Category Archives: Greece

Crested Larks from Greece

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cape Tenaro, The Mani, Greece
Date: 5 September 2019.







Place: Voidokoilia Beach, Messinia, Greece
Date: 11 September 2019.


[Galerida cristata, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested lark]

The sound of the crested lark (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lars Lachmann)

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

Marsh Harrier

Accipitriformes

Place: Prokopou Lagoon, Kalogria, Achaea, Greece
Date: 15 September 2019.







[Circus aeruginosus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western marsh harrier]

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

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

Juvenile Red-backed Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kastraki, Thessaly, Greece
Date: 23 August 2019.







[Lanius collurio, Family Laniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-backed shrike]

The sound of the red-backed shrike (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Mediterranean Shag

Suliformes

Place: Monemvasia, Laconia, Greece
Date: 6 September 2019.





[Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the Mediterranean shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

Kentish Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Voidokoilia Beach, Messinia, Greece
Date: 11 September 2019.











[Charadrius alexandrinus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Kentish plover]

The sound of the Kentish plover (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Gabriel Leite)

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

Cirl Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Voidokoilia Beach, Messinia, Greece
Date: 11 September 2019.










[Emberiza cirlus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cirl bunting]

The sound of the cirl bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

African Grey Parrot

Psittaciformes

Place: Camping The Cave, Kastraki, Greece
Date: 23 August 2019.



[Psittacus erithacus, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey parrot]

The sound of the African grey parrot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathieu Taillade)

Distribution of the African grey parrot across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Black Storks in Flight

Ciconiiformes

Place: Camping The Cave, Kastraki, Greece
Date: 23 August 2019.



[Ciconia nigra, Family Ciconiidae, Order Ciconiiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black stork]

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

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