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.

Anas platyrhynchos — Male of mallard

Columba livia — Rock dove in Palacio tower

Pernis aviporus — European honey buzzard

Lanius collurio — Red-backed shrike

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

Luscinia svecica — Bluethroat

Porzana parva — Little crake, Frans Vandewalle

Anthus Pratensis — Meadow Pipit

Birding in Extremadura — Courtship of two Hoopoes

Lophophanes cristatus — European crested tit, Ángel Cañones

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Motacilla cinerea — Grey wagtail

Phyrrocorax phyrrocorax — Red-billed chough

Fringilla montifringilla — Brambling

Larus fuscus — Lesser black backed gull in Orellana lake

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck

Athene noctua — Little owl mating, Hilary Hoe

Periparus ater — Coal tit

Panurus biarmicus — Bearded reedling

Falco columbarius — Merlin

Regulus ignicapilla — Common firecrest

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

Otis tarda — Group of Great Bustards in a stubble field

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

Porphyrio porphyrio — Purple swamphen in Badajoz city

Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Eurasian reed warbler

Aythya ferina — Common pochard

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon in flight, Pierre Marie Epiney

Aquila chrysaetos — Golden eagle near Valencia de las Torres

Saxicola torquatus — Pair of european stonechat near Alburquerque

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weather near Badajoz

Galerida theklae — Thekla lark in Badajoz

Aquila fasciata — Bonelli’s eagle

birding in Extremadura — Spoonbill in Orellana lake

Charadrius dubius — Little ringed plover in Orellana lake

Tyto alba — Wester barn-owl, Ángel Cañones

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat female

Prunella modularis — Dunnock

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Netta rufina — Red-crested pochard

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo

Phylloscopus collybita — Mosquitero común en Badajoz

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

Platalea leucorodia — Spatula in Orellana lake in spring

Apus apus — Common swift

Cyanistes caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit, Ángel Cañones

Taeniopygia guttata — Zebra finch

Marsh sandpiper

Glareola pratincola — Collared pratincole in La Albuera

Cyanopica cooki — Azure winged magpie in Zujar island

Euplectes afer — Yellow-crowned bishop

Columba oenas — Stock dove

Aegypius monachus — Pair of Cinereous vultures in Villar del Rey

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

Cyrcus pigargus — Montagu’s harrier, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron in Orellana lake

Neophron percnopterus — Egyptian vulture in Arribes del Duero

Anas acuta — Northern pintail

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

Anthus pratensis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Meadow pipit in Olivenza

Larus michahellis — Yellow-legged gull

Chlidonias niger — Black tern

Acrocephalus arundinaceus — Great reed warbler

Egretta garzetta — Little Egret

Muscicapa striata — Spotted flycatcher, Rob Zweers

Birds of la Serena — Great bustard, Juan José Benitez

Larus canus — Common gull

Turdus merula — Common blackbird in a park

Circaetus gallicus

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe in La Albuera

Gelochelidon nilotica — Gull billed tern young

Pernis apivorus — European honey buzzard, Álvaro de las Heras

Nycticorax nycticorax — Night Heron in Badajoz

birding in Orellana — White stork in Orellana lake

Platalea leucorodia — Eurasian Spoonbill

Galerida theklae — Thekla Lark

Lymnocryptes minimus — Jack snipe, Tony Hisgett

Aquila adalberti — Spanish imperial eagle in November 2024

Upupa epops — Eurasian hoopoe in Roca de la Sierra

Cisticola juncidis — Zitting cisticola in Badajoz

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

Melanocorypha calandra — Calandra lark

Anas penelope — Eurasian wigeon

Calidris temminckii — Temminck’s stint

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

Turdus iliacus — Redwing

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard in Badajoz

Parus major, forest birds — Great tit in Badajoz

Caprimulgus europaeus — European nightjar

Circus macrourus — Pallid harrier

Tachybaptus ruficollis — Little grebe, Ángel Cañones

Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark, Ron Knight

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

Passer montanus — Eurasian tree sparrow

Calidris ferruginea — Curlew sandpiper, Kev Chapman

Chloris chloris — Greenfinch in Roca de la Sierra

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl, Ángel Cañones

Picus viridis — European green woodpecker in Llera

Anthus campestris — Tawny pipit

Águila imperial — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Chlidonias hybrida — Whiskered tern

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

Accipiter nisus — Common sparrowhawk, Álvaro de las Heras

Sturnus vulgaris — Common starling

Sylvia communis — Common whitethroat

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock thrush in Arroyo de San Servan

birds of Arribes del Duero — Black stork

Oenanthe Leucura — Black wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

Falco naumanni — Lesser kestrel, Álvaro de las Heras

Aegypius monachus — Cinereous vulture near Aliseda

Tringa nebularia — Greenshank in Cabeza del Buey

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat male

Locustella naevia — Common grasshoper warbler

Sylvia undata — Dartford warbler

Ciconia ciconia — Couple of white storks

Galerida theklae — Thekla’s lark Frank Vassen

Petronia petronia — Rock sparrow, Ximo Galarza

Rallus aquaticus — Water rail

Corvus corone — Carrion crow

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl

Circus aeruginosus — Marsh Harrier, a regular at Extremadura lakes

Botaurus stellaris — Eurasian bittern

Cuculus canorus — Common cuckoo, Fernando Mostacero

Turdus torquatus — Ring ouzel, Frank vassen

Calidris minuta — Little stint

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus — Sedge warbler

Remiz pendulinus — Eurasian penduline tit

Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch in Badajoz

Apus melba — Alpine swift, Álvaro de las Heras

Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in Badajoz dam

Lanius meridionalis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Iberian grey shrike

Hippolais polyglotta — Melodious warbler

Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard, Manuel Martin

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthatch, Mariano Cordero

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Gypaetus barbatus — Bearded vulture, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Corvus monedula — Jackdaw in Orellana lake

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting

Aythya fuligula — Tufted duck

Caprimulgus ruficollis — Red-necked nightjar

Spinus spinus — Eurasian siskin

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey, Álvaro de las Heras

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

Aegithalus caudatus — Long-tailed tit

Aythya nyroca — Ferruginous duck

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher, Jorge Lázaro

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove

Egyptian goose in Orellana lake

Ficedula hypoleuca — European pied flycatcher

Garrulus glandarius — Eurasian jay

Spatula querquedula — Garganey

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy ibis in Guadiana river, near Badajoz

Asio otus — Long-eared owl, Ángel Cañones

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag martin, Álvaro de las Heras

Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Bullfinch, Manuel Martin

Otis tarda — Great bustard near Badajoz

Loxia curvirostra — Red crossbill

Zapornia pusilla — Baillon’s crake

Scolopax rustícola — Eurasian woodcock

Alauda arvensis — Skylark in Castuera

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish sparrow near Badajoz

Oriolus oriolus — Golden oriole, Imran Shah

Galerida cristata — Crested lark in Alburquerque

Top Birding — Picture taken from our boat

Apus caffer — White-rumped swift, Derek Keats

birdwatching in Sierra de San Pedro — Eurasian eagle owl

Phylloscopus bonelli — Western bonelli’s warbler, Chaz Jackson

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Hieraaetus fasciatus — Bonelli’s eagle in Orellana lake

Pica pica — Eurasian magpie near Badajoz

Motacilla alba — White wagtail in Badajoz

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Circaetus gallicus — Short toed snake eagle in Alcántara

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow

Charadrius hiaticula — Common ringed plover

Passer domesticus — House sparrow female

Riparia riparia — Sand martin

Locustella luscinioides — Savi’s warbler, Ron knight

Phasianus colchicus — common pheasant

Porzana porzana — Spotted crake

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Cabeza del Buey

Amandava amandava — Red avadavat

Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon, Álvaro de las Heras

Phylloscopus ibericus — Iberian chiffchaff, Ferrán Pestaña

Ciconia nigra — Black Stork, Mariano Cordero

Anser anser — Greylag goose

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot in Badajoz

Grus grus — Common Crane young

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Athene noctua — Little Owl in Alcántara

Coccothraustes coccothraustes — Hawfinch in Arribes del Duero

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

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot

Tringa glareola — Wood sandpiper

Anas crecca — Eurasian teal

Ixobrychus minutus — Little bittern

Estrilda astrild — Common waxbill

Emberiza hortulana — Ortolan bunting, Andrej chudy

Streptopelia turtur — European turtle dove, Álvaro de las Heras

Corvus corax

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting in Olivenza

Sterna hirundo — Common tern in flight

Tadorna ferruginea — Ruddy shelduck

Circus cyaneus — Hen harrier male near Badajoz

Grus grus — cranes in flight

Anthus trivialis — Tree pipit

Serinus serinus — European serin in Malaga

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron in Badajoz

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail

Charadrius alexandrinus — Kentish plover

Calidris alpina — Dunlin

Himantopus himantopus — Beautiful young specimen

Prunella collaris — Alpine accentor, Álvaro de las Heras

Merops apiaster — European bee eater

Mareca strepera — Gadwall

turdus pilaris — Fieldfare

Spatula clypeata — Northern shoveler in Badajoz city

Turdus philomelos — Song thrush

Sternula albifrons — Little tern

Milvus milvus — Red kite in Campo Maior

Numenius arquata — Eurasian curlew

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Fernando Mostacero

Pluvialis apricaria — European golden plover in Villanueva del Fresno

Strix Aluco — Tawny owl, Ángel Cañones

Bubulcus ibis — Cattle egret

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper

Sylvia cantillans — Eastern subalpine warbler

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

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen in Badajoz

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

Linaria cannabina — Common linnet in Badajoz

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouses in flight

Turdus viscivorus — Mistle thrush, Ángel Cañones

Gavia immer — Common loon in Orellana lake

Milvus migrans — Black kite in Montánchez

Cinclus cinclus — White-throated dipper

Erithacus rubecula — Beautiful robin

Delichon urbica — Common house martin

Lullula arborea — Woodlark, Ángel Cañones

Calidris canutus — Red knot in may

Sylvia borin — Garden warbler, Billy Lindblom

Apus pallidus — Pallid swift

Sylvia hortensis — Western orphean warbler

Curruca conspicillata — Spectacled warbler, Frank vassen

Hirundo rustica — Swallow

Tringa erythropus — Spotted redshank

Circus aeruginosus — Western marsh harrier, Álvaro de las Heras

Ploceus cucullatus — Village weaver

Aquila adalberti — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Pterocles orientalis — Black bellied sandgrouses in La Albuera

Accipiter gentilis — Goshawk, Ángel Cañones

Regulus regulus — Goldcrest

Anthus spinoletta — Water pipit

Monticola saxatilis — Rock thrush, Imran Shah

Egretta alba — Little egret photographed in Botswana

Chroicocephalus ridibundus — Black headed gull in winter in Badajoz

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch

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

Emberiza schoeniclus — Common reed bunting, Artur Rydzewski

Alectoris rufa — Red legged partridge in Badajoz

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

Charadrius morinellus — Eurasian dotterel, Frank Vassen

Coracias garrulus — European roller in Los Llanos de Cáceres

Phylloscopus trochilus — Willow warbler

Motacilla flava — Western yellow wagtail

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper in Badajoz

Burhinus oedicnemus — Stone curlew in La Albuera

Recurvirostra avosetta — Pied avocet with chick

Phoenicopterus roseus — Group of Greater flamingos resting

Grus grus — Common crane near Badajoz

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard in Badajoz

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow, Imran Shah

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

Phalacrocorax carbo — Great cormorant in Orellana lake

Clamator glandarius — great spotted cuckoo

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle in Cáceres

Calidris alba — Sanderling with summer plumage

Luscinia megarhynchos — Common nightingale

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthacht, Darryl Chen

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling on top of a roof

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture in Hinojosa de Duero

Phoenicurus phoenicurus — Common redstart female

Cettia cetti — Cetti’s warbler

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in “Azud de Badajoz”

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler in Badajoz

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Álvaro de las Heras

Jynx torquilla — Eurasian wryneck, Jorge Lázaro

Larus melanocephalus — Mediterranean gull

Sylvia atricapilla — Eurasian blackcap, Ángel Cañones

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

Cercotrichas galactotes — Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Egretta alba — Great white egret in Orellana lake

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