Category Archives: Places

Olive-green Tanager

Passeriformes #3

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











[Orthogonys chloricterus, Family Mitrospingidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Olive-green tanager]

The sound of the olive-green tanager (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

African Grey Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 1 September 2012.


Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 31 August 2012.


Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.




[Lophoceros nasutus, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: African grey hornbill]

The sound of the African grey hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

Slender-billed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Nubia salt pans near Trapani, Sicily
Date: 1 June 2016.




[Chroicocephalus genei, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Slender-billed gull]

The sound of the slender-billed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernand Deroussen)

Black-eyed Bulbul

Passeriformes #1

Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 31 August 2012.


[Pycnonotus barbatus, Family Pycnonotidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common bulbul]

The sound of the black-eyed bulbul (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bram Piot)

Swans Foraging for Seaweed

Anseriformes

Place: Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 28 July 2016.






[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Java Sparrow

Passeriformes #3

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.




[Lonchura oryzivora, Family Estrildidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Java sparrow]

The sound of the Java sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dan Lane)

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

Juvenile Great Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Stackpole Quay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 8 July 2016.








[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).

Red-and-green Macaw

Psittaciformes

Place: Iguaçu Falls, Brazil
Date: 23 April 2014.






[Ara chloropterus, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-and-green macaw]

The sound of the red-and-green macaw (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernando Igor de Godoy)

Giant Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 20/21 August 2012.




[Megaceryle maxima, Family Cerylidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Giant kingfisher]

The sound of the giant kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)