Southern France Paris, Le Teich and the Camargue
English Name Latin Name
PODICIPEDIDAE Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
PHALACROCORACIDAE Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
ARDEIDAE Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Little Egret Egretta garzetta Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
CICONIIDAE White Stork Ciconia ciconia
THRESKIORNITHIDAE Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
PHOENICOPTERIDAE Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
ANATIDAE Mute Swan Cygnus olor Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Common Pochard Aythya ferina Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
ACCIPITRIDAE Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus Black Kite Milvus milvus
FALCONIDAE European/Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
RALLIDAE Common Moorhen Gallinule chloropus Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
CHARADRIIDAE Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1
SCOLOPACIDAE Common Sandpiper Actitis (Tringa) hypoleucos Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Common Redshank Tringa totanus Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
LARIDAE Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus Yellow-legged Gull Larus cacchinans Herring Gull Larus argentatus
STERNINAE Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Common Tern Sterna hirundo Black Tern Chlidonias niger
COLUMBIDAE Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Stock Dove Columba oenas Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
ALAUDIDAE Crested Skylark Galerida cristata
APODIDAE Common Swift Apus apus Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
HIRUNDINIDAE Sand Martin Riparia riparia Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Eurasian Crag Martin Hirundo (Ptyonoprogne) rupestris Northern/Common House Martin Delichon urbica
MOTACILLIDAE Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava White/Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
PRUNELLIDAE Dunnock/Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis
TURDIDAE Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos European Robin Erithacus rubecula Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Common Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
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Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata
SYLVIIDAE Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Goldcrest Regulus regulus
MUSCICAPIDAE European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
AEGITHALIDAE Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
PARIDAE Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Parus caeruleus Coal Tit Parus ater Marsh Tit Parus palustris Crested Tit Parus cristatus
SITTIDAE Eurasian/Wood Nuthatch Sitta europaea
TROGLODYTIDAE Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
CORVINAE Common Raven Corvus corax Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Corvus monedula Black-billed/Common Magpie Pica pica European Jay Garrulus glandarius
STURNIDAE European/Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
PASSERIDAE House Sparrow Passer domesticus Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
FRINGILLIDAE Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
List compiled by Kaiyote Snow 86 Birds - updated January 2019
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