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.

Apus apus — Common swift

Neophron percnopterus — Egyptian vulture in Arribes del Duero

Alectoris rufa — Red legged partridge in Badajoz

Tyto alba — Wester barn-owl, Ángel Cañones

Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren

Circus macrourus — Pallid harrier

Emberiza hortulana — Ortolan bunting, Andrej chudy

Circus aeruginosus — Western marsh harrier, Álvaro de las Heras

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

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting

Coracias caudatus — Lilac breasted roller is gorgeous

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in “Azud de Badajoz”

Cyrcus pigargus — Montagu’s harrier, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

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

Aegithalus caudatus — Long-tailed tit

Ixobrychus minutus — Little bittern

Pluvialis apricaria — European golden plover in Villanueva del Fresno

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

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey in Orellana lake, Nacho Pardo

Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark, Ron Knight

Cyanistes caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit, Ángel Cañones

Luscinia megarhynchos — Common nightingale

Ciconia nigra — Black Stork, Mariano Cordero

Curruca conspicillata — Spectacled warbler, Frank vassen

Pernis aviporus — European honey buzzard

Milvus milvus — Red kite in Campo Maior

Calidris canutus — Red knot in may

Egyptian goose in Orellana lake

Asio otus — Long-eared owl, Ángel Cañones

Phoenicopterus roseus — Group of Greater flamingos resting

Rallus aquaticus — Water rail

Passer domesticus — House sparrow female

Aythya fuligula — Tufted duck

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen in Badajoz

Sylvia borin — Garden warbler, Billy Lindblom

Erithacus rubecula — Beautiful robin

Calidris alpina — Dunlin

Lophophanes cristatus — European crested tit, Ángel Cañones

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon in Garcia Sola

Sylvia communis — Common whitethroat

Streptopelia turtur — European turtle dove, Álvaro de las Heras

Cyanopica cooki — Azure winged magpie in Zujar island

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey, Álvaro de las Heras

Passer montanus — Eurasian tree sparrow

Galerida theklae — Thekla’s lark Frank Vassen

Riparia riparia — Sand martin

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

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

Zapornia pusilla — Baillon’s crake

Falco columbarius — Merlin

Turdus torquatus — Ring ouzel, Frank vassen

Turdus philomelos — Song thrush

Clamator glandarius — great spotted cuckoo

Loxia curvirostra — Red crossbill

Sylvia atricapilla — Eurasian blackcap, Ángel Cañones

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper in a pine

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

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat male

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe in La Albuera

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot

Serinus serinus — European serin in Malaga

Ploceus cucullatus — Village weaver

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch

Charadrius alexandrinus — Kentish plover

Porphyrio porphyrio — Purple swamphen in Badajoz city

Motacilla alba — White wagtail in Badajoz

Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard, Manuel Martin

Aquila chrysaetos — Golden eagle near Valencia de las Torres

Cinclus cinclus — White-throated dipper

Lullula arborea — Woodlark, Ángel Cañones

Euplectes afer — Yellow-crowned bishop

Himantopus himantopus — Beautiful young specimen

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

Pica pica — Eurasian magpie near Badajoz

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

Anas penelope — Eurasian wigeon

Anthus trivialis — Tree pipit

Phalacrocorax carbo — Great cormorant in Orellana lake

Estrilda astrild — Common waxbill

Falco naumanni — Lesser kestrel, Álvaro de las Heras

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Fernando Mostacero

Saxicola torquatus — Pair of european stonechat near Alburquerque

Chlidonias hybrida — Whiskered tern

Galerida cristata — Crested lark in Alburquerque

Cisticola juncidis — Zitting cisticola in Badajoz

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture in Hinojosa de Duero

Cercotrichas galactotes — Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling in Acedera

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck

Spatula querquedula — Garganey

Aegypius monachus — Pair of Cinereous vultures in Villar del Rey

Charadrius morinellus — Eurasian dotterel, Frank Vassen

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag matin in Campo Maior

Anthus pratensis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Meadow pipit in Olivenza

Motacilla cinerea — Grey wagtail

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck in Canchales lake

Otis tarda — Great bustard near Badajoz

Turdus merula — Common blackbird in a park

Birds of la Serena — Great bustard, Juan José Benitez

Glareola pratincola — Collared pratincole in La Albuera

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthacht, Darryl Chen

Sitta europaea — Nuthatch in a nest box

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron in Orellana lake

Oenanthe Leucura — Black wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

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

Linaria cannabina — Common linnet in Badajoz

Scolopax rustícola — Eurasian woodcock

Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Egretta alba — Great white egret in Orellana lake

Netta rufina — Red-crested pochard

Ciconia nigra — Black stork in Garcia Sola lake

Top birding Extremadura

Regulus ignicapilla — Common firecrest

Gavia immer — Common loon in Orellana lake

Calidris minuta — Little stint

Athene noctua — Little Owl in Alcántara

Motacilla flava — Western yellow wagtail

Ficedula hypoleuca — European pied flycatcher

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

Chlidonias niger — Black tern

Larus michahellis — Yellow-legged gull

Gelochelidon nilotica — Gull billed tern young

Nycticorax nycticorax — Night Heron in Badajoz

Otis tarda — Group of Great Bustards in a stubble field

Apus caffer — White-rumped swift, Derek Keats

Larus canus — Common gull

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling on top of a roof

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

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot in Badajoz

Bubulcus ibis — Cattle egret

Phylloscopus bonelli — Western bonelli’s warbler, Chaz Jackson

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow, Imran Shah

Picus viridis — European green woodpecker in Llera

birding in La Serena — Imperial eagle juvenile

Chroicocephalus ridibundus — Black headed gull in winter in Badajoz

Otis tarda — Great bustards in La Serena

Panurus biarmicus — Bearded reedling

Caprimulgus ruficollis — Red-necked nightjar

Hirundo rustica — Swallow

Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Eurasian reed warbler

Cuculus canorus — Common cuckoo, Fernando Mostacero

Sturnus vulgaris — Common starling

Luscinia svecica — Bluethroat

Waterfowl of Extremadura — Black stork in Orellana, David Ferrington

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

Sterna hirundo — Common tern in flight

Lanius meridionalis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Iberian grey shrike

Parus major, forest birds — Great tit in Badajoz

Locustella luscinioides — Savi’s warbler, Ron knight

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish sparrow near Badajoz

Anthus campestris — Tawny pipit

Burhinus oedicnemus — Stone curlew in La Albuera

Tachybaptus ruficollis — Little grebe, Ángel Cañones

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle in Cáceres

Gypaetus barbatus — Bearded vulture, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Regulus regulus — Goldcrest

Coracias garrulus — European roller in Los Llanos de Cáceres

Recurvirostra avosetta — Pied avocet with chick

Platalea leucorodia — Eurasian Spoonbill

Locustella naevia — Common grasshoper warbler

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard in Badajoz

Anthus Pratensis — Meadow Pipit

Apus melba — Alpine swift, Álvaro de las Heras

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

Acrocephalus arundinaceus — Great reed warbler

Aquila adalberti — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch in Badajoz

Larus melanocephalus — Mediterranean gull

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock thrush in Arroyo de San Servan

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

Aegypius monachus — Cinereous vulture near Aliseda

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

Columba palumbus — Common wood pigeon in Canchales lake

Fringilla montifringilla — Brambling

birding in Orellana — White stork in Orellana lake

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo

Lanius collurio — Red-backed shrike

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard in Badajoz

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Badajoz

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

Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting in Olivenza

Marsh sandpiper

Charadrius dubius — Little ringed plover in Orellana lake

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Álvaro de las Heras

Cettia cetti — Cetti’s warbler

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron in Badajoz

Tringa nebularia — Greenshank in Cabeza del Buey

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

Grus grus — Common crane near Badajoz

Lymnocryptes minimus — Jack snipe, Tony Hisgett

Alauda arvensis — Skylark in Castuera

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler in Badajoz

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Cabeza del Buey

Phasianus colchicus — common pheasant

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

Birding in Extremadura — Courtship of two Hoopoes

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

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Apus pallidus — Pallid swift

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouses in flight

Corvus monedula — Jackdaw in Orellana lake

Accipiter gentilis — Goshawk, Ángel Cañones

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

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl

Strix Aluco — Tawny owl, Ángel Cañones

Merops apiaster — European bee eater

Petronia petronia — Rock sparrow, Ximo Galarza

Sylvia undata — Dartford warbler

birds of Arribes del Duero — Black stork

Hirundo rustica — Barn swallow in Orellana lake

Taeniopygia guttata — Zebra finch

Remiz pendulinus — Eurasian penduline tit

Lanius meridionalis — Iberian grey shrike in Gargáligas

Anas crecca — Eurasian teal

Delichon urbica — Common house martin

Mareca strepera — Gadwall

Falco tinnunculus — Common kestrel female in Badajoz

Calidris ferruginea — Curlew sandpiper, Kev Chapman

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthatch, Mariano Cordero

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in Badajoz dam

Monticola saxatilis — Rock thrush, Imran Shah

Anas acuta — Northern pintail

Chloris chloris — Greenfinch in Roca de la Sierra

Melanocorypha calandra — Calandra lark

Caprimulgus europaeus — European nightjar

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

Turdus iliacus — Redwing

Phylloscopus ibericus — Iberian chiffchaff, Ferrán Pestaña

Prunella collaris — Alpine accentor, Álvaro de las Heras

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Turdus viscivorus — Mistle thrush, Ángel Cañones

Grus grus — cranes in flight

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl, Ángel Cañones

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

Calidris alba — Sanderling with summer plumage

Hieraaetus fasciatus — Bonelli’s eagle in Orellana lake

Spinus spinus — Eurasian siskin

Ciconia ciconia — Couple of white storks

Pernis apivorus — European honey buzzard, Álvaro de las Heras

Corvus corax

Aythya nyroca — Ferruginous duck

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weather near Badajoz

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Galerida theklae — Thekla Lark

Columba oenas — Stock dove

Aquila chrisaetos — Golden eagle in Otistea hides

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus — Sedge warbler

Larus fuscus — Lesser black backed gull in Orellana lake

Circus aeruginosus — Marsh Harrier, a regular at Extremadura lakes

Coccothraustes coccothraustes — Hawfinch in Arribes del Duero

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail

Anthus spinoletta — Water pipit

Platalea leucorodia — Spatula in Orellana lake in spring

Tringa glareola — Wood sandpiper

Montagu’s harrier male in Otistea hides

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Botaurus stellaris — Eurasian bittern

Periparus ater — Coal tit

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

Calidris temminckii — Temminck’s stint

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag martin, Álvaro de las Heras

Sylvia cantillans — Eastern subalpine warbler

Sylvia hortensis — Western orphean warbler

Águila imperial — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

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

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper in Badajoz

Egretta alba — Little egret photographed in Botswana

Anas platyrhynchos — Male of mallard

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat female

Upupa epops — Eurasian hoopoe in Roca de la Sierra

Sternula albifrons — Little tern

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Bullfinch, Manuel Martin

Phylloscopus collybita — Mosquitero común en Badajoz

Pterocles orientalis — Black bellied sandgrouses in La Albuera

Phylloscopus trochilus — Willow warbler

Prunella modularis — Dunnock

Columba livia — Rock dove in Palacio tower

Emberiza schoeniclus — Common reed bunting, Artur Rydzewski

Numenius arquata — Eurasian curlew

Accipiter nisus — Common sparrowhawk, Álvaro de las Heras

turdus pilaris — Fieldfare

Porzana porzana — Spotted crake

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

Garrulus glandarius — Eurasian jay

Jynx torquilla — Eurasian wryneck, Jorge Lázaro

birding in Extremadura — Spoonbill in Orellana lake

Motacilla flava — Yellow wagtail in Orellana, by David Ferrington

Anser anser — Greylag goose

birdwatching in Sierra de San Pedro — Eurasian eagle owl

Egretta garzetta — Little Egret

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

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

Athene noctua — Little owl mating, Hilary Hoe

Tringa erythropus — Spotted redshank

Circus cyaneus — Hen harrier male near Badajoz

Porzana parva — Little crake, Frans Vandewalle

Galerida theklae — Thekla lark in Badajoz

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher, Jorge Lázaro

Circaetus gallicus

Phoenicurus phoenicurus — Common redstart female

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon in flight, Pierre Marie Epiney

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

Hippolais polyglotta — Melodious warbler

Milvus migrans — Black kite in Montánchez

Lullula arborea — Woodlark in Arribes del Duero

Charadrius hiaticula — Common ringed plover

Muscicapa striata — Spotted flycatcher, Rob Zweers

Aythya ferina — Common pochard

Tadorna ferruginea — Ruddy shelduck

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy ibis in Guadiana river, near Badajoz

Grus grus — Common Crane young

Phyrrocorax phyrrocorax — Red-billed chough

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon, Álvaro de las Heras

Circaetus gallicus — Short toed snake eagle in Alcántara

Lophoceros nasutus — African grey hornbill resting in a branch

Aquila adalberti — Spanish imperial eagle in November 2024

Aquila fasciata — Bonelli’s eagle

Top Birding — Picture taken from our boat

Amandava amandava — Red avadavat

Oriolus oriolus — Golden oriole, Imran Shah

Corvus corone — Carrion crow

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper

Spatula clypeata — Northern shoveler in Badajoz city

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