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.

Neophron percnopterus — Egyptian vulture in Arribes del Duero

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Anas platyrhynchos — Male of mallard

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon photographed in one of our outings in La Serena, winter 2025

Numenius arquata — Eurasian curlew

Galerida cristata — Crested lark in Alburquerque

Turdus merula — Common blackbird in a park

Gypaetus barbatus — Bearded vulture, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Phasianus colchicus — common pheasant

Porzana parva — Little crake, Frans Vandewalle

Locustella naevia — Common grasshoper warbler

Tetrax tetrax — Little bustard in Badajoz

Luscinia svecica — Bluethroat

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling in Acedera

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

Accipiter nisus — Sparrowhawk photographed at the Falsterbo Bird Show 2026

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail

Oenanthe oenanthe — Northern weather near Badajoz

Asio otus — Long-eared owl, Ángel Cañones

Regulus regulus — Goldcrest

Chlidonias hybrida — Whiskered tern

Charadrius alexandrinus — Kentish plover

Coccothraustes coccothraustes — Hawfinch in Arribes del Duero

birdwatching in Sierra de San Pedro — Eurasian eagle owl

Caprimulgus ruficollis — Red-necked nightjar

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

Lullula arborea — Woodlark, Ángel Cañones

Aquila chrysaetos — Golden eagle near Valencia de las Torres

Coracias abyssinicus — Abyssinian roller that we were able to photograph on our trip to Senegal in 2025.

Neophron percnopterus, birds of Arribes del Duero — The Egyptian Vulture is another of the most valuable birds in Arribes

Ardea goliath — In June 2025 we could see the world’s largest heron, Goliath heron.

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper

Phylloscopus bonelli — Western bonelli’s warbler, Chaz Jackson

Egretta garzetta — Little Egret

Acrocephalus scirpaceus — Eurasian reed warbler

Prunella collaris — Alpine accentor, Álvaro de las Heras

Gallinago gallinago — Common snipe

Phylloscopus trochilus — Willow warbler

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey, Álvaro de las Heras

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Álvaro de las Heras

Clamator glandarius — great spotted cuckoo

Coracias garrulus — European roller in Los Llanos de Cáceres

Euplectes afer — Yellow-crowned bishop

Sylvia atricapilla — Eurasian blackcap, Ángel Cañones

Cyanopica cooki — Azure winged magpie in Zujar island

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

Otis tarda — Great bustards in La Serena

Sitta europaea — Nuthatch in a nest box

Corvus corax

Platalea leucorodia — Gorgeous spoonbill in Orellana

Corvus corone — Young carrion crow

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag martin, Álvaro de las Heras

Egyptian goose in Orellana lake

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat female

Calidris canutus — Red knot in may

Calidris ferruginea — Curlew sandpiper, Kev Chapman

birds of Arribes del Duero — Black stork

Phoenicopterus roseus — Group of Greater flamingos resting

Burhinus oedicnemus — Stone curlew in La Albuera

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck

Melanocorypha calandra — Calandra lark

Larus melanocephalus — Mediterranean gull

Loxia curvirostra — Red crossbill

Locustella luscinioides — Savi’s warbler, Ron knight

Apus pallidus — Pallid swift

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

Aythya ferina — Common pochard

Phoenicopterus roseus, boat birding — Even the flamingos will allow us to get close enough for photos.

Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark, Ron Knight

Ciconia nigra — Black Stork, Mariano Cordero

Anthus spinoletta — Water pipit

Monticola solitarius — Blue rock thrush in Arroyo de San Servan

Passer montanus — Eurasian tree sparrow

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl, Ángel Cañones

Certhia brachydactyla — Short-toed treecreeper in a pine

Ciconia ciconia — Couple of white storks

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow, Imran Shah

Galerida theklae — Thekla’s lark Frank Vassen

Alauda arvensis — Skylark in Castuera

Aythya nyroca — Ferruginous duck

Porphyrio porphyrio — Purple swamphen in Badajoz city

Chroicocephalus ridibundus — Black headed gull in winter in Badajoz

Sturnus vulgaris — Common starling

Strix Aluco — Tawny owl, Ángel Cañones

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen in Badajoz

Pandion haliaetus — Osprey in Orellana lake, Nacho Pardo

Sturnus unicolor — Spotless starling on top of a roof

Monticola solitarius, birds of Arribes del Duero — Small birds such as the solitary rock thrush are also a major attraction in the area.

Gallinula chloropus — Common moorhen

Riparia riparia — Sand martin

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

Lophophanes cristatus — European crested tit, Ángel Cañones

Pluvialis apricaria — European golden plover in Villanueva del Fresno

Aquila adalberti — Spanish imperial eagle in November 2024

Pluvialis squatarola — Grey plover

Cisticola juncidis — Zitting cisticola in Badajoz

Tachybaptus ruficollis — Little grebe, Ángel Cañones

Muscicapa striata — Spotted flycatcher, Rob Zweers

Larus michahellis — Yellow-legged gull

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot in Badajoz

Fulica atra — Eurasian coot

Bubulcus ibis — Cattle egret

Dendrocopos minor — Lesser spotted woodpecker

Turdus torquatus — Ring ouzel, Frank vassen

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo near Badajoz city

Anthus trivialis — Tree pipit

Charadrius hiaticula — Common ringed plover

Galerida theklae — Thekla Lark

Pterocles alchata — Pin-tailed sandgrouses in flight

Monticola solitarius — The blue rock thrush, one of the most sought-after birds

Corvus monedula — Jackdaw in Orellana lake

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

Birds of la Serena — Great bustard, Juan José Benitez

Erithacus rubecula — Beautiful robin

Águila imperial — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Plegadis falcinellus — Glossy ibis in Guadiana river, near Badajoz

Saxicola torquatus — Pair of european stonechat near Alburquerque

Remiz pendulinus — Eurasian penduline tit

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax — Red-billed choughs on a roof

Emblematic birds of Extremadura — Common crane in Cabeza del Buey

Regulus ignicapilla — Common firecrest

Aquila fasciata — Bonelli’s eagle

Ciconia nigra — Black stork in Garcia Sola lake

Fringilla coelebs — Common chaffinch

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

Grus grus — cranes in flight

Grus grus — Common crane near Badajoz

Carduelis carduelis — European goldfinch in Badajoz

Tringa erythropus — Spotted redshank

Pelecanus onocrotalus — Great White Pelican in nuptial plumage at La Somone. Birds of Senegal, summer 2025.

Falco peregrinus — Peregrin falcon in flight, Pierre Marie Epiney

Emberiza hortulana — Ortolan bunting, Andrej chudy

Anas clypeata — Northern shoveler

Lymnocryptes minimus — Jack snipe, Tony Hisgett

Buteo buteo — Common buzzard in Badajoz

Oriolus oriolus — Golden oriole, Imran Shah

Estrilda astrild — Common waxbill

birding in Orellana — White stork in Orellana lake

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

Troglodytes troglodytes — Eurasian wren

Passer domesticus — House sparrow female

Parus caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit in Lumbrales

Streptopelia turtur — European turtle dove in Palazuelo

Acrocephalus arundinaceus — Great reed warbler

Anser anser — Greylag goose

Eurasian tree sparrow in Badajoz city, March 2026

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher in Orellana lake

Ardea cinerea — Grey heron in Badajoz

Saxicola rubetra — Whinchat in Alburquerque

Accipiter gentilis — Goshawk, Ángel Cañones

Sylvia melanocephala — Sardinian warbler in Badajoz

Falco tinnunculus — Common kestrel female in Badajoz

Mareca strepera — Gadwall

Circus cyaneus — Hen harrier male near Badajoz

Milvus milvus — Red kite in Campo Maior

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

Athene noctua — Little Owl in Alcántara

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

Periparus ater — Coal tit

Sylvia communis — Common whitethroat

Cyanistes caeruleus — Eurasian blue tit, Ángel Cañones

Anthus pratensis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Meadow pipit in Olivenza

Falco subbuteo — Eurasian hobby

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo

Aegypius monachus — Pair of Cinereous vultures in Villar del Rey

Cecropis daurica — Red-rumped swallow

Cettia cetti — Cetti’s warbler

Lanius collurio — Red-backed shrike

Lanius meridionalis — Iberian grey shrike in Gargáligas

Nycticorax nycticorax — Night Heron in Badajoz

Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Crag matin in Campo Maior

Sterna hirundo — Common tern in flight

Parus major, forest birds — Great tit in Badajoz

Cinclus cinclus — White-throated dipper

Emberiza schoeniclus — Common reed bunting, Artur Rydzewski

Apus melba — Alpine swift, Álvaro de las Heras

Ixobrychus minutus — Little bittern

Otis tarda — Group of Great Bustards in a stubble field

Larus michahellis — Adult of yellow legged gull

Netta rufina — Red crested pochard, Curro Ramirez

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Porzana porzana — Spotted crake

Pterocles orientalis — Black bellied sandgrouses in La Albuera

Aquila fasciata — Sometimes we experience unique moments, like this family of partridge hunters in May 2026

Apus apus — Common swift

Ficedula hypoleuca — European pied flycatcher

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting

Zapornia pusilla — Baillon’s crake

Limosa limosa — Black-tailed Godwit in Bahía de Cádiz, january 2026

Saxicola torquatus — Common Stonechat male

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Cabeza del Buey

Charadrius dubius — Little ringed plover in Orellana lake

Anthus Pratensis — Meadow Pipit

Gelochelidon nilotica — Gull billed tern young

Pica pica — Eurasian magpie near Badajoz

Columba livia — Rock dove in Palacio tower

Tyto alba — Wester barn-owl, Ángel Cañones

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

Anas platyrhynchos — Mallard, Manuel Martin

Oriolus oriolus — Beautiful male oriole photographed in the hides of Otistea experiences in La Siberia

Upupa epops — Eurasian hoopoe in Roca de la Sierra

Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Clamator glandarius — Great spotted cuckoo, spotted during one of our trips with clients near Badajoz in 2025

Marsh sandpiper

Waterfowl of Extremadura — Black stork in Orellana, David Ferrington

Gavia immer — Common loon in Orellana lake

Emberiza cirlus — Cirl bunting female

Otus scops — Scops owl, Ángel Cañones

Anas penelope — Eurasian wigeon

Bubo bubo — Eurasian eagle-owl

Larus canus — Common gull

Coracias caudatus — Lilac breasted roller is gorgeous

Turdus viscivorus — Mistle thrush, Ángel Cañones

Calidris alpina — Dunlin

Picus viridis — European green woodpecker in Llera

Alcedo atthis — Common kingfisher, Jorge Lázaro

Athene noctua — Little owl mating, Hilary Hoe

Spinus spinus — Eurasian siskin

Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting in Olivenza

Aegypius monachus — Cinereous vulture near Aliseda

Milvus migrans — Black kite in Montánchez

Himantopus himantopus — Beautiful young specimen

Scolopax rustícola — Eurasian woodcock

birding in Extremadura — Spoonbill in Orellana lake

Luscinia megarhynchos — Common nightingale

Cyrcus pigargus — Montagu’s harrier, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Rallus aquaticus — Water rail

Chloris chloris — Greenfinch in Roca de la Sierra

Hieraaetus fasciatus — Bonelli’s eagle in Orellana lake

Platalea leucorodia — Eurasian Spoonbill

Motacilla alba — White wagtail in Badajoz

Sternula albifrons — Little tern in Orellana lake

Hieraaetus pennatus, — Booted eagle in Orellana la Sierra

Podiceps cristatus — Great crested grebe in La Albuera

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

Hirundo rustica — Barn swallow in Orellana lake

Birding in Extremadura — Courtship of two Hoopoes

Vanellus senegallus — Wattled Lapwing in Sine Saloum

Prunella modularis — Dunnock

Circaetus gallicus

Aquila chrisaetos — Golden eagle in Otistea hides

Merops apiaster — European bee eater

Lophoceros nasutus — African grey hornbill resting in a branch

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus — Sedge warbler

Glareola pratincola — Collared pratincole in La Albuera

Tringa nebularia — Greenshank in Cabeza del Buey

Vanellus vanellus — Peewit

Grus grus — Common Crane young

Hippolais polyglotta — Melodious warbler

Amandava amandava — Red avadavat

10 emblematic birds of Extremadura — Black vultures drinking in Orellana

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

Steppe birds, Calandrella brachydactyla — Greater short-toed lark in Cabeza del Buey, may 2025

Porphyrio porphyrio — The purple swamphen is one of the most beautiful water birds in Extremadura.

Aquila adalberti — Imperial eagle, Ángel Cañones

Aquila adalberti — The imperial eagle, one of the icons of the mountain range

Aquila fasciata, birds of Arribes del Duero — Bonelli eagle, one of the jewels of the park

Circus aeruginosus — Marsh Harrier, a regular at Extremadura lakes

Hieraaetus pennatus — Booted eagle in Cáceres

Lanius collurio, Pie-grièche écorcheur, Grauwe klauwier — Red-backed shrike female

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture in Hinojosa de Duero

Monticola saxatilis — Rock thrush, Imran Shah

Lullula arborea — Woodlark in Arribes del Duero

Passer hispanoliensis — Spanish sparrow near Badajoz

Galerida theklae — Thekla lark in Badajoz

Elanus caeruleus — A black-winged kite photographed during one of our trips in May 2025, Ribera del Fresno

Phasianus colchicus — Common pheasant entering the undergrowth

Coturnix coturnix — Common quail near Badajoz city, july 2025

Serinus serinus — European serin in Malaga

Oena capensis — Namaqua dove is one of the most curious turtledoves to be seen in Senegal.

Dendrocopos major — Great spotted woodpecker, Fernando Mostacero

Charadrius morinellus — Eurasian dotterel, Frank Vassen

Accipiter nisus — Common sparrowhawk, Álvaro de las Heras

Tadorna ferruginea — Ruddy shelduck

Cercotrichas galactotes — Rufous-tailed scrub robin

Tadorna tadorna — Common shelduck in Canchales lake

Apus caffer — White-rumped swift, Derek Keats

Cuculus canorus — Common cuckoo, Fernando Mostacero

Egretta alba — Great white egret in Orellana lake

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

Columba oenas — Stock dove

Ardea purpurea — Purple heron in Orellana lake

Tringa ochropus — Green sandpiper in Badajoz

Chlidonias niger — Black tern

turdus pilaris — Fieldfare

Actitis hypoleucos — Common sandpiper in Badajoz

Ploceus cucullatus — Village weaver

Taeniopygia guttata — Zebra finch

Larus fuscus — Lesser black backed gull in Orellana lake

Jynx torquilla — Eurasian wryneck, Jorge Lázaro

Motacilla flava — Western yellow wagtail

Linaria cannabina — Common linnet in Badajoz

Botaurus stellaris — Eurasian bittern

Sterna nilotica — Gull billed terns in Orellana. Spring 2025

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in “Azud de Badajoz”

Curruca conspicillata — Spectacled warbler, Frank vassen

Anas acuta — Northern pintail

Falco peregrinus — Peregrine falcon in Garcia Sola

Phylloscopus ibericus — Iberian chiffchaff, Ferrán Pestaña

Garrulus glandarius — Eurasian jay

Ardeola ralloides — Squacco heron in Badajoz dam

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

Corvus corone — Carrion crow

Petronia petronia — Rock sparrow, Ximo Galarza

Anthus campestris — Tawny pipit

Motacilla flava — Yellow wagtail in Orellana, by David Ferrington

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

Top Birding — Picture taken from our boat

Sternula albifrons — Little tern

Podiceps nigricollis — Black-necked grebe

Phalacrocorax carbo — Great cormorant in Orellana lake

Gypaetus barbatus — Young bearded vulture

Platalea leucorodia — Spatula in Orellana lake in spring

Delichon urbica — Common house martin

Sylvia undata — Dartford warbler

Spatula clypeata — Northern shoveler in Badajoz city

birding in La Serena — Imperial eagle juvenile

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

Recurvirostra avosetta — Pied avocet with chick

Sylvia cantillans — Eastern subalpine warbler

Chlidonias niger — Black tern in Orellana, a rare sighting

Motacilla cinerea — Grey wagtail

Spatula querquedula — Garganey

Sylvia borin — Garden warbler, Billy Lindblom

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

Turdus iliacus — Redwing

Falco columbarius — Merlin

Netta rufina — Red-crested pochard

Phyrrocorax phyrrocorax — Red-billed chough

Gyps fulvus — Griffon vulture feeding on a deer carcass

Columba palumbus — Common wood pigeon in Canchales lake

Aegithalus caudatus — Long-tailed tit

Otis tarda — Great bustard near Badajoz

Montagu’s harrier male in Otistea hides

Sylvia hortensis — Western orphean warbler

Streptopelia decaocto — Eurasian collared dove

Fringilla montifringilla — Brambling

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

Aythya fuligula — Tufted duck

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

Pernis aviporus — European honey buzzard

Alectoris rufa — Red legged partridge in Badajoz

Pyrrhula pyrrhula — Bullfinch, Manuel Martin

Calidris alba — Sanderling with summer plumage

Tringa glareola — Wood sandpiper

Turdus philomelos — Song thrush

Caprimulgus europaeus — European nightjar

Lanius meridionalis, Mediterranean mountain birds — Iberian grey shrike

Oenanthe Leucura — Black wheatear, Álvaro de las Heras

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

Steppe birds, Emberiza calandra — Corn bunting near Badajoz city

Circaetus gallicus — Short toed snake eagle in Alcántara

Phylloscopus collybita — Mosquitero común en Badajoz

Panurus biarmicus — Bearded reedling

Egretta alba — Little egret photographed in Botswana

Calidris temminckii — Temminck’s stint

Sitta europaea — Eurasian nuthacht, Darryl Chen

Tringa totanus — Common redshank

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

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

Phoenicurus phoenicurus — Common redstart female

Anas crecca — Eurasian teal

Calidris minuta — Little stint

Halcyon leucocephala — The Grey headed Kingfisher is a kingfisher that we saw in Palmarín in the summer of 2025.

Circus macrourus — Pallid harrier

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