Passeriformes #3

Place: Candelario, Spain
Date: 19 June 2015.

[Serinus serinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European serin]

The sound of the serin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

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

Social Flycatcher

Passeriformes #1

Place: Abraão, Ilha Grande, Brazil
Date: 29 April 2014.

Place: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 27 April 2014.

Place: Jardim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 3 May 2014.

[Myiozetetes similis, Family Tyrannidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Social flycatcher]

The sound of the social flycatcher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ricardo José Mitidieri)