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.

Hippolais polyglotta — Melodious warbler

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

Panurus biarmicus — Bearded reedling

Turdus philomelos — Song thrush

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

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture in Hinojosa de Duero

Streptopelia turtur — European turtle dove, Álvaro de las Heras

Galerida theklae — Thekla’s lark Frank Vassen

Gypaetus barbatus — Bearded vulture, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Strix Aluco — Tawny owl, Ángel Cañones

Fringilla montifringilla — Brambling

Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Eurasian reed warbler

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

Águila imperial — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Linaria cannabina — Common linnet in Badajoz

Anthus trivialis — Tree pipit

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Bullfinch, Manuel Martin

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher, Jorge Lázaro

Cyrcus pigargus — Montagu’s harrier, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon, Álvaro de las Heras

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthacht, Darryl Chen

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron in Orellana lake

Athene noctua — Little Owl in Alcántara

Ciconia nigra — Black Stork, Mariano Cordero

Netta rufina — Red-crested pochard

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

Petronia petronia — Rock sparrow, Ximo Galarza

Passer montanus — Eurasian tree sparrow

Apus melba — Alpine swift, Álvaro de las Heras

Charadrius dubius — Little ringed plover in Orellana lake

Birding in Extremadura — Courtship of two Hoopoes

Spatula clypeata — Northern shoveler in Badajoz city

Periparus ater — Coal tit

Falco naumanni — Lesser kestrel, Álvaro de las Heras

Coracias caudatus — Lilac breasted roller is gorgeous

Hirundo rustica — Swallow

Botaurus stellaris — Eurasian bittern

Circus cyaneus — Hen harrier male near Badajoz

Marsh sandpiper

Larus michahellis — Yellow-legged gull

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock thrush in Arroyo de San Servan

Otis tarda — Great bustards in La Serena

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper in a pine

Apus pallidus — Pallid swift

Sylvia communis — Common whitethroat

Upupa epops — Eurasian hoopoe in Roca de la Sierra

Zapornia pusilla — Baillon’s crake

Remiz pendulinus — Eurasian penduline tit

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

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard in Badajoz

Charadrius alexandrinus — Kentish plover

Larus canus — Common gull

Clamator glandarius — great spotted cuckoo

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove

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

Porzana porzana — Spotted crake

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Locustella naevia — Common grasshoper warbler

Spinus spinus — Eurasian siskin

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Aquila chrisaetos — Golden eagle in Otistea hides

Cyanistes caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit, Ángel Cañones

Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch in Badajoz

Passer domesticus — House sparrow female

birdwatching in Sierra de San Pedro — Eurasian eagle owl

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck in Canchales lake

Top Birding — Picture taken from our boat

Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Anas crecca — Eurasian teal

birding in La Serena — Imperial eagle juvenile

Saxicola torquatus — Pair of european stonechat near Alburquerque

Apus apus — Common swift

Lanius collurio — Red-backed shrike

Waterfowl of Extremadura — Black stork in Orellana, David Ferrington

Aquila chrysaetos — Golden eagle near Valencia de las Torres

Platalea leucorodia — Spatula in Orellana lake in spring

Cercotrichas galactotes — Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Sitta europaea — Nuthatch in a nest box

Prunella collaris — Alpine accentor, Álvaro de las Heras

Grus grus — Common crane near Badajoz

Emberiza hortulana — Ortolan bunting, Andrej chudy

Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting in Olivenza

Larus fuscus — Lesser black backed gull in Orellana lake

Lophophanes cristatus — European crested tit, Ángel Cañones

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

Lullula arborea — Woodlark, Ángel Cañones

Jynx torquilla — Eurasian wryneck, Jorge Lázaro

Anthus spinoletta — Water pipit

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in Badajoz dam

Luscinia svecica — Bluethroat

Milvus migrans — Black kite in Montánchez

Birds of la Serena — Great bustard, Juan José Benitez

Circus macrourus — Pallid harrier

Ixobrychus minutus — Little bittern

Alectoris rufa — Red legged partridge in Badajoz

Top birding Extremadura

Tringa nebularia — Greenshank in Cabeza del Buey

Lanius meridionalis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Iberian grey shrike

Ploceus cucullatus — Village weaver

Sylvia hortensis — Western orphean warbler

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy ibis in Guadiana river, near Badajoz

Sylvia cantillans — Eastern subalpine warbler

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat male

Circaetus gallicus — Short toed snake eagle in Alcántara

Phalacrocorax carbo — Great cormorant in Orellana lake

Garrulus glandarius — Eurasian jay

Hieraaetus fasciatus — Bonelli’s eagle in Orellana lake

Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon in flight, Pierre Marie Epiney

Sylvia undata — Dartford warbler

Columba oenas — Stock dove

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon in Garcia Sola

Aegypius monachus — Cinereous vulture near Aliseda

Falco columbarius — Merlin

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

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey, Álvaro de las Heras

Calidris minuta — Little stint

Spatula querquedula — Garganey

Sylvia borin — Garden warbler, Billy Lindblom

Turdus merula — Common blackbird in a park

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

Egretta alba — Little egret photographed in Botswana

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper in Badajoz

Serinus serinus — European serin in Malaga

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

Turdus iliacus — Redwing

Phasianus colchicus — common pheasant

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weather near Badajoz

Chloris chloris — Greenfinch in Roca de la Sierra

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

Coracias garrulus — European roller in Los Llanos de Cáceres

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard in Badajoz

Burhinus oedicnemus — Stone curlew in La Albuera

Lymnocryptes minimus — Jack snipe, Tony Hisgett

Delichon urbica — Common house martin

Calidris ferruginea — Curlew sandpiper, Kev Chapman

Milvus milvus — Red kite in Campo Maior

Tachybaptus ruficollis — Little grebe, Ángel Cañones

Phyrrocorax phyrrocorax — Red-billed chough

Egyptian goose in Orellana lake

Parus major, forest birds — Great tit in Badajoz

Alauda arvensis — Skylark in Castuera

Sternula albifrons — Little tern

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

Egretta garzetta — Little Egret

Aythya fuligula — Tufted duck

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

Aythya ferina — Common pochard

Lanius meridionalis — Iberian grey shrike in Gargáligas

Aquila adalberti — Spanish imperial eagle in November 2024

Pernis aviporus — European honey buzzard

Egretta alba — Great white egret in Orellana lake

Montagu’s harrier male in Otistea hides

Scolopax rustícola — Eurasian woodcock

Motacilla alba — White wagtail in Badajoz

Corvus corax

Hirundo rustica — Barn swallow in Orellana lake

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle in Cáceres

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

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

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Aegypius monachus — Pair of Cinereous vultures in Villar del Rey

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Cabeza del Buey

Prunella modularis — Dunnock

Glareola pratincola — Collared pratincole in La Albuera

Porzana parva — Little crake, Frans Vandewalle

Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard, Manuel Martin

Picus viridis — European green woodpecker in Llera

Phylloscopus ibericus — Iberian chiffchaff, Ferrán Pestaña

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling on top of a roof

Sylvia atricapilla — Eurasian blackcap, Ángel Cañones

Ficedula hypoleuca — European pied flycatcher

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron in Badajoz

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

Otis tarda — Group of Great Bustards in a stubble field

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag matin in Campo Maior

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Fernando Mostacero

Larus melanocephalus — Mediterranean gull

birding in Orellana — White stork in Orellana lake

Nycticorax nycticorax — Night Heron in Badajoz

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting

Cinclus cinclus — White-throated dipper

Pica pica — Eurasian magpie near Badajoz

Cettia cetti — Cetti’s warbler

Sterna hirundo — Common tern in flight

Sturnus vulgaris — Common starling

Tadorna ferruginea — Ruddy shelduck

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler in Badajoz

Aquila adalberti — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Rallus aquaticus — Water rail

Ciconia nigra — Black stork in Garcia Sola lake

Locustella luscinioides — Savi’s warbler, Ron knight

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

Oenanthe Leucura — Black wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

Anser anser — Greylag goose

Turdus torquatus — Ring ouzel, Frank vassen

Aythya nyroca — Ferruginous duck

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

Falco tinnunculus — Common kestrel female in Badajoz

Accipiter nisus — Common sparrowhawk, Álvaro de las Heras

Otis tarda — Great bustard near Badajoz

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag martin, Álvaro de las Heras

Tyto alba — Wester barn-owl, Ángel Cañones

Cuculus canorus — Common cuckoo, Fernando Mostacero

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

Numenius arquata — Eurasian curlew

Columba palumbus — Common wood pigeon in Canchales lake

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen in Badajoz

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl

Columba livia — Rock dove in Palacio tower

Accipiter gentilis — Goshawk, Ángel Cañones

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo

Melanocorypha calandra — Calandra lark

Oriolus oriolus — Golden oriole, Imran Shah

Cyanopica cooki — Azure winged magpie in Zujar island

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus — Sedge warbler

Emberiza schoeniclus — Common reed bunting, Artur Rydzewski

Gelochelidon nilotica — Gull billed tern young

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl, Ángel Cañones

Pluvialis apricaria — European golden plover in Villanueva del Fresno

turdus pilaris — Fieldfare

Charadrius hiaticula — Common ringed plover

Pterocles orientalis — Black bellied sandgrouses in La Albuera

Phylloscopus trochilus — Willow warbler

Anas penelope — Eurasian wigeon

Grus grus — Common Crane young

Ciconia ciconia — Couple of white storks

Anthus pratensis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Meadow pipit in Olivenza

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey in Orellana lake, Nacho Pardo

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

Phylloscopus collybita — Mosquitero común en Badajoz

Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark, Ron Knight

Tringa erythropus — Spotted redshank

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck

Galerida theklae — Thekla lark in Badajoz

Coccothraustes coccothraustes — Hawfinch in Arribes del Duero

Amandava amandava — Red avadavat

Anthus Pratensis — Meadow Pipit

Luscinia megarhynchos — Common nightingale

Acrocephalus arundinaceus — Great reed warbler

Bubulcus ibis — Cattle egret

Himantopus himantopus — Beautiful young specimen

Euplectes afer — Yellow-crowned bishop

Caprimulgus ruficollis — Red-necked nightjar

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling in Acedera

Charadrius morinellus — Eurasian dotterel, Frank Vassen

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in “Azud de Badajoz”

Taeniopygia guttata — Zebra finch

Corvus monedula — Jackdaw in Orellana lake

Regulus ignicapilla — Common firecrest

Motacilla flava — Yellow wagtail in Orellana, by David Ferrington

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

Pernis apivorus — European honey buzzard, Álvaro de las Heras

Athene noctua — Little owl mating, Hilary Hoe

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthatch, Mariano Cordero

Loxia curvirostra — Red crossbill

Erithacus rubecula — Beautiful robin

Chroicocephalus ridibundus — Black headed gull in winter in Badajoz

Estrilda astrild — Common waxbill

Caprimulgus europaeus — European nightjar

birding in Extremadura — Spoonbill in Orellana lake

Cisticola juncidis — Zitting cisticola in Badajoz

Muscicapa striata — Spotted flycatcher, Rob Zweers

Calidris canutus — Red knot in may

Calidris alpina — Dunlin

Grus grus — cranes in flight

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

Galerida theklae — Thekla Lark

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

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper

Asio otus — Long-eared owl, Ángel Cañones

Phoenicopterus roseus — Group of Greater flamingos resting

Calidris alba — Sanderling with summer plumage

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

Chlidonias niger — Black tern

Apus caffer — White-rumped swift, Derek Keats

Gavia immer — Common loon in Orellana lake

Chlidonias hybrida — Whiskered tern

birds of Arribes del Duero — Black stork

Corvus corone — Carrion crow

Tringa glareola — Wood sandpiper

Circaetus gallicus

Neophron percnopterus — Egyptian vulture in Arribes del Duero

Curruca conspicillata — Spectacled warbler, Frank vassen

Porphyrio porphyrio — Purple swamphen in Badajoz city

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow

Lullula arborea — Woodlark in Arribes del Duero

Anas acuta — Northern pintail

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish sparrow near Badajoz

Calidris temminckii — Temminck’s stint

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

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Badajoz

Aegithalus caudatus — Long-tailed tit

Riparia riparia — Sand martin

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat female

Turdus viscivorus — Mistle thrush, Ángel Cañones

Recurvirostra avosetta — Pied avocet with chick

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Álvaro de las Heras

Circus aeruginosus — Marsh Harrier, a regular at Extremadura lakes

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

Anas platyrhynchos — Male of mallard

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe in La Albuera

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow, Imran Shah

Aquila fasciata — Bonelli’s eagle

Anthus campestris — Tawny pipit

Monticola saxatilis — Rock thrush, Imran Shah

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Phoenicurus phoenicurus — Common redstart female

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouses in flight

Phylloscopus bonelli — Western bonelli’s warbler, Chaz Jackson

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Merops apiaster — European bee eater

Lophoceros nasutus — African grey hornbill resting in a branch

Platalea leucorodia — Eurasian Spoonbill

Galerida cristata — Crested lark in Alburquerque

Motacilla cinerea — Grey wagtail

Mareca strepera — Gadwall

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot in Badajoz

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail

Circus aeruginosus — Western marsh harrier, Álvaro de las Heras

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

Motacilla flava — Western yellow wagtail

Regulus regulus — Goldcrest

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