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.

Tyto alba — Wester barn-owl, Ángel Cañones

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle in Cáceres

Egretta alba — Great white egret in Orellana lake

Platalea leucorodia — Eurasian Spoonbill

Sylvia cantillans — Eastern subalpine warbler

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in “Azud de Badajoz”

Zapornia pusilla — Baillon’s crake

Gelochelidon nilotica — Gull billed tern young

birdwatching in Sierra de San Pedro — Eurasian eagle owl

Sterna hirundo — Common tern in flight

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo

Aythya nyroca — Ferruginous duck

Caprimulgus ruficollis — Red-necked nightjar

Falco columbarius — Merlin

Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard, Manuel Martin

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey, Álvaro de las Heras

Estrilda astrild — Common waxbill

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

birds of Arribes del Duero — Black stork

Emberiza schoeniclus — Common reed bunting, Artur Rydzewski

Glareola pratincola — Collared pratincole in La Albuera

Fringilla montifringilla — Brambling

Lullula arborea — Woodlark, Ángel Cañones

Alectoris rufa — Red legged partridge in Badajoz

Tringa erythropus — Spotted redshank

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher, Jorge Lázaro

Amandava amandava — Red avadavat

Euplectes afer — Yellow-crowned bishop

Delichon urbica — Common house martin

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Cabeza del Buey

Neophron percnopterus — Egyptian vulture in Arribes del Duero

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch

Prunella modularis — Dunnock

Pluvialis apricaria — European golden plover in Villanueva del Fresno

Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

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

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Egyptian goose in Orellana lake

Emberiza hortulana — Ortolan bunting, Andrej chudy

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper

Phalacrocorax carbo — Great cormorant in Orellana lake

Picus viridis — European green woodpecker in Llera

Circus macrourus — Pallid harrier

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail

Phylloscopus collybita — Mosquitero común en Badajoz

Luscinia svecica — Bluethroat

Pernis aviporus — European honey buzzard

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

Gypaetus barbatus — Bearded vulture, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Calidris ferruginea — Curlew sandpiper, Kev Chapman

Parus major, forest birds — Great tit in Badajoz

Phasianus colchicus — common pheasant

Regulus ignicapilla — Common firecrest

Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Eurasian reed warbler

Recurvirostra avosetta — Pied avocet with chick

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper in Badajoz

Athene noctua — Little Owl in Alcántara

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat female

Streptopelia turtur — European turtle dove, Álvaro de las Heras

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen in Badajoz

Aquila chrysaetos — Golden eagle near Valencia de las Torres

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouses in flight

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture in Hinojosa de Duero

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Hippolais polyglotta — Melodious warbler

Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch in Badajoz

Sylvia hortensis — Western orphean warbler

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

turdus pilaris — Fieldfare

Sternula albifrons — Little tern

Monticola saxatilis — Rock thrush, Imran Shah

Ixobrychus minutus — Little bittern

Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren

Corvus corone — Carrion crow

Anthus Pratensis — Meadow Pipit

Top Birding — Picture taken from our boat

Cisticola juncidis — Zitting cisticola in Badajoz

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

Taeniopygia guttata — Zebra finch

Lymnocryptes minimus — Jack snipe, Tony Hisgett

Loxia curvirostra — Red crossbill

Botaurus stellaris — Eurasian bittern

Sylvia atricapilla — Eurasian blackcap, Ángel Cañones

Caprimulgus europaeus — European nightjar

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

Remiz pendulinus — Eurasian penduline tit

Sylvia undata — Dartford warbler

Águila imperial — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe in La Albuera

Turdus philomelos — Song thrush

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthacht, Darryl Chen

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

Anthus campestris — Tawny pipit

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow, Imran Shah

Egretta garzetta — Little Egret

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weather near Badajoz

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon in flight, Pierre Marie Epiney

Cyanistes caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit, Ángel Cañones

Grus grus — Common crane near Badajoz

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon, Álvaro de las Heras

Gavia immer — Common loon in Orellana lake

Acrocephalus arundinaceus — Great reed warbler

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy ibis in Guadiana river, near Badajoz

Passer domesticus — House sparrow female

Coracias garrulus — European roller in Los Llanos de Cáceres

Otis tarda — Great bustard near Badajoz

Charadrius alexandrinus — Kentish plover

Galerida cristata — Crested lark in Alburquerque

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag martin, Álvaro de las Heras

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Oriolus oriolus — Golden oriole, Imran Shah

Columba oenas — Stock dove

Ciconia nigra — Black Stork, Mariano Cordero

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

Spatula querquedula — Garganey

Larus canus — Common gull

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler in Badajoz

Circaetus gallicus

Charadrius dubius — Little ringed plover in Orellana lake

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

Sylvia communis — Common whitethroat

Accipiter gentilis — Goshawk, Ángel Cañones

Hieraaetus fasciatus — Bonelli’s eagle in Orellana lake

Ploceus cucullatus — Village weaver

Lophophanes cristatus — European crested tit, Ángel Cañones

Bubulcus ibis — Cattle egret

Aquila adalberti — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Falco naumanni — Lesser kestrel, Álvaro de las Heras

Locustella naevia — Common grasshoper warbler

Nycticorax nycticorax — Night Heron in Badajoz

Columba palumbus — Common wood pigeon

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

Ciconia ciconia — Couple of white storks

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron in Orellana lake

Phylloscopus trochilus — Willow warbler

Lanius meridionalis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Iberian grey shrike

Phyrrocorax phyrrocorax — Red-billed chough

Melanocorypha calandra — Calandra lark

Panurus biarmicus — Bearded reedling

Phylloscopus bonelli — Western bonelli’s warbler, Chaz Jackson

Motacilla alba — White wagtail in Badajoz

Sylvia borin — Garden warbler, Billy Lindblom

Athene noctua — Little owl mating, Hilary Hoe

Coccothraustes coccothraustes — Hawfinch in Arribes del Duero

Aythya ferina — Common pochard

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat male

Apus apus — Common swift

Aegypius monachus — Cinereous vulture near Aliseda

Chlidonias niger — Black tern

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot

Serinus serinus — European serin in Malaga

Hirundo rustica — Swallow

Curruca conspicillata — Spectacled warbler, Frank vassen

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

Merops apiaster — European bee eater

Burhinus oedicnemus — Stone curlew in La Albuera

Tringa glareola — Wood sandpiper

Galerida theklae — Thekla’s lark Frank Vassen

Milvus migrans — Black kite in Montánchez

Anas crecca — Eurasian teal

Himantopus himantopus — Beautiful young specimen

Anser anser — Greylag goose

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock thrush in Arroyo de San Servan

Saxicola torquatus — Pair of european stonechat near Alburquerque

Turdus iliacus — Redwing

Turdus viscivorus — Mistle thrush, Ángel Cañones

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

Prunella collaris — Alpine accentor, Álvaro de las Heras

Alauda arvensis — Skylark in Castuera

Marsh sandpiper

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Anas acuta — Northern pintail

Chlidonias hybrida — Whiskered tern

Egretta alba — Little egret photographed in Botswana

birding in Extremadura — Spoonbill in Orellana lake

Galerida theklae — Thekla Lark

Apus melba — Alpine swift, Álvaro de las Heras

Larus fuscus — Lesser black backed gull in Orellana lake

Larus michahellis — Yellow-legged gull

Phylloscopus ibericus — Iberian chiffchaff, Ferrán Pestaña

Accipiter nisus — Common sparrowhawk, Álvaro de las Heras

Clamator glandarius — great spotted cuckoo

Cettia cetti — Cetti’s warbler

Apus pallidus — Pallid swift

birding in Orellana — White stork in Orellana lake

Spatula clypeata — Northern shoveler in Badajoz city

Aythya fuligula — Tufted duck

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

Calidris alba — Sanderling with summer plumage

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard in Badajoz

Calidris canutus — Red knot in may

Apus caffer — White-rumped swift, Derek Keats

Columba livia — Rock dove in Palacio tower

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

Porphyrio porphyrio — Purple swamphen in Badajoz city

Pernis apivorus — European honey buzzard, Álvaro de las Heras

Netta rufina — Red-crested pochard

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish sparrow near Badajoz

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting

Chroicocephalus ridibundus — Black headed gull in winter in Badajoz

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Motacilla flava — Western yellow wagtail

Birding in Extremadura — Courtship of two Hoopoes

Falco tinnunculus — Common kestrel female in Badajoz

Anthus pratensis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Meadow pipit in Olivenza

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow

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

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthatch, Mariano Cordero

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron in Badajoz

Pterocles orientalis — Black bellied sandgrouses in La Albuera

Motacilla cinerea — Grey wagtail

Porzana porzana — Spotted crake

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

Circus cyaneus — Hen harrier male near Badajoz

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus — Sedge warbler

Scolopax rustícola — Eurasian woodcock

Grus grus — cranes in flight

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling on top of a roof

Grus grus — Common Crane young

Locustella luscinioides — Savi’s warbler, Ron knight

Otis tarda — Group of Great Bustards in a stubble field

Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting in Olivenza

Galerida theklae — Thekla lark in Badajoz

Calidris minuta — Little stint

Cercotrichas galactotes — Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Porzana parva — Little crake, Frans Vandewalle

Cuculus canorus — Common cuckoo, Fernando Mostacero

Rallus aquaticus — Water rail

Pica pica — Eurasian magpie near Badajoz

Larus melanocephalus — Mediterranean gull

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl

Anas penelope — Eurasian wigeon

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Calidris alpina — Dunlin

Periparus ater — Coal tit

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Álvaro de las Heras

Phoenicurus phoenicurus — Common redstart female

Cinclus cinclus — White-throated dipper

Jynx torquilla — Eurasian wryneck, Jorge Lázaro

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

Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Bullfinch, Manuel Martin

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Fernando Mostacero

Tringa nebularia — Greenshank in Cabeza del Buey

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot in Badajoz

Corvus corax

Linaria cannabina — Common linnet in Badajoz

Luscinia megarhynchos — Common nightingale

Erithacus rubecula — Beautiful robin

Platalea leucorodia — Spatula in Orellana lake in spring

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

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl, Ángel Cañones

Anthus spinoletta — Water pipit

Tachybaptus ruficollis — Little grebe, Ángel Cañones

Circus aeruginosus — Marsh Harrier, a regular at Extremadura lakes

Aegypius monachus — Pair of Cinereous vultures in Villar del Rey

Strix Aluco — Tawny owl, Ángel Cañones

Circaetus gallicus — Short toed snake eagle in Alcántara

Ficedula hypoleuca — European pied flycatcher

Circus aeruginosus — Western marsh harrier, Álvaro de las Heras

Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark, Ron Knight

Aquila fasciata — Bonelli’s eagle

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in Badajoz dam

Regulus regulus — Goldcrest

Turdus torquatus — Ring ouzel, Frank vassen

Muscicapa striata — Spotted flycatcher, Rob Zweers

Phoenicopterus roseus — Group of Greater flamingos resting

Numenius arquata — Eurasian curlew

Mareca strepera — Gadwall

Charadrius morinellus — Eurasian dotterel, Frank Vassen

Chloris chloris — Greenfinch in Roca de la Sierra

Milvus milvus — Red kite in Campo Maior

Upupa epops — Eurasian hoopoe in Roca de la Sierra

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck

Charadrius hiaticula — Common ringed plover

Tadorna ferruginea — Ruddy shelduck

Birds of la Serena — Great bustard, Juan José Benitez

Corvus monedula — Jackdaw in Orellana lake

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

Riparia riparia — Sand martin

Cyrcus pigargus — Montagu’s harrier, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Asio otus — Long-eared owl, Ángel Cañones

Sturnus vulgaris — Common starling

Cyanopica cooki — Azure winged magpie in Zujar island

Garrulus glandarius — Eurasian jay

Calidris temminckii — Temminck’s stint

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

Oenanthe Leucura — Black wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

Turdus merula — Common blackbird in a park

Spinus spinus — Eurasian siskin

Anas platyrhynchos — Male of mallard

Anthus trivialis — Tree pipit

Lanius collurio — Red-backed shrike

Petronia petronia — Rock sparrow, Ximo Galarza

Passer montanus — Eurasian tree sparrow

Aquila adalberti — Spanish imperial eagle in November 2024

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard in Badajoz

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove

Aegithalus caudatus — Long-tailed tit

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