Category Archives: Italy

Moorhen and Chick

Gruiformes

Place: Porto Sosalinos, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 10 June 2017.






[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Mediterranean Shag

Suliformes

Place: Calvi, Corsica
Dates: 28 May 2017.



Place: Etang d’Urbino, Corsica
Dates: 31 May 2017.


Place: Ajaccio, Corsica
Dates: 31 May 2017.



Place: Ajaccio, Corsica
Dates: 1 June 2017.





Place: Isola Asinara, Sardinia
Dates: 22 June 2017.






[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)

Spotted Flycatchers from Sardinia

Passeriformes #2

Place: Nuraghe Priggiona, Sardinia
Dates: 9 June 2017.


Place: Orosei, Sardinia
Dates: 10/11 June 2017.




Place: Barumini, Sardinia
Dates: 16 June 2017.


Place: Porto Mandriola, Sardinia
Dates: 17 June 2017.



Place: Castelsardo, Sardinia
Dates: 23 June 2017.



[Muscicapa striata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted flycatcher]

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

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

European Bee-eater from Sardinia

Coraciiformes

Place: Stagno di Colostrai, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 12 June 2017.





[Merops apiaster, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European bee-eater]

The sound of the European bee-eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Distribution of the European bee-eater across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Hooded Crow Parent in Distress

Passeriformes #1

Place: Alghero, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 19 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 Stuart Fisher)

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

Juvenile Black-winged Stilt

Charadriiformes

Place: Isola Asinara, Sardinia
Dates: 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 Jordi Calvet)

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

Blue Rock Thrush

Passeriformes #2

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







[Monticola solitarius, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue rock thrush]

The sound of the blue rock thrush (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dimitri)

Little Ringed Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Rondinara, Corsica, France
Dates: 7 June 2017.








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


[Charadrius dubius, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little ringed plover]

The sound of the little ringed plover (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Pantalone)

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

Greater Flamingoes in Flight

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Torre Salinas, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 11/12 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

Cattle Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Oristano, Sardinia
Dates: 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 Marco Dragonetti)

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