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.

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

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthatch, Mariano Cordero

Waterfowl of Extremadura — Black stork in Orellana, David Ferrington

Ficedula hypoleuca — European pied flycatcher

Lophophanes cristatus — European crested tit, Ángel Cañones

Larus canus — Common gull

Anas crecca — Eurasian teal

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus — Sedge warbler

Oenanthe Leucura — Black wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag matin in Campo Maior

Cettia cetti — Cetti’s warbler

Phalacrocorax carbo — Great cormorant in Orellana lake

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

Streptopelia turtur — European turtle dove, Álvaro de las Heras

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat male

Pterocles orientalis — Black bellied sandgrouses in La Albuera

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

Motacilla flava — Western yellow wagtail

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

Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch in Badajoz

Tadorna ferruginea — Ruddy shelduck

Caprimulgus ruficollis — Red-necked nightjar

Alectoris rufa — Red legged partridge in Badajoz

Gelochelidon nilotica — Gull billed tern young

Spinus spinus — Eurasian siskin

Porzana porzana — Spotted crake

Circus cyaneus — Hen harrier male near Badajoz

Phylloscopus collybita — Mosquitero común en Badajoz

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper

Anas acuta — Northern pintail

birding in Extremadura — Spoonbill in Orellana lake

Cercotrichas galactotes — Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Spatula clypeata — Northern shoveler in Badajoz city

Coracias caudatus — Lilac breasted roller is gorgeous

Tyto alba — Wester barn-owl, Ángel Cañones

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

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper in Badajoz

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo

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

Coccothraustes coccothraustes — Hawfinch in Arribes del Duero

Regulus regulus — Goldcrest

Phoenicurus phoenicurus — Common redstart female

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot

Lullula arborea — Woodlark in Arribes del Duero

Calidris alba — Sanderling with summer plumage

Asio otus — Long-eared owl, Ángel Cañones

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

turdus pilaris — Fieldfare

Phasianus colchicus — common pheasant

Tringa glareola — Wood sandpiper

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Remiz pendulinus — Eurasian penduline tit

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

Hieraaetus fasciatus — Bonelli’s eagle in Orellana lake

Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

birding in Orellana — White stork in Orellana lake

Gypaetus barbatus — Bearded vulture, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Porzana parva — Little crake, Frans Vandewalle

Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Eurasian reed warbler

Tringa nebularia — Greenshank in Cabeza del Buey

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in “Azud de Badajoz”

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey in Orellana lake, Nacho Pardo

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow, Imran Shah

Loxia curvirostra — Red crossbill

Falco naumanni — Lesser kestrel, Álvaro de las Heras

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling on top of a roof

Falco tinnunculus — Common kestrel female in Badajoz

Circus aeruginosus — Western marsh harrier, Álvaro de las Heras

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

Calidris ferruginea — Curlew sandpiper, Kev Chapman

Águila imperial — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Picus viridis — European green woodpecker in Llera

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

Saxicola torquatus — Pair of european stonechat near Alburquerque

Fringilla montifringilla — Brambling

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish sparrow near Badajoz

Aegypius monachus — Cinereous vulture near Aliseda

Merops apiaster — European bee eater

Larus michahellis — Yellow-legged gull

Numenius arquata — Eurasian curlew

Platalea leucorodia — Eurasian Spoonbill

Ciconia ciconia — Couple of white storks

Ciconia nigra — Black stork in Garcia Sola lake

Mareca strepera — Gadwall

Petronia petronia — Rock sparrow, Ximo Galarza

Circus macrourus — Pallid harrier

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen in Badajoz

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

Aegithalus caudatus — Long-tailed tit

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

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck

Grus grus — Common Crane young

Athene noctua — Little owl mating, Hilary Hoe

Prunella collaris — Alpine accentor, Álvaro de las Heras

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

Egretta alba — Great white egret in Orellana lake

Galerida cristata — Crested lark in Alburquerque

Motacilla flava — Yellow wagtail in Orellana, by David Ferrington

Botaurus stellaris — Eurasian bittern

Calidris canutus — Red knot in may

Larus fuscus — Lesser black backed gull in Orellana lake

Cyrcus pigargus — Montagu’s harrier, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Zapornia pusilla — Baillon’s crake

Apus melba — Alpine swift, Álvaro de las Heras

Erithacus rubecula — Beautiful robin

Sternula albifrons — Little tern

Curruca conspicillata — Spectacled warbler, Frank vassen

Cyanistes caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit, Ángel Cañones

Columba livia — Rock dove in Palacio tower

Glareola pratincola — Collared pratincole in La Albuera

Columba palumbus — Common wood pigeon in Canchales lake

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler in Badajoz

Serinus serinus — European serin in Malaga

Aythya fuligula — Tufted duck

Anas platyrhynchos — Male of mallard

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

Periparus ater — Coal tit

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

Apus apus — Common swift

Calidris minuta — Little stint

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl

Upupa epops — Eurasian hoopoe in Roca de la Sierra

Cuculus canorus — Common cuckoo, Fernando Mostacero

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron in Orellana lake

Charadrius morinellus — Eurasian dotterel, Frank Vassen

Pica pica — Eurasian magpie near Badajoz

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

Tachybaptus ruficollis — Little grebe, Ángel Cañones

Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark, Ron Knight

Scolopax rustícola — Eurasian woodcock

Sylvia communis — Common whitethroat

Recurvirostra avosetta — Pied avocet with chick

Milvus milvus — Red kite in Campo Maior

Linaria cannabina — Common linnet in Badajoz

Passer domesticus — House sparrow female

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon in flight, Pierre Marie Epiney

Circaetus gallicus — Short toed snake eagle in Alcántara

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

Acrocephalus arundinaceus — Great reed warbler

Galerida theklae — Thekla Lark

Anas penelope — Eurasian wigeon

Regulus ignicapilla — Common firecrest

Tringa erythropus — Spotted redshank

Parus major, forest birds — Great tit in Badajoz

Aquila adalberti — Spanish imperial eagle in November 2024

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron in Badajoz

Grus grus — Common crane near Badajoz

Otis tarda — Group of Great Bustards in a stubble field

Egretta alba — Little egret photographed in Botswana

Calidris temminckii — Temminck’s stint

Corvus corax

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove

birds of Arribes del Duero — Black stork

Chroicocephalus ridibundus — Black headed gull in winter in Badajoz

Spatula querquedula — Garganey

Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren

Estrilda astrild — Common waxbill

Egretta garzetta — Little Egret

Prunella modularis — Dunnock

Phylloscopus bonelli — Western bonelli’s warbler, Chaz Jackson

Anthus pratensis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Meadow pipit in Olivenza

Hirundo rustica — Barn swallow in Orellana lake

Aquila chrysaetos — Golden eagle near Valencia de las Torres

Nycticorax nycticorax — Night Heron in Badajoz

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting

Accipiter nisus — Common sparrowhawk, Álvaro de las Heras

Turdus philomelos — Song thrush

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl, Ángel Cañones

Apus pallidus — Pallid swift

Melanocorypha calandra — Calandra lark

Circaetus gallicus

Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Bullfinch, Manuel Martin

Garrulus glandarius — Eurasian jay

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck in Canchales lake

Lanius meridionalis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Iberian grey shrike

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy ibis in Guadiana river, near Badajoz

Aquila adalberti — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Otis tarda — Great bustard near Badajoz

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe in La Albuera

Cinclus cinclus — White-throated dipper

Pluvialis apricaria — European golden plover in Villanueva del Fresno

Sitta europaea — Nuthatch in a nest box

Passer montanus — Eurasian tree sparrow

Amandava amandava — Red avadavat

Anthus spinoletta — Water pipit

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling in Acedera

Platalea leucorodia — Spatula in Orellana lake in spring

Galerida theklae — Thekla lark in Badajoz

Sylvia hortensis — Western orphean warbler

Grus grus — cranes in flight

Lanius meridionalis — Iberian grey shrike in Gargáligas

Larus melanocephalus — Mediterranean gull

Gavia immer — Common loon in Orellana lake

Turdus iliacus — Redwing

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

Caprimulgus europaeus — European nightjar

Falco columbarius — Merlin

Charadrius dubius — Little ringed plover in Orellana lake

Top birding Extremadura

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Badajoz

Muscicapa striata — Spotted flycatcher, Rob Zweers

Emberiza schoeniclus — Common reed bunting, Artur Rydzewski

Turdus torquatus — Ring ouzel, Frank vassen

Strix Aluco — Tawny owl, Ángel Cañones

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Hirundo rustica — Swallow

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot in Badajoz

Motacilla alba — White wagtail in Badajoz

Euplectes afer — Yellow-crowned bishop

Chloris chloris — Greenfinch in Roca de la Sierra

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

Phoenicopterus roseus — Group of Greater flamingos resting

Circus aeruginosus — Marsh Harrier, a regular at Extremadura lakes

Calidris alpina — Dunlin

Sylvia atricapilla — Eurasian blackcap, Ángel Cañones

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail

Columba oenas — Stock dove

Phylloscopus trochilus — Willow warbler

Turdus merula — Common blackbird in a park

Accipiter gentilis — Goshawk, Ángel Cañones

Charadrius alexandrinus — Kentish plover

Lanius collurio — Red-backed shrike

Chlidonias niger — Black tern

Luscinia svecica — Bluethroat

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Sylvia cantillans — Eastern subalpine warbler

Sylvia borin — Garden warbler, Billy Lindblom

Motacilla cinerea — Grey wagtail

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat female

Birds of la Serena — Great bustard, Juan José Benitez

Aquila chrisaetos — Golden eagle in Otistea hides

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard in Badajoz

Clamator glandarius — great spotted cuckoo

Porphyrio porphyrio — Purple swamphen in Badajoz city

Anser anser — Greylag goose

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Cabeza del Buey

Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard, Manuel Martin

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouses in flight

Rallus aquaticus — Water rail

Aythya nyroca — Ferruginous duck

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon, Álvaro de las Heras

Emberiza hortulana — Ortolan bunting, Andrej chudy

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

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

Burhinus oedicnemus — Stone curlew in La Albuera

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag martin, Álvaro de las Heras

Anthus trivialis — Tree pipit

Chlidonias hybrida — Whiskered tern

Hippolais polyglotta — Melodious warbler

Galerida theklae — Thekla’s lark Frank Vassen

Lymnocryptes minimus — Jack snipe, Tony Hisgett

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

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

Bubulcus ibis — Cattle egret

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Ploceus cucullatus — Village weaver

Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting in Olivenza

Aythya ferina — Common pochard

Milvus migrans — Black kite in Montánchez

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

Jynx torquilla — Eurasian wryneck, Jorge Lázaro

Sylvia undata — Dartford warbler

Ciconia nigra — Black Stork, Mariano Cordero

Luscinia megarhynchos — Common nightingale

Sterna hirundo — Common tern in flight

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle in Cáceres

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow

Netta rufina — Red-crested pochard

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

Taeniopygia guttata — Zebra finch

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

Himantopus himantopus — Beautiful young specimen

Lullula arborea — Woodlark, Ángel Cañones

Montagu’s harrier male in Otistea hides

Monticola saxatilis — Rock thrush, Imran Shah

Cisticola juncidis — Zitting cisticola in Badajoz

Ixobrychus minutus — Little bittern

Neophron percnopterus — Egyptian vulture in Arribes del Duero

Locustella naevia — Common grasshoper warbler

Athene noctua — Little Owl in Alcántara

Corvus monedula — Jackdaw in Orellana lake

Otis tarda — Great bustards in La Serena

birding in La Serena — Imperial eagle juvenile

Anthus campestris — Tawny pipit

Alauda arvensis — Skylark in Castuera

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in Badajoz dam

Corvus corone — Carrion crow

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Fernando Mostacero

Pernis aviporus — European honey buzzard

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture in Hinojosa de Duero

Anthus Pratensis — Meadow Pipit

Charadrius hiaticula — Common ringed plover

Top Birding — Picture taken from our boat

Phylloscopus ibericus — Iberian chiffchaff, Ferrán Pestaña

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey, Álvaro de las Heras

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Sturnus vulgaris — Common starling

Lophoceros nasutus — African grey hornbill resting in a branch

Delichon urbica — Common house martin

Marsh sandpiper

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard in Badajoz

Cyanopica cooki — Azure winged magpie in Zujar island

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthacht, Darryl Chen

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Álvaro de las Heras

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

Panurus biarmicus — Bearded reedling

Riparia riparia — Sand martin

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock thrush in Arroyo de San Servan

Birding in Extremadura — Courtship of two Hoopoes

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weather near Badajoz

Aquila fasciata — Bonelli’s eagle

Aegypius monachus — Pair of Cinereous vultures in Villar del Rey

Pernis apivorus — European honey buzzard, Álvaro de las Heras

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher, Jorge Lázaro

Apus caffer — White-rumped swift, Derek Keats

Oriolus oriolus — Golden oriole, Imran Shah

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon in Garcia Sola

Turdus viscivorus — Mistle thrush, Ángel Cañones

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper in a pine

Coracias garrulus — European roller in Los Llanos de Cáceres

Egyptian goose in Orellana lake

Locustella luscinioides — Savi’s warbler, Ron knight

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

Phyrrocorax phyrrocorax — Red-billed chough

birdwatching in Sierra de San Pedro — Eurasian eagle owl

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