Category Archives: Spain

Monk Parakeet

Psittaciformes

Place: Barcelona, Catalunya
Dates: 13 May 2016.










Place: Roses, Catalunya
Dates: 18 June 2016.




[Myiopsitta monachus, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Monk parakeet]

The sound of the monk parakeet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Cedric Mroczko)

Distribution of the monk parakeet 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).

Greenfinches from Spain

Passeriformes #3

Place: Navarrete, Spain
Date: 11 May 2016.




Place: Esponella, Catalunya
Date: 19 June 2016.



Place: Navarrete, Spain
Date: 22 June 2016.




[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

The sound of the greenfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

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

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

A Not So Swift

Apodiformes

Place: Almeria, Andalucia
Date: 7 June 2015.


[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

The sound of the common swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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

Blackbirds Doing Stuff

Passeriformes #2

Place: Rainforest biome of The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 20 September 2015.

Blackbird eating fruit



Place: Alhambra, Andalucia
Date: 9 June 2015.

Blackbird fighting a grasshopper



Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 28 June 2016.

Blackbird singing




[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

The sound of the blackbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Black-crowned Night Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: On cable over Rio Tajo, Toledo, Spain
Date: 19 August 2013.



[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 Carlos W.)

Griffon Vulture

Accipitriformes

Place: Parque Nacional de Monfragüe, Extremadura, Spain
Date: 21 August 2013.




Place: Peña De Francia, Spain
Date: 26 August 2013.



[Gyps fulvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Griffon vulture]

The sound of the griffon vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernand Deroussen)

Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopteriformes

Place: Cabo de Gata, Andalucia
Date: 7 June 2015.






Place: El Rocio, Andalucia
Date: 13/14 June 2015.




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

The sound of the greater flamingo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

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