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.

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

Falco naumanni — Lesser kestrel, Álvaro de las Heras

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey, Álvaro de las Heras

Circus aeruginosus — Western marsh harrier, Álvaro de las Heras

Streptopelia turtur — European turtle dove, Álvaro de las Heras

Netta rufina — Red-crested pochard

Ardea alba — Great egret, Álvaro de las Heras

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron, Álvaro de las Heras

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow

Hirundo rustica — Swallow

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon, Álvaro de las Heras

Prunella modularis — Dunnock

Garrulus glandarius — Eurasian jay

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

Cinclus cinclus — White-throated dipper

Columba palumbus — Common wood pigeon

Accipiter nisus — Common sparrowhawk, Álvaro de las Heras

Pernis apivorus — European honey buzzard, Álvaro de las Heras

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthatch, Mariano Cordero

Prunella collaris — Alpine accentor, Álvaro de las Heras

Apus melba — Alpine swift, Álvaro de las Heras

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag martin, Álvaro de las Heras

Ardeola ralloides — Juvenile squacco heron, Álvaro de las Heras

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Álvaro de las Heras

Oenanthe Leucura — Black wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

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

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouse, Mariano Cordero

Picus viridis — European green woodpecker, Ángel Cañones

Oriolus oriolus — Golden oriole, Imran Shah

Pterocles orientalis — Black-bellied sandgrouse

Caprimulgus europaeus — European nightjar

Caprimulgus ruficollis — Red-necked nightjar

Cyanopica cyana — Azure-winged magpie

Columba palumbus — Common wood pigeon

Falco columbarius — Merlin

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard, Ángel Cañones

Accipiter gentilis — Goshawk, Ángel Cañones

Strix Aluco — Tawny owl, Ángel Cañones

Asio otus — Long-eared owl, Ángel Cañones

Aquila adalberti — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl, Ángel Cañones

Tyto alba — Wester barn-owl, Ángel Cañones

Otis tarda — Great bustard, José Antonio Lagier

Anas acuta — Northern pintail

Aythya ferina — Common pochard

Turdus viscivorus — Mistle thrush, Ángel Cañones

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron, Manuel Martin

Jynx torquilla — Eurasian wryneck, Jorge Lázaro

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard, Jorge Lázaro

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher, Jorge Lázaro

Platalea leucorodia — Common Spatula, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Ciconia ciconia — White Stork, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Cyrcus pigargus — Montagu’s harrier, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Ciconia nigra — Black Stork, Mariano Cordero

Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Bullfinch, Manuel Martin

Phyrrocorax phyrrocorax — Red-billed chough

Monticola saxatilis — Rock thrush, Imran Shah

Alopochen aegyptiaca — Egyptian goose, Manuel Martin

Anser anser — Greylag goose

Cuculus canorus — Common cuckoo, Fernando Mostacero

Águila imperial — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Grus grus — cranes in flight

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow, Imran Shah

Botaurus stellaris — Eurasian bittern

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Turdus philomelos — Song thrush

Cettia cetti — Cetti’s warbler

Luscinia megarhynchos — Common nightingale

Fringilla montifringilla — Brambling

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Scolopax rustícola — Eurasian woodcock

Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren

Phoenicurus phoenicurus — Common redstart female

Aegithalus caudatus — Long-tailed tit

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch female, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Cyanistes caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit, Ángel Cañones

Luscinia svecica — Bluethroat

Parus major — Great tit, Ángel Cañones

Sylvia atricapilla — Eurasian blackcap, Ángel Cañones

Lophophanes cristatus — European crested tit, Ángel Cañones

Alauda arvensis — Eurasian skylark

Riparia riparia — Sand martin

Sylvia communis — Common whitethroat

Ficedula hypoleuca — European pied flycatcher

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail

Lullula arborea — Woodlark, Ángel Cañones

Saxicola torquatus — European stonechat, Manuel Martin

Gypaetus barbatus — Bearded vulture, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Circus macrourus — Pallid harrier

Passer domesticus — House sparrow, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler, Ángel Cañones

Calidris alpina — Dunlin

Calidris minuta — Little stint

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper

Tringa nebularia — Common greenshank

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

Tringa erythropus — Spotted redshank

Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Eurasian reed warbler

Acrocephalus arundinaceus — Great reed warbler

Remiz pendulinus — Eurasian penduline tit

Tringa glareola — Wood sandpiper

Common grasshoper warbler

Chlidonias hybrida — Whiskered tern

Gelochelidon nilotica — Gull-billed tern

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Motacilla alba — White wagtail

Rallus aquaticus — Water rail

Ixobrychus minutus — Little bittern

Numenius arquata — Eurasian curlew

Motacilla cinerea — Grey wagtail

Motacilla flava — Western yellow wagtail

Chroicocephalus ridibundus — Black-headed gull

Anas penelope — Eurasian wigeon

Anas crecca — Eurasian teal

Mareca strepera — Gadwall

Philomachus pugnax — Ruff

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper, Ángel Cañones

Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard, Manuel Martin

Egretta garzetta — Little egret, Álvaro de las Heras

Tachybaptus ruficollis — Little grebe, Ángel Cañones

Sternula albifrons — Little tern

Bubulcus ibis — Western cattle egret, Álvaro de las Heras

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting

Apus apus — Common swift

Delichon urbica — Common house martin

Sylvia hortensis — Western orphean warbler

Sylvia undata — Dartford warbler

Cercotrichas galactotes — Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Phoenicopterus roseus — Greater flamingo, Álvaro de las Heras

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock-thrush, Angel Cañones

Otis tarda — Great bustards, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron, Fernando Mostacero

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Fernando Mostacero

Ploceus cucullatus — Village weaver

Estrilda astrild — Common waxbill

Taeniopygia guttata — Zebra finch

Columba oenas — Stock dove

Panurus biarmicus — Bearded reedling

Amandava amandava — Red avadavat

Cyanopica cyana — Azure-winged magpie, Hilary Hoe

Anthus trivialis — Tree pipit

Anthus campestris — Tawny pipit

Corvus corone — Carrion crow

Locustella luscinioides — Savi’s warbler, Ron knight

Anthus spinoletta — Water pipit

Porphyrio porphyrio — Western swamphen in Badajoz, Hilary Hoe

Periparus ater — Coal tit

Athene noctua — Little owl mating, Hilary Hoe

Lanius collurio — Red-backed shrike

Marsh sandpiper

Lymnocryptes minimus — Jack snipe, Tony Hisgett

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthacht, Darryl Chen

Pied avocet

Lanius meridionalis — Iberian grey shrike, Darryl Chen

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus — Sedge warbler

Larus melanocephalus — Mediterranean gull

Chlidonias niger — Black tern

Sturnus vulgaris — Common starling

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling

Emberiza schoeniclus — Common reed bunting, Artur Rydzewski

Calidris alba — Sanderling

Calidris ferruginea — Curlew sandpiper, Kev Chapman

Sylvia cantillans — Eastern subalpine warbler

Sylvia borin — Garden warbler, Billy Lindblom

Curruca conspicillata — Spectacled warbler, Frank vassen

Emberiza hortulana — Ortolan bunting, Andrej chudy

Calidris temminckii — Temminck’s stint

Galerida theklae — Thekla’s lark Frank Vassen

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weathear female

Charadrius morinellus — Eurasian dotterel, Frank Vassen

Sterna hirundo — Common tern in flight

Spatula querquedula — Garganey

Phasianus colchicus — common pheasant

Columba oenas — stock dove

Columba livia — Rock dove

Spinus spinus — Eurasian siskin

Passer hispaniolensis — Spanish sparrow

Euplectes afer — Yellow-crowned bishop

Phylloscopus bonelli — Western bonelli’s warbler, Chaz Jackson

Passer montanus — Eurasian tree sparrow

Petronia petronia — Rock sparrow, Ximo Galarza

Phylloscopus trochilus — Willow warbler

Phylloscopus ibericus — Iberian chiffchaff, Ferrán Pestaña

Larus michahellis — Yellow-legged gull

Larus canus — Common gull

Turdus torquatus — Ring ouzel, Frank vassen

Turdus iliacus — Redwing

turdus pilaris — Fieldfare

Hippolais polyglotta — Melodious warbler

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

Apus pallidus — Pallid swift

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea — Ruddy shelduck

Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark, Ron Knight

Apus caffer — White-rumped swift, Derek Keats

Regulus regulus — Goldcrest

Regulus ignicapilla — Common firecrest

Aythya nyroca — Ferruginous duck

Aythya fuligula — Tufted duck

Calidris canutus — Red knot

Linaria cannabina — Common linnet

Loxia curvirostra — Red crossbill

Porzana parva — Little crake, Frans Vandewalle

Zapornia pusilla — Baillon’s crake

Porzana porzana — Spotted crake

Muscicapa striata — Spotted flycatcher, Rob Zweers

birds of prey — Egyptian vulture

birds of Arribes del Duero — Black stork

Clamator glandarius — great spotted cuckoo

birdwatching in Sierra de San Pedro — Eurasian eagle owl

Pernis aviporus — European honey buzzard

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe in La Albuera

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouses in flight

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

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

Birds of la Serena — Great bustard, Juan José Benitez

Alauda arvensis — Skylark in Castuera

Aquila fasciata — Bonelli’s eagle

Cyanopica cooki — Rabilargo ibérico

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Cabeza del Buey

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard in Badajoz

Glareola pratincola — Collared pratincole in La Albuera

Platalea leucorodia — Spatula in Orellana lake in spring

Spatula clypeata — Northern shoveler in Badajoz city

Egyptian goose in Orellana lake

Anthus Pratensis — Meadow Pipit

Fringilla coelebs — Common Chaffinch male

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish Sparrow

Phoenicurus ochruros — Black Redstart male

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot

Egretta garzetta — Little Egret

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove

Nycticorax nycticorax — Night Heron in Badajoz

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat male

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat female

Ciconia ciconia — Couple of white storks

Grus grus — Common Crane young

Gavia immer — Common loon in Orellana lake

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

Platalea leucorodia — Eurasian Spoonbill

Galerida theklae — Thekla Lark

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Bubulcus ibis — Cattle egret

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Anas platyrhynchos — Male of mallard

Columba palumbus — Common wood pigeon

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy Ibis

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard in Badajoz

Milvus milvus — Red kite in Campo Maior

Milvus migrans — Black kite in Montánchez

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

Falco tinnunculus — Common kestrel female in Badajoz

Aegypius monachus — Pair of Cinereous vultures in Villar del Rey

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle in Cáceres

Hieraaetus fasciatus — Bonelli’s eagle in Orellana lake

Aquila chrysaetos — Golden eagle near Valencia de las Torres

Circus cyaneus — Hen harrier male near Badajoz

Neophron percnopterus — Egyptian vulture in Arribes del Duero

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture in Hinojosa de Duero

Aegypius monachus — Cinereous vulture near Aliseda

Athene noctua — Little Owl in Alcántara

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

Circaetus gallicus — Short toed snake eagle in Alcántara

Circaetus gallicus

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

Serinus serinus — European serin in Malaga

Alectoris rufa — Red legged partridge in Badajoz

Turdus merula — Common blackbird in a park

Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch in Badajoz

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling on top of a roof

Erithacus rubecula — Beautiful robin

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

Lanius meridionalis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Iberian grey shrike

Anthus pratensis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Meadow pipit in Olivenza

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

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

Corvus corax

Upupa epops — Eurasian hoopoe in Roca de la Sierra

Pica pica — Eurasian magpie near Badajoz

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish sparrow near Badajoz

Merops apiaster — European bee eater

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock thrush in Arribes del Duero

Columba livia — Rock dove in Palacio tower

Corvus monedula — Jackdaw in Orellana lake

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weather near Badajoz

Chloris chloris — Greenfinch in Roca de la Sierra

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes — Hawfinch in Arribes del Duero

Phylloscopus collybita — Mosquitero común en Badajoz

Galerida cristata — Crested lark in Alburquerque

Larus fuscus — Lesser black backed gull in Orellana lake

Burhinus oedicnemus — Stone curlew in La Albuera

Galerida theklae — Thekla lark in Badajoz

Pterocles orientalis — Black bellied sandgrouses in La Albuera

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Otis tarda — Great bustard near Badajoz

Grus grus — Common crane near Badajoz

Saxicola torquatus — Pair of european stonechat near Alburquerque

Melanocorypha calandra — Calandra lark

Coracias garrulus — European roller in Los Llanos de Cáceres

Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting in Olivenza

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen in Badajoz

Phalacrocorax carbo — Great cormorant in Orellana lake

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot in Badajoz

Porphyrio porphyrio — Purple swamphen in Badajoz city

Motacilla alba — White wagtail in Badajoz

Cisticola juncidis — Zitting cisticola in Badajoz

Charadrius alexandrinus — Kentish plover

Pluvialis apricaria — European golden plover in Villanueva del Fresno

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Himantopus himantopus — Beautiful young specimen

Calidris canutus — Red knot in may

Calidris alba — Sanderling with summer plumage

Tringa nebularia — Greenshank in Cabeza del Buey

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

Recurvirostra avosetta — Pied avocet with chick

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler in Badajoz

Charadrius dubius — Little ringed plover in Orellana lake

Charadrius hiaticula — Common ringed plover

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper in Badajoz

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron in Badajoz

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron in Orellana lake

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in Badajoz dam

Egretta alba — Great white egret in Orellana lake

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy ibis in Guadiana river, near Badajoz

Egretta alba — Little egret photographed in Botswana

Phoenicopterus roseus — Group of Greater flamingos resting

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