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.

Scolopax rustícola — Eurasian woodcock

Melanocorypha calandra — Calandra lark

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy ibis in Guadiana river, near Badajoz

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

Ixobrychus minutus — Little bittern

Turdus merula — Common blackbird in a park

Recurvirostra avosetta — Pied avocet with chick

Jynx torquilla — Eurasian wryneck, Jorge Lázaro

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

Larus fuscus — Lesser black backed gull in Orellana lake

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler in Badajoz

Apus pallidus — Pallid swift

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouses in flight

Asio otus — Long-eared owl, Ángel Cañones

Amandava amandava — Red avadavat

Anas crecca — Eurasian teal

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey, Álvaro de las Heras

Charadrius hiaticula — Common ringed plover

Emberiza schoeniclus — Common reed bunting, Artur Rydzewski

Aegypius monachus — Cinereous vulture near Aliseda

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck

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

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

Birding in Extremadura — Courtship of two Hoopoes

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish sparrow near Badajoz

Chlidonias hybrida — Whiskered tern

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen in Badajoz

Aquila adalberti — Spanish imperial eagle in November 2024

Athene noctua — Little owl mating, Hilary Hoe

Lanius meridionalis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Iberian grey shrike

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

Streptopelia turtur — European turtle dove, Álvaro de las Heras

Egretta garzetta — Little Egret

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Columba oenas — Stock dove

Oenanthe Leucura — Black wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

Loxia curvirostra — Red crossbill

Cettia cetti — Cetti’s warbler

Bubulcus ibis — Cattle egret

Spatula querquedula — Garganey

Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark, Ron Knight

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot

Passer domesticus — House sparrow female

Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch in Badajoz

Aythya ferina — Common pochard

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl, Ángel Cañones

Turdus viscivorus — Mistle thrush, Ángel Cañones

birding in Extremadura — Spoonbill in Orellana lake

Himantopus himantopus — Beautiful young specimen

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle in Cáceres

Aythya nyroca — Ferruginous duck

Sylvia hortensis — Western orphean warbler

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe in La Albuera

Sylvia atricapilla — Eurasian blackcap, Ángel Cañones

Hippolais polyglotta — Melodious warbler

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon, Álvaro de las Heras

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Cabeza del Buey

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat male

Circus aeruginosus — Marsh Harrier, a regular at Extremadura lakes

Anas acuta — Northern pintail

Larus melanocephalus — Mediterranean gull

Anser anser — Greylag goose

Euplectes afer — Yellow-crowned bishop

Charadrius dubius — Little ringed plover in Orellana lake

Platalea leucorodia — Spatula in Orellana lake in spring

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling on top of a roof

Gelochelidon nilotica — Gull billed tern young

Egretta alba — Little egret photographed in Botswana

Pernis aviporus — European honey buzzard

Cyrcus pigargus — Montagu’s harrier, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Egretta alba — Great white egret in Orellana lake

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

Anas platyrhynchos — Male of mallard

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

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron in Badajoz

Phylloscopus bonelli — Western bonelli’s warbler, Chaz Jackson

Anthus Pratensis — Meadow Pipit

Porphyrio porphyrio — Purple swamphen in Badajoz city

Botaurus stellaris — Eurasian bittern

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag martin, Álvaro de las Heras

Emberiza hortulana — Ortolan bunting, Andrej chudy

Upupa epops — Eurasian hoopoe in Roca de la Sierra

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus — Sedge warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Eurasian reed warbler

Estrilda astrild — Common waxbill

Porzana porzana — Spotted crake

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

Pterocles orientalis — Black bellied sandgrouses in La Albuera

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in Badajoz dam

Milvus migrans — Black kite in Montánchez

Luscinia svecica — Bluethroat

Apus apus — Common swift

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot in Badajoz

Milvus milvus — Red kite in Campo Maior

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

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail

Chloris chloris — Greenfinch in Roca de la Sierra

Turdus iliacus — Redwing

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard in Badajoz

Rallus aquaticus — Water rail

Muscicapa striata — Spotted flycatcher, Rob Zweers

Birds of la Serena — Great bustard, Juan José Benitez

Erithacus rubecula — Beautiful robin

Turdus philomelos — Song thrush

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Hirundo rustica — Swallow

Cyanistes caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit, Ángel Cañones

Sylvia borin — Garden warbler, Billy Lindblom

Apus melba — Alpine swift, Álvaro de las Heras

Cuculus canorus — Common cuckoo, Fernando Mostacero

birding in Orellana — White stork in Orellana lake

Zapornia pusilla — Baillon’s crake

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch

birds of Arribes del Duero — Black stork

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl

Athene noctua — Little Owl in Alcántara

Cercotrichas galactotes — Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Cisticola juncidis — Zitting cisticola in Badajoz

Sturnus vulgaris — Common starling

Phyrrocorax phyrrocorax — Red-billed chough

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow, Imran Shah

Circus aeruginosus — Western marsh harrier, Álvaro de las Heras

Aythya fuligula — Tufted duck

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Tringa erythropus — Spotted redshank

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock thrush in Arroyo de San Servan

Gypaetus barbatus — Bearded vulture, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Tringa nebularia — Greenshank in Cabeza del Buey

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper

Otis tarda — Group of Great Bustards in a stubble field

Monticola saxatilis — Rock thrush, Imran Shah

Fringilla montifringilla — Brambling

Linaria cannabina — Common linnet in Badajoz

Falco columbarius — Merlin

Tyto alba — Wester barn-owl, Ángel Cañones

Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Bullfinch, Manuel Martin

Nycticorax nycticorax — Night Heron in Badajoz

Passer montanus — Eurasian tree sparrow

Strix Aluco — Tawny owl, Ángel Cañones

Top Birding — Picture taken from our boat

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in “Azud de Badajoz”

Ciconia nigra — Black Stork, Mariano Cordero

Sylvia cantillans — Eastern subalpine warbler

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Curruca conspicillata — Spectacled warbler, Frank vassen

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture in Hinojosa de Duero

Saxicola torquatus — Pair of european stonechat near Alburquerque

Grus grus — Common Crane young

Larus canus — Common gull

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthatch, Mariano Cordero

Corvus corone — Carrion crow

Picus viridis — European green woodpecker in Llera

Circaetus gallicus — Short toed snake eagle in Alcántara

Accipiter gentilis — Goshawk, Ángel Cañones

Pica pica — Eurasian magpie near Badajoz

Lullula arborea — Woodlark, Ángel Cañones

Aquila adalberti — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Anthus pratensis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Meadow pipit in Olivenza

Panurus biarmicus — Bearded reedling

Corvus corax

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weather near Badajoz

Locustella luscinioides — Savi’s warbler, Ron knight

Falco naumanni — Lesser kestrel, Álvaro de las Heras

Phasianus colchicus — common pheasant

Neophron percnopterus — Egyptian vulture in Arribes del Duero

Porzana parva — Little crake, Frans Vandewalle

Cinclus cinclus — White-throated dipper

Riparia riparia — Sand martin

Anthus campestris — Tawny pipit

Calidris alpina — Dunlin

Sylvia undata — Dartford warbler

Lophophanes cristatus — European crested tit, Ángel Cañones

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow

Petronia petronia — Rock sparrow, Ximo Galarza

Spatula clypeata — Northern shoveler in Badajoz city

Alectoris rufa — Red legged partridge in Badajoz

Regulus regulus — Goldcrest

Lanius collurio — Red-backed shrike

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Charadrius alexandrinus — Kentish plover

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthacht, Darryl Chen

Circus macrourus — Pallid harrier

Regulus ignicapilla — Common firecrest

birdwatching in Sierra de San Pedro — Eurasian eagle owl

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Spinus spinus — Eurasian siskin

Garrulus glandarius — Eurasian jay

Caprimulgus europaeus — European nightjar

Accipiter nisus — Common sparrowhawk, Álvaro de las Heras

Galerida theklae — Thekla Lark

Hieraaetus fasciatus — Bonelli’s eagle in Orellana lake

Calidris temminckii — Temminck’s stint

Merops apiaster — European bee eater

Glareola pratincola — Collared pratincole in La Albuera

Remiz pendulinus — Eurasian penduline tit

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon in flight, Pierre Marie Epiney

Ficedula hypoleuca — European pied flycatcher

Lymnocryptes minimus — Jack snipe, Tony Hisgett

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat female

Corvus monedula — Jackdaw in Orellana lake

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

Aegithalus caudatus — Long-tailed tit

Numenius arquata — Eurasian curlew

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting

Phylloscopus collybita — Mosquitero común en Badajoz

Tadorna ferruginea — Ruddy shelduck

Calidris ferruginea — Curlew sandpiper, Kev Chapman

Otis tarda — Great bustard near Badajoz

Apus caffer — White-rumped swift, Derek Keats

Ciconia ciconia — Couple of white storks

Acrocephalus arundinaceus — Great reed warbler

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Fernando Mostacero

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard in Badajoz

Motacilla alba — White wagtail in Badajoz

Phylloscopus trochilus — Willow warbler

Columba livia — Rock dove in Palacio tower

Netta rufina — Red-crested pochard

Turdus torquatus — Ring ouzel, Frank vassen

Aquila chrysaetos — Golden eagle near Valencia de las Torres

Phoenicurus phoenicurus — Common redstart female

Circus cyaneus — Hen harrier male near Badajoz

Galerida cristata — Crested lark in Alburquerque

Cyanopica cooki — Azure winged magpie in Zujar island

Pernis apivorus — European honey buzzard, Álvaro de las Heras

Phoenicopterus roseus — Group of Greater flamingos resting

Chroicocephalus ridibundus — Black headed gull in winter in Badajoz

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

Anthus trivialis — Tree pipit

turdus pilaris — Fieldfare

Phylloscopus ibericus — Iberian chiffchaff, Ferrán Pestaña

Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard, Manuel Martin

Alauda arvensis — Skylark in Castuera

Calidris alba — Sanderling with summer plumage

Ploceus cucullatus — Village weaver

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Álvaro de las Heras

Larus michahellis — Yellow-legged gull

Phalacrocorax carbo — Great cormorant in Orellana lake

Mareca strepera — Gadwall

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

Pluvialis apricaria — European golden plover in Villanueva del Fresno

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher, Jorge Lázaro

Grus grus — cranes in flight

Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting in Olivenza

Águila imperial — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Delichon urbica — Common house martin

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron in Orellana lake

Aegypius monachus — Pair of Cinereous vultures in Villar del Rey

Motacilla cinerea — Grey wagtail

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper in Badajoz

Calidris canutus — Red knot in may

Sterna hirundo — Common tern in flight

Aquila fasciata — Bonelli’s eagle

Galerida theklae — Thekla’s lark Frank Vassen

Circaetus gallicus

Gavia immer — Common loon in Orellana lake

Tachybaptus ruficollis — Little grebe, Ángel Cañones

Motacilla flava — Western yellow wagtail

Coccothraustes coccothraustes — Hawfinch in Arribes del Duero

Sternula albifrons — Little tern

Charadrius morinellus — Eurasian dotterel, Frank Vassen

Grus grus — Common crane near Badajoz

Egyptian goose in Orellana lake

Chlidonias niger — Black tern

Tringa glareola — Wood sandpiper

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

Sylvia communis — Common whitethroat

Anas penelope — Eurasian wigeon

Locustella naevia — Common grasshoper warbler

Galerida theklae — Thekla lark in Badajoz

Burhinus oedicnemus — Stone curlew in La Albuera

Anthus spinoletta — Water pipit

Oriolus oriolus — Golden oriole, Imran Shah

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

Serinus serinus — European serin in Malaga

Prunella collaris — Alpine accentor, Álvaro de las Heras

Parus major, forest birds — Great tit in Badajoz

Coracias garrulus — European roller in Los Llanos de Cáceres

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

Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren

Clamator glandarius — great spotted cuckoo

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

Platalea leucorodia — Eurasian Spoonbill

Luscinia megarhynchos — Common nightingale

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

Marsh sandpiper

Calidris minuta — Little stint

Caprimulgus ruficollis — Red-necked nightjar

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

Taeniopygia guttata — Zebra finch

Periparus ater — Coal tit

Prunella modularis — Dunnock

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

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