Bird pictures

Most of the photos here are courtesy of friends and acquaintances, I take this opportunity to thank them all again. All the photos have the reserved rights of each author, who has given them to be spread in this web page.

Aegithalus caudatus — Long-tailed tit

Chlidonias hybrida — Whiskered tern

Circaetus gallicus — Short toed snake eagle in Alcántara

Oriolus oriolus — Beautiful male oriole photographed in the hides of Otistea experiences in La Siberia

Turdus philomelos — Song thrush

Corvus monedula — Jackdaw in Orellana lake

Phoenicopterus roseus — Group of Greater flamingos resting

Charadrius alexandrinus — Kentish plover

Calidris temminckii — Temminck’s stint

Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Eurasian reed warbler

Emberiza schoeniclus — Common reed bunting, Artur Rydzewski

Lullula arborea — Woodlark, Ángel Cañones

Erithacus rubecula — Beautiful robin

Birds of la Serena — Great bustard, Juan José Benitez

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Steppe birds, Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting near Badajoz city

Lophoceros nasutus — African grey hornbill resting in a branch

Spatula clypeata — Northern shoveler in Badajoz city

Linaria cannabina — Common linnet in Badajoz

Sylvia atricapilla — Eurasian blackcap, Ángel Cañones

Saxicola rubetra — Whinchat in Alburquerque

Anas crecca — Eurasian teal

Top Birding — Picture taken from our boat

Birds of la Serena — Cranes with Almorchón Castle in the background

Aquila fasciata, birds of Arribes del Duero — Bonelli eagle, one of the jewels of the park

Turdus merula — Common blackbird in a park

Platalea leucorodia — Spatula in Orellana lake in spring

Tringa glareola — Wood sandpiper

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler in Badajoz

Porphyrio porphyrio — The purple swamphen is one of the most beautiful water birds in Extremadura.

Burhinus oedicnemus — Stone curlew in La Albuera

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Spinus spinus — Eurasian siskin

Columba palumbus — Common wood pigeon in Canchales lake

Golden eagle and young imperial eagle — The two big eagles fighting in flight

Gypaetus barbatus — Bearded vulture, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Columba livia — Rock dove in Palacio tower

Elanus caeruleus — Black winged kites love to perch in this kind of pipes

Oena capensis — Namaqua dove is one of the most curious turtledoves to be seen in Senegal.

Cettia cetti — Cetti’s warbler

Pluvialis apricaria — European golden plover in Villanueva del Fresno

Tyto alba — Wester barn-owl, Ángel Cañones

Amandava amandava — Red avadavat

Lanius collurio, Pie-grièche écorcheur, Grauwe klauwier — Red-backed shrike female

Passer domesticus — House sparrow female

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher in Orellana lake

Chlidonias niger — Black tern in Orellana, a rare sighting

Sylvia hortensis — Western orphean warbler

Delichon urbicum — House martin in a bridge of García Sola lake

Petronia petronia — Rock sparrow, Ximo Galarza

Pterocles orientalis — Black bellied sandgrouses in La Albuera

birding in Extremadura — Seeing the cranes entering the roost at sunset is a real spectacle.

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper

Coracias abyssinicus — Abyssinian roller that we were able to photograph on our trip to Senegal in 2025.

Neophron percnopterus — Egyptian vulture in Arribes del Duero

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey, Álvaro de las Heras

Strix Aluco — Tawny owl, Ángel Cañones

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow, Imran Shah

Euplectes afer — Yellow-crowned bishop

Caprimulgus ruficollis — Red-necked nightjar

Galerida cristata — Crested lark in Alburquerque

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting

turdus pilaris — Fieldfare

Jynx torquilla — Eurasian wryneck, Jorge Lázaro

Larus fuscus — Lesser black backed gull in Orellana lake

10 emblematic birds of Extremadura — Black vultures drinking in Orellana

Phalacrocorax carbo — Great cormorant in Orellana lake

Anthus campestris — Tawny pipit

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in “Azud de Badajoz”

Picus viridis — European green woodpecker in Llera

Sylvia cantillans — Eastern subalpine warbler

Otis tarda, birds of Extremadura — Great bustard in December 2024

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouses in flight

Tadorna ferruginea — Ruddy shelduck

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in Badajoz dam

Milvus milvus — Red kite in Campo Maior

Podiceps cristatus, waterfowl of Extremadura — Great crested grebe in Orellana, David Ferrington

Sternula albifrons — Little tern

Athene noctua — Little Owl in Alcántara

Himantopus himantopus — Beautiful young specimen

Monticola solitarius — The blue rock thrush, one of the most sought-after birds

Phylloscopus ibericus — Iberian chiffchaff, Ferrán Pestaña

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle in Cáceres

Aquila adalberti — The imperial eagle, one of the icons of the mountain range

Sitta europaea — Nuthatch in a nest box

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

Turdus viscivorus — Mistle thrush, Ángel Cañones

Otis tarda — Great bustards in La Serena

Calidris minuta — Little stint

Riparia riparia — Sand martin

Marsh sandpiper

Aegypius monachus — Pair of Cinereous vultures in Villar del Rey

Birds of Senegal — The pink backed pelican is one of the most famous birds of Senegal

Anas acuta — Northern pintail

Otis tarda — Group of Great Bustards in a stubble field

Taeniopygia guttata — Zebra finch

Asio otus — Long-eared owl, Ángel Cañones

Vanellus senegallus — Wattled Lapwing in Sine Saloum

Periparus ater — Coal tit

Numenius arquata — Eurasian curlew

birding in Extremadura — Spoonbill in Orellana lake

Egretta alba — Little egret photographed in Botswana

Scolopax rustícola — Eurasian woodcock

Chloris chloris — Greenfinch in Roca de la Sierra

Nycticorax nycticorax — Night Heron in Badajoz

Galerida theklae — Thekla lark in Badajoz

Remiz pendulinus — Eurasian penduline tit

Calidris alba — Sanderling with summer plumage

Luscinia megarhynchos — Common nightingale

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon in flight, Pierre Marie Epiney

birds of Arribes del Duero — Black stork

Motacilla flava — Yellow wagtail in Orellana, by David Ferrington

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat male

Apus pallidus — Pallid swift

Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren

Egretta garzetta — Little Egret

Melanocorypha calandra — Calandra lark

Athene noctua — Little owl mating, Hilary Hoe

Phylloscopus collybita — Mosquitero común en Badajoz

Cyrcus pigargus — Montagu’s harrier, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Monticola saxatilis — Rock thrush, Imran Shah

Cyanistes caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit, Ángel Cañones

Porphyrio porphyrio — Purple swamphen in Badajoz city

Regulus regulus — Goldcrest

birding in Orellana — White stork in Orellana lake

Oenanthe Leucura — Black wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

Alectoris rufa — Red legged partridge in Badajoz

Monticola solitarius, birds of Arribes del Duero — Small birds such as the solitary rock thrush are also a major attraction in the area.

Lanius collurio — Red-backed shrike

Porzana porzana — Spotted crake

Anthus Pratensis — Meadow Pipit

Phoenicopterus roseus, boat birding — Even the flamingos will allow us to get close enough for photos.

Motacilla alba — White wagtail in Badajoz

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper in Badajoz

Tringa nebularia — Greenshank in Cabeza del Buey

Halcyon leucocephala — The Grey headed Kingfisher is a kingfisher that we saw in Palmarín in the summer of 2025.

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail near Badajoz city, july 2025

Larus michahellis — Yellow-legged gull

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting female

Montagu’s harrier male in Otistea hides

Delichon urbica — Common house martin

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron in Orellana lake

Apus caffer — White-rumped swift, Derek Keats

Aquila chrysaetos — Golden eagle near Valencia de las Torres

Circus aeruginosus — Marsh Harrier, a regular at Extremadura lakes

Sylvia borin — Garden warbler, Billy Lindblom

Hippolais polyglotta — Melodious warbler

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag martin, Álvaro de las Heras

Athene noctua — owl in a nest box in Sierra de Fuentes

Merops apiaster — European bee eater

Anthus trivialis — Tree pipit

Anthus spinoletta — Water pipit

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Cabeza del Buey

Locustella naevia — Common grasshoper warbler

Saxicola torquatus — Pair of european stonechat near Alburquerque

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck

Panurus biarmicus — Bearded reedling

Sterna nilotica — Gull billed terns in Orellana. Spring 2025

Regulus ignicapilla — Common firecrest

bustards in La Serena — In la Serena great bustards and sheep live together in harmony

Ciconia nigra — Black stork in Garcia Sola lake

Águila imperial — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Phylloscopus trochilus — Willow warbler

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy ibis in Guadiana river, near Badajoz

Fringilla montifringilla — Brambling

Luscinia svecica — Bluethroat

Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard, Manuel Martin

Corvus corax

Accipiter nisus — Common sparrowhawk, Álvaro de las Heras

Passer montanus — Eurasian tree sparrow

Phasianus colchicus — common pheasant

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Pernis aviporus — European honey buzzard

Pica pica — Eurasian magpie near Badajoz

Neophron percnopterus, birds of Arribes del Duero — The Egyptian Vulture is another of the most valuable birds in Arribes

Ciconia nigra — Black Stork, Mariano Cordero

Calidris alpina — Dunlin

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Fernando Mostacero

Circaetus gallicus

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Badajoz

Egretta alba — Great white egret in Orellana lake

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron in Badajoz

Falco columbarius — Merlin

Lanius meridionalis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Iberian grey shrike

Phoenicurus ochruros, Mediterranean mountain birds — Black redstart female in Badajoz

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck in Canchales lake

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove in Campo Maior, near Badajoz

Phoenicurus phoenicurus — Common redstart female

Sylvia undata — Dartford warbler

Tringa erythropus — Spotted redshank

Prunella modularis — Dunnock

Corvus corone — Young carrion crow

Spatula querquedula — Garganey

Locustella luscinioides — Savi’s warbler, Ron knight

Turdus iliacus — Redwing

Grus grus — cranes in flight

Netta rufina — Red crested pochard, Curro Ramirez

Larus melanocephalus — Mediterranean gull

Cinclus cinclus — White-throated dipper

Estrilda astrild — Common waxbill

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Álvaro de las Heras

Calidris canutus — Red knot in may

Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark, Ron Knight

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling on top of a roof

Lymnocryptes minimus — Jack snipe, Tony Hisgett

Apus melba — Alpine swift, Álvaro de las Heras

Garrulus glandarius — Eurasian jay

Curruca conspicillata — Spectacled warbler, Frank vassen

Aquila chrisaetos — Golden eagle in Otistea hides

Circus aeruginosus, raptors of Extremadura — Marsh harrier male in Entrerrios

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove

Columba oenas — Stock dove

Lullula arborea — Woodlark in Arribes del Duero

Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Anthus pratensis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Meadow pipit in Olivenza

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail

Accipiter gentilis — Goshawk, Ángel Cañones

Larus canus — Common gull

Acrocephalus arundinaceus — Great reed warbler

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard with the Almorchón castle in the background.

Charadrius dubius — Little ringed plover in Orellana lake

Motacilla cinerea — Grey wagtail

Upupa epops — Eurasian hoopoe in Roca de la Sierra

Gyps fulvus — With a good lens we can take pictures from far away without disturbing the birds. Photo taken by Victor Rodríguez

Gavia immer — Common loon in Orellana lake

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot in Badajoz

Chroicocephalus ridibundus — Black headed gull in winter in Badajoz

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper in a pine

Burhinus oedicnemus — The stone curlew is another of the birds that can be observed from the boat.

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

Phyrrocorax phyrrocorax — Red-billed chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax — Red-billed choughs on a roof

Netta rufina — Red-crested pochard

Streptopelia turtur — European turtle dove in Palazuelo

Circus cyaneus — Hen harrier male near Badajoz

Muscicapa striata — Spotted flycatcher, Rob Zweers

Lanius senator — Woodchat shrike in a “dehesa” of Extremadura

Parus caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit in Lumbrales

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture feeding on a deer carcass

Tachybaptus ruficollis — Little grebe, Ángel Cañones

Milvus migrans — Black kite in Montánchez

Zapornia pusilla — Baillon’s crake

Porzana parva — Little crake, Frans Vandewalle

Ixobrychus minutus — Little bittern

Egyptian goose in Orellana lake

Phylloscopus bonelli — Western bonelli’s warbler, Chaz Jackson

Aquila adalberti — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Anas penelope — Eurasian wigeon

Serinus serinus — European serin in Malaga

Galerida theklae — Thekla’s lark Frank Vassen

Parus major, forest birds — Great tit in Badajoz

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture in Hinojosa de Duero

Hieraaetus pennatus, — Booted eagle in Orellana la Sierra

Hirundo rustica — Barn swallow in Orellana lake

Cercotrichas galactotes — Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Birds of Senegal — The Abyssinian ratchet, very similar to the European roller but with a much longer tail.

Lophophanes cristatus — European crested tit, Ángel Cañones

Sturnus vulgaris — Common starling

Glareola pratincola — Collared pratincole in La Albuera

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus — Sedge warbler

Falco naumanni, birds of prey — Pair of Lesser kestrels in Acedera

Emberiza hortulana — Ortolan bunting, Andrej chudy

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat female

Chlidonias niger — Black tern

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow

Aegypius monachus — Cinereous vulture near Aliseda

Grus grus — Common crane near Badajoz

Oenante hispánica — Western black-eared wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Bullfinch, Manuel Martin

Botaurus stellaris — Eurasian bittern

Oriolus oriolus — Golden oriole, Imran Shah

Cyanopica cooki — Azure winged magpie in Zujar island

Lanius meridionalis — Iberian grey shrike in Gargáligas

Falco tinnunculus — Common kestrel female in Badajoz

Cuculus canorus — Common cuckoo, Fernando Mostacero

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

Hieraaetus fasciatus — Bonelli’s eagle in Orellana lake

Emberiza cia, Mediterranean mountain birds — Rock bunting in Arribes del Duero

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag matin in Campo Maior

Aythya fuligula — Tufted duck

Platalea leucorodia — Gorgeous spoonbill in Orellana

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling in Acedera

Rallus aquaticus — Water rail

Caprimulgus europaeus — European nightjar

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon in Garcia Sola

Gelochelidon nilotica — Gull billed tern young

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Coracias garrulus — European roller in Los Llanos de Cáceres

Calidris ferruginea — Curlew sandpiper, Kev Chapman

Waterfowl of Extremadura — Black stork in Orellana, David Ferrington

Galerida theklae — Thekla Lark

Ciconia ciconia — Couple of white storks

Platalea leucorodia — Eurasian Spoonbill

Ploceus cucullatus — Village weaver

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch

Aquila fasciata — Bonelli’s eagle

Birding in Extremadura — Courtship of two Hoopoes

Bubulcus ibis — Cattle egret

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo near Badajoz city

Emblematic birds of Extremadura — Common crane in Cabeza del Buey

Sylvia communis — Common whitethroat

Cisticola juncidis — Zitting cisticola in Badajoz

Motacilla flava — Western yellow wagtail

Alauda arvensis — Skylark in Castuera

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl

birdwatching in Sierra de San Pedro — Eurasian eagle owl

Circus macrourus — Pallid harrier

Turdus torquatus — Ring ouzel, Frank vassen

Charadrius morinellus — Eurasian dotterel, Frank Vassen

Anas platyrhynchos — Male of mallard

Sternula albifrons — Little tern in Orellana lake

Recurvirostra avosetta — Pied avocet with chick

birding in Extremadura — Collared pratincole a little more than one meter from the shore

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey in Orellana lake, Nacho Pardo

Coracias caudatus — Lilac breasted roller is gorgeous

Mareca strepera — Gadwall

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe in La Albuera

Pelecanus onocrotalus — Great White Pelican in nuptial plumage at La Somone. Birds of Senegal, summer 2025.

Sterna hirundo — Common tern in flight

Phalacrocorax carbo, birding in Extremadura — Cormorant photographed from the boat

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl, Ángel Cañones

Ficedula hypoleuca — European pied flycatcher

Steppe birds, Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark in Cabeza del Buey, may 2025

Grus grus — Common Crane young

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen in Badajoz

Anser anser — Greylag goose

Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting in Olivenza

Aquila adalberti — Spanish imperial eagle in November 2024

Aythya ferina — Common pochard

birding in La Serena — Imperial eagle juvenile

Loxia curvirostra — Red crossbill

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock thrush in Arroyo de San Servan

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard in Badajoz

Apus apus — Common swift

Corvus corone — Carrion crow

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish sparrow near Badajoz

Otis tarda — Great bustard near Badajoz

Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch in Badajoz

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthacht, Darryl Chen

Larus michahellis — Adult of yellow legged gull

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher, Jorge Lázaro

Ardea goliath — In June 2025 we could see the world’s largest heron, Goliath heron.

Clamator glandarius — great spotted cuckoo

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard in Badajoz

Charadrius hiaticula — Common ringed plover

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weather near Badajoz

Prunella collaris — Alpine accentor, Álvaro de las Heras

Coccothraustes coccothraustes — Hawfinch in Arribes del Duero

Aythya nyroca — Ferruginous duck

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