Category Archives: Italy

Crested Lark

Passeriformes #1

Place: Marina di Modica, Sicily
Dates: 26/27 May 2016.








Place: San Giorgio, Sicily
Dates: 6 June 2016.




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

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

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

Corn Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Segesta, Sicily
Date: 2 June 2016.








[Emberiza calandra, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Corn bunting]

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

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

Young Greater Flamingoes

Phoenicopteriformes

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




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

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

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

Sicilian Black-winged Stilts

Charadriiformes

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








Place: Saline Ciane, Syracuse, Sicily
Date: 24 May 2016.


[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 Giuseppe Speranza)

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

Serins of Spain and Italy

Passeriformes #3

Place: Navarrete, Spain
Date: 11 May 2016.



Place: Pompei, Italy
Date: 17 May 2016.





Place: Pozzallo, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.



Place: Valle dei Templi, Sicily
Date: 29 May 2016.



Place: Marinella, Sicily
Date: 31 May 2016.


Place: Scopello, Sicily
Date: 3 June 2016.


Place: Tindari, Sicily
Date: 6 June 2016.


Place: Battipaglia, Italy
Date: 14 June 2016.



Place: Marimurtra botanical gardens near Blanes, Catalunya
Date: 17 June 2016.


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

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

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

Hoopoe

Bucerotiformes

Place: Marina di Modica, Sicily
Date: 27 May 2016.














[Upupa epops, Family Upupidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hoopoe]

The sound of the hoopoe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Zdenek Vermouzek)

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

Cirl Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Erice, Sicily
Date: 1 June 2016.







Place: Port Lligat, Catalunya
Date: 19 June 2016.



[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

Woodchat Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Isola delle Correnti, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.






Place: Fonte Ciane, Syracuse, Sicily
Date: 24 May 2016.


[Lanius senator, Family Laniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Woodchat shrike]

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

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

European Bee Eater

Coraciiformes

Place: Saline de Siracusa, Syracuse, Sicily
Date: 24 May 2016.








[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 maudoc)

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

Collared Doves in Spain and Italy

Columbiformes

Place: Valle dei Templi, Sicily
Date: 29 May 2016.



Place: Cefalu, Sicily
Date: 5 June 2016.





Place: Panarea Island, Lipari Islands, Sicily
Date: 8 June 2016.





Place: Canet de Mar, Catalunya
Date: 17 June 2016.


Place: Port Lligat, Catalunya
Date: 19 June 2016.



[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

The sound of the collared dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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