Category Archives: Italy

Mandarin Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Taormina, Sicily
Date: 19 May 2016.


[Aix galericulata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mandarin duck]

The sound of the mandarin duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Huw Lloyd)

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

Alpine Swift Nestling

Apodiformes

Place: Grotta di Nettuno, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 19 June 2017.


[Tachymarptis melba, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Alpine swift]

The sound of the Alpine swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Vincent Pourchaire)

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

Cattle Egret / Black-crowned Night Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Oristano, Sardinia
Date: 17 June 2017.





[Bubulcus ibis, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cattle egret]

The sound of the cattle egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Joost van Bruggen)

[Nycticorax nycticorax, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-crowned night heron]

The sound of the black-crowned night heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lars Lachmann)

Distribution and sightings of the cattle egret across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution of the black-crowned night heron across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Spotless Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: Selinunte, Sicily, Italy
Date: 31 May 2016.





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

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

Greater Flamingoes

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Pantano Longarini, Sicily, Italy
Date: 26 May 2016.






Place: Lagoas de Santo André e Sancha, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.








[Phoenicopterus roseus, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greater flamingo]

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

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

Alpine Swifts in Flight

Apodiformes

Place: Grotta di Nettuno, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 19 June 2017.






[Tachymarptis melba, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Alpine swift]

The sound of the Alpine swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

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).

Sardinian Warblers from Sardinia

Passeriformes #1

Place: Santa Teresa Gallura, Sardinia
Date: 8 June 2017.






Place: Torre Salinas, Sardinia
Date: 11 June 2017.






Place: Is Arenas, Sardinia
Date: 17/18 June 2017.











[Curruca melanocephala, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sardinian warbler]

The sound of the Sardinian warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

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

Sardinian Black-winged Stilts

Charadriiformes

Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 16 June 2017.








Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 17 June 2017.



Place: Isola Asinara, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 22 June 2017.








[Himantopus himantopus, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged stilt]

The sound of the black-winged stilt (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mats Rellmar)

Distribution of the black-winged stilt across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Greater Flamingoes from Sardinia

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Torre Salinas, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 11/12 June 2017.













Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 16/17 June 2017.












[Phoenicopterus roseus, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greater flamingo]

The sound of the greater flamingo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

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