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.

Coracias caudatus — Lilac breasted roller is gorgeous

Circus aeruginosus — Western marsh harrier, Álvaro de las Heras

Birding in Extremadura — Courtship of two Hoopoes

Lanius meridionalis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Iberian grey shrike

Oriolus oriolus — Golden oriole, Imran Shah

Columba livia — Rock dove in Palacio tower

Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren

Otis tarda — Group of Great Bustards in a stubble field

Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Cabeza del Buey

Cinclus cinclus — White-throated dipper

Scolopax rustícola — Eurasian woodcock

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow, Imran Shah

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

Nycticorax nycticorax — Night Heron in Badajoz

Petronia petronia — Rock sparrow, Ximo Galarza

Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting in Olivenza

Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch in Badajoz

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

Larus fuscus — Lesser black backed gull in Orellana lake

Streptopelia turtur — European turtle dove, Álvaro de las Heras

Turdus iliacus — Redwing

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck

Aegypius monachus — Pair of Cinereous vultures in Villar del Rey

Accipiter gentilis — Goshawk, Ángel Cañones

Cercotrichas galactotes — Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Chlidonias hybrida — Whiskered tern

Linaria cannabina — Common linnet in Badajoz

Pica pica — Eurasian magpie near Badajoz

Sylvia hortensis — Western orphean warbler

Melanocorypha calandra — Calandra lark

Charadrius morinellus — Eurasian dotterel, Frank Vassen

Tringa nebularia — Greenshank in Cabeza del Buey

Recurvirostra avosetta — Pied avocet with chick

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Falco columbarius — Merlin

Turdus torquatus — Ring ouzel, Frank vassen

Calidris ferruginea — Curlew sandpiper, Kev Chapman

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat female

Merops apiaster — European bee eater

Erithacus rubecula — Beautiful robin

Apus pallidus — Pallid swift

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl, Ángel Cañones

Aythya nyroca — Ferruginous duck

Muscicapa striata — Spotted flycatcher, Rob Zweers

Calidris temminckii — Temminck’s stint

turdus pilaris — Fieldfare

Periparus ater — Coal tit

Turdus merula — Common blackbird in a park

Cettia cetti — Cetti’s warbler

Lullula arborea — Woodlark in Arribes del Duero

Lanius collurio — Red-backed shrike

Cuculus canorus — Common cuckoo, Fernando Mostacero

Phoenicopterus roseus — Group of Greater flamingos resting

Locustella luscinioides — Savi’s warbler, Ron knight

Anas crecca — Eurasian teal

Phylloscopus bonelli — Western bonelli’s warbler, Chaz Jackson

Circus aeruginosus — Marsh Harrier, a regular at Extremadura lakes

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag matin in Campo Maior

Prunella modularis — Dunnock

Motacilla flava — Yellow wagtail in Orellana, by David Ferrington

Garrulus glandarius — Eurasian jay

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper in a pine

Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard, Manuel Martin

Charadrius dubius — Little ringed plover in Orellana lake

Hirundo rustica — Barn swallow in Orellana lake

Egretta alba — Little egret photographed in Botswana

Acrocephalus arundinaceus — Great reed warbler

Anthus spinoletta — Water pipit

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

Sylvia cantillans — Eastern subalpine warbler

Larus canus — Common gull

Passer montanus — Eurasian tree sparrow

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouses in flight

Botaurus stellaris — Eurasian bittern

Mareca strepera — Gadwall

Lophoceros nasutus — African grey hornbill resting in a branch

Amandava amandava — Red avadavat

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat male

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

Motacilla flava — Western yellow wagtail

birding in Orellana — White stork in Orellana lake

Otis tarda — Great bustard near Badajoz

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

Prunella collaris — Alpine accentor, Álvaro de las Heras

Phoenicurus phoenicurus — Common redstart female

birding in Extremadura — Spoonbill in Orellana lake

Sylvia undata — Dartford warbler

Tringa erythropus — Spotted redshank

Alauda arvensis — Skylark in Castuera

Caprimulgus europaeus — European nightjar

Athene noctua — Little Owl in Alcántara

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck in Canchales lake

Calidris alpina — Dunlin

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

Galerida theklae — Thekla Lark

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus — Sedge warbler

Cyanopica cooki — Azure winged magpie in Zujar island

Galerida cristata — Crested lark in Alburquerque

Charadrius hiaticula — Common ringed plover

Limosa limosa — Black-tailed godwit, Álvaro de las Heras

Tadorna ferruginea — Ruddy shelduck

Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark, Ron Knight

Montagu’s harrier male in Otistea hides

Platalea leucorodia — Spatula in Orellana lake in spring

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey, Álvaro de las Heras

Sturnus vulgaris — Common starling

Porzana parva — Little crake, Frans Vandewalle

Riparia riparia — Sand martin

Calidris alba — Sanderling with summer plumage

Galerida theklae — Thekla lark in Badajoz

Upupa epops — Eurasian hoopoe in Roca de la Sierra

Gelochelidon nilotica — Gull billed tern young

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch

Larus michahellis — Yellow-legged gull

Columba oenas — Stock dove

Ciconia nigra — Black Stork, Mariano Cordero

Regulus regulus — Goldcrest

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle in Cáceres

Locustella naevia — Common grasshoper warbler

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag martin, Álvaro de las Heras

Anas acuta — Northern pintail

Coccothraustes coccothraustes — Hawfinch in Arribes del Duero

Turdus viscivorus — Mistle thrush, Ángel Cañones

Waterfowl of Extremadura — Black stork in Orellana, David Ferrington

Fringilla montifringilla — Brambling

Estrilda astrild — Common waxbill

Circus macrourus — Pallid harrier

birdwatching in Sierra de San Pedro — Eurasian eagle owl

Emberiza hortulana — Ortolan bunting, Andrej chudy

Glareola pratincola — Collared pratincole in La Albuera

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

Passer domesticus — House sparrow female

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

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

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock thrush in Arroyo de San Servan

Remiz pendulinus — Eurasian penduline tit

Aythya fuligula — Tufted duck

Sylvia communis — Common whitethroat

Aquila chrysaetos — Golden eagle near Valencia de las Torres

Rallus aquaticus — Water rail

Parus major, forest birds — Great tit in Badajoz

Milvus migrans — Black kite in Montánchez

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Badajoz

Aegypius monachus — Cinereous vulture near Aliseda

Ficedula hypoleuca — European pied flycatcher

Motacilla alba — White wagtail in Badajoz

Athene noctua — Little owl mating, Hilary Hoe

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

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

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

Luscinia megarhynchos — Common nightingale

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot in Badajoz

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

Falco tinnunculus — Common kestrel female in Badajoz

Phasianus colchicus — common pheasant

Aquila fasciata — Bonelli’s eagle

Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Eurasian reed warbler

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove

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

Hieraaetus fasciatus — Bonelli’s eagle in Orellana lake

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy ibis in Guadiana river, near Badajoz

Phylloscopus collybita — Mosquitero común en Badajoz

Grus grus — Common Crane young

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Fernando Mostacero

Grus grus — cranes in flight

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow

Birds of la Serena — Great bustard, Juan José Benitez

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

Águila imperial — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard in Badajoz

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

Columba palumbus — Common wood pigeon in Canchales lake

Himantopus himantopus — Beautiful young specimen

Circaetus gallicus

Pluvialis apricaria — European golden plover in Villanueva del Fresno

Calidris minuta — Little stint

Sterna hirundo — Common tern in flight

Luscinia svecica — Bluethroat

Tyto alba — Wester barn-owl, Ángel Cañones

Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Bullfinch, Manuel Martin

Porphyrio porphyrio — Purple swamphen in Badajoz city

Loxia curvirostra — Red crossbill

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Ixobrychus minutus — Little bittern

Milvus milvus — Red kite in Campo Maior

Regulus ignicapilla — Common firecrest

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe in La Albuera

Lymnocryptes minimus — Jack snipe, Tony Hisgett

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard in Badajoz

Motacilla cinerea — Grey wagtail

Circus cyaneus — Hen harrier male near Badajoz

Anthus trivialis — Tree pipit

Calidris canutus — Red knot in may

Anthus campestris — Tawny pipit

Larus melanocephalus — Mediterranean gull

Chloris chloris — Greenfinch in Roca de la Sierra

Taeniopygia guttata — Zebra finch

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon in flight, Pierre Marie Epiney

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

Sitta europaea — Nuthatch in a nest box

Apus caffer — White-rumped swift, Derek Keats

Ploceus cucullatus — Village weaver

Hirundo rustica — Swallow

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot

Netta rufina — Red-crested pochard

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon in Garcia Sola

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture in Hinojosa de Duero

Ciconia nigra — Black stork in Garcia Sola lake

Lanius meridionalis — Iberian grey shrike in Gargáligas

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail

Porzana porzana — Spotted crake

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

Phalacrocorax carbo — Great cormorant in Orellana lake

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

Cyanistes caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit, Ángel Cañones

Chroicocephalus ridibundus — Black headed gull in winter in Badajoz

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

Tachybaptus ruficollis — Little grebe, Ángel Cañones

Otis tarda — Great bustards in La Serena

Circaetus gallicus — Short toed snake eagle in Alcántara

Sylvia borin — Garden warbler, Billy Lindblom

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron in Orellana lake

Neophron percnopterus — Egyptian vulture in Arribes del Duero

Curruca conspicillata — Spectacled warbler, Frank vassen

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

Corvus corax

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon, Álvaro de las Heras

Alectoris rufa — Red legged partridge in Badajoz

Sylvia atricapilla — Eurasian blackcap, Ángel Cañones

Asio otus — Long-eared owl, Ángel Cañones

Turdus philomelos — Song thrush

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling on top of a roof

Egretta garzetta — Little Egret

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish sparrow near Badajoz

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Coracias garrulus — European roller in Los Llanos de Cáceres

Panurus biarmicus — Bearded reedling

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthatch, Mariano Cordero

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher, Jorge Lázaro

Pernis apivorus — European honey buzzard, Álvaro de las Heras

Platalea leucorodia — Eurasian Spoonbill

Anser anser — Greylag goose

Phylloscopus trochilus — Willow warbler

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

Euplectes afer — Yellow-crowned bishop

Gavia immer — Common loon in Orellana lake

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl

Numenius arquata — Eurasian curlew

Monticola saxatilis — Rock thrush, Imran Shah

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

Jynx torquilla — Eurasian wryneck, Jorge Lázaro

Caprimulgus ruficollis — Red-necked nightjar

Pterocles orientalis — Black bellied sandgrouses in La Albuera

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron in Badajoz

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen in Badajoz

Sternula albifrons — Little tern

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling in Acedera

Strix Aluco — Tawny owl, Ángel Cañones

Anas penelope — Eurasian wigeon

Anthus pratensis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Meadow pipit in Olivenza

Aegithalus caudatus — Long-tailed tit

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo

Anas platyrhynchos — Male of mallard

Aquila chrisaetos — Golden eagle in Otistea hides

Top Birding — Picture taken from our boat

Phylloscopus ibericus — Iberian chiffchaff, Ferrán Pestaña

Egyptian goose in Orellana lake

birds of Arribes del Duero — Black stork

Lophophanes cristatus — European crested tit, Ángel Cañones

Bubulcus ibis — Cattle egret

Grus grus — Common crane near Badajoz

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

Lullula arborea — Woodlark, Ángel Cañones

Aquila adalberti — Spanish imperial eagle in November 2024

Gypaetus barbatus — Bearded vulture, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Anthus Pratensis — Meadow Pipit

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in Badajoz dam

Cyrcus pigargus — Montagu’s harrier, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Phyrrocorax phyrrocorax — Red-billed chough

Delichon urbica — Common house martin

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey in Orellana lake, Nacho Pardo

Egretta alba — Great white egret in Orellana lake

birding in La Serena — Imperial eagle juvenile

Marsh sandpiper

Corvus corone — Carrion crow

Spatula querquedula — Garganey

Tringa glareola — Wood sandpiper

Cisticola juncidis — Zitting cisticola in Badajoz

Charadrius alexandrinus — Kentish plover

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper in Badajoz

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper

Emberiza schoeniclus — Common reed bunting, Artur Rydzewski

Galerida theklae — Thekla’s lark Frank Vassen

Oenanthe Leucura — Black wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

Top birding Extremadura

Chlidonias niger — Black tern

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler in Badajoz

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Falco naumanni — Lesser kestrel, Álvaro de las Heras

Burhinus oedicnemus — Stone curlew in La Albuera

Saxicola torquatus — Pair of european stonechat near Alburquerque

Zapornia pusilla — Baillon’s crake

Hippolais polyglotta — Melodious warbler

Apus apus — Common swift

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Álvaro de las Heras

Picus viridis — European green woodpecker in Llera

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

Serinus serinus — European serin in Malaga

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weather near Badajoz

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthacht, Darryl Chen

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in “Azud de Badajoz”

Spinus spinus — Eurasian siskin

Spatula clypeata — Northern shoveler in Badajoz city

Aquila adalberti — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

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

Apus melba — Alpine swift, Álvaro de las Heras

Corvus monedula — Jackdaw in Orellana lake

Clamator glandarius — great spotted cuckoo

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Pernis aviporus — European honey buzzard

Aythya ferina — Common pochard

Accipiter nisus — Common sparrowhawk, Álvaro de las Heras

Ciconia ciconia — Couple of white storks

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

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