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Checklist - Seabird migration, Finnmark, Varanger - May Finnmark, Varanger Velvet Scoter Hen Harrier Common Goldeneye Common Crane and Pasvik, May Smew Eurasian Oystercatcher The number of species will increase in the last part of May, while the seabird Red-breasted Merganser Common Ringed Plover migration peaks in the middle. Goosander Eurasian Golden Plover Whooper Swan Rock Ptarmigan Eurasian Dotterel Greylag Goose Willow Grouse Northern Lapwing Taiga Bean Goose Black Grouse Turnstone Tundra Bean Goose Capercaillie Red Knot Greater White-fronted Goose Red- throated Diver Dunlin Barnacle Goose Black-throated Diver Broad-billed Sandpiper Brent White-billed Diver Curlew Sandpiper Common Shelduck Great northern Diver Little Stint Eurasian Teal Northern Fulmar Temminck`s stint Eurasian Wigeon Gannet Purple Sandpiper Mallard European Shag Sanderling Northern Shoveler Great Cormorant Ruff Tufted Duck White-tailed Eagle Common Sandpiper Greater Scaup Golden Eagle Wood Sandpiper Common Eider Rough-legged Buzzard Redshank King Eider European Kestrel Spotted-Redshank Steller`s Eider Merlin Greenshank Long-tailed Duck Peregrine Falcon Red-necked Phalarope Common Scoter Gyr Falcon Common Snipe E-MAIL PHONE WEB [email protected] +47 976 87 472 www.birdwatchingnorway.net 2 Jack Snipe Wood Pigeon Bluethroat Eurasian Woodcock “Feral Dove” Common Redstart Eurasian Whimbrel Common Cuckoo Whinchat Curlew Northern Hawk Owl Northern Wheatear Bar-tailed Godwit Short-eared Owl Ring Ouzl Arctic Skua Great Spotted Woodpecker Mistle Thrush Long-tailed -
Hungary & Transylvania
Although we had many exciting birds, the ‘Bird of the trip’ was Wallcreeper in 2015. (János Oláh) HUNGARY & TRANSYLVANIA 14 – 23 MAY 2015 LEADER: JÁNOS OLÁH Central and Eastern Europe has a great variety of bird species including lots of special ones but at the same time also offers a fantastic variety of different habitats and scenery as well as the long and exciting history of the area. Birdquest has operated tours to Hungary since 1991, being one of the few pioneers to enter the eastern block. The tour itinerary has been changed a few times but nowadays the combination of Hungary and Transylvania seems to be a settled and well established one and offers an amazing list of European birds. This tour is a very good introduction to birders visiting Europe for the first time but also offers some difficult-to-see birds for those who birded the continent before. We had several tour highlights on this recent tour but certainly the displaying Great Bustards, a majestic pair of Eastern Imperial Eagle, the mighty Saker, the handsome Red-footed Falcon, a hunting Peregrine, the shy Capercaillie, the elusive Little Crake and Corncrake, the enigmatic Ural Owl, the declining White-backed Woodpecker, the skulking River and Barred Warblers, a rare Sombre Tit, which was a write-in, the fluty Red-breasted and Collared Flycatchers and the stunning Wallcreeper will be long remembered. We recorded a total of 214 species on this short tour, which is a respectable tally for Europe. Amongst these we had 18 species of raptors, 6 species of owls, 9 species of woodpeckers and 15 species of warblers seen! Our mammal highlight was undoubtedly the superb views of Carpathian Brown Bears of which we saw ten on a single afternoon! 1 BirdQuest Tour Report: Hungary & Transylvania 2015 www.birdquest-tours.com We also had a nice overview of the different habitats of a Carpathian transect from the Great Hungarian Plain through the deciduous woodlands of the Carpathian foothills to the higher conifer-covered mountains. -
A Black Kite Milvus Migrans on the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 23(1), 31-35 March 2015 A Black Kite Milvus migrans on the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil Guilherme T. Nunes1,2,6, Lilian S. Hoffmann3, Bruno C. L. Macena4,5, Glayson A. Bencke3 and Leandro Bugoni1 1 Laboratório de Aves Aquáticas e Tartarugas Marinhas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, CP 474, CEP 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. 2 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, CP 474, CEP 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. 3 Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, CEP 90690-000, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. 4 Laboratório de Oceanografia Pesqueira, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco – UFRPE, CEP 52171- 900, Recife, PE, Brazil. 5 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Oceanografia, Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – UFPE, CEP 50740-550, Recife, PE, Brazil. 6 Corresponding author: [email protected] Received on 17 November 2014. Accepted on 16 March 2015. ABSTRACT: The lB ack Kite Milvus migrans is a widespread migratory raptor found over much of the Old World. Vagrants have been widely recorded far from its main migratory routes. Here, we report the occurrence of a Black Kite in the Brazilian Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (SPSPA) in April/May 2014. The bird remained for 32 days in the SPSPA, disappearing at the end of the rainy season. It looked healthy for most of this period and was once seen preying on a seabird chick. -
Nesting Habitat and Breeding Success of Fulica Atra in Tree Wetlands in Fez's Region, Central Morocco
J Anim Behav Biometeorol (2020) 8:282-287 ISSN 2318-1265 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Nesting habitat and breeding success of Fulica atra in tree wetlands in Fez’s region, central Morocco Wafae Squalli ▪ Ismail Mansouri ▪ Mohamed Dakki ▪ Fatima Fadil W Squalli (Corresponding author) ▪ I Mansouri ▪ F Fadil M Dakki Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Genie of Environment, Laboratory of Geo-biodiversity and Natural Heritage, Faculty of sciences and technology, USMBA, Fez, Morocco. Scientific Institute, Mohammed V University, Av. Ibn Battota, 10 BP 703, Rabat, Morocco. email: [email protected] Received: June 07, 2020 ▪ Accepted: July 15, 2020 ▪ Published Online: August 06, 2020 Abstract The current study was intended to investigate the in part, by interspecific (Fretwell and Lucas 1969; Jones 2001) breeding habitats and ecology of the Eurasian coot Fulica atra and intraspecific interactions (Morris 1989), climate contrast in Fez region Morocco. To achieve our goals, nests were (Martin 2001), and habitat degradation (Feary et al 2007). monitored in three wetlands Oued Al Jawahir river, Mahraz Understanding the dissimilarity between adaptive and and El Gaada dams. In addition, nesting vegetation and nest’s maladaptive animal use of habitat is needed for any dimensions were analysed to characterise the Eurasian coot conservation issue because animal use of inadequate habitat is nests. As results, 46 nests (74%) were found in Oued al counter to conservation drives (Case and Taper 2000). Jawahir, compared with 15 nests (24%) in Mahraz dam. In El Because species conservation worry often occurs in disturbed Gaada dam only 2 nests were built by the Eurasian coots. On habitats (Belaire et al 2014), patterns in habitat use in these the other hand, all nests were built on the riparian vegetation species may not always be revealing of the habitat conditions of the river and dams. -
The Circumnavigation of Sicily Bird List -- September 26
The Circumnavigation of Sicily Bird List -- September 26 - October 8, 2017 Produced by Jim Wilson Date of sighting in September and October 2017 Key for Locations on Page 2 Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos X Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto X X X X X X X X X Feral Pigeon Columba livia X X X X X X X X X X Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo X X X Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus X X X X X X Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis X X X X X X X X X X Northern House Martin Delichon urbicum X X X X X X X European Robin Erithacus rubecula X X Woodpigeon Columba palumbus X X X X X X X X X Common Coot Fulica atra X X X Grey Heron Ardea cinerea X X X X X Common Tern Sterna hirundo X Bonnelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata X X X Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo X X X X X Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus X X X X X X X X Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo X Eurasian Magpie Pica pica X X X X X X X X Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula X X X X X X X X X Dunnock Prunella modularis X Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis X X X X X X X X European Greenfinch Chloris chloris X X X Common Linnet Linaria cannabina X X Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus X X X X X X X X Sand Martin Riparia riparia X Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica X X X X X X X X X Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus X Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans X X X X Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes X X X Spotless Starling Spotless Starling X X X X X X X X Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala X X X X -
Best of the Baltic - Bird List - July 2019 Note: *Species Are Listed in Order of First Seeing Them ** H = Heard Only
Best of the Baltic - Bird List - July 2019 Note: *Species are listed in order of first seeing them ** H = Heard Only July 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th Mute Swan Cygnus olor X X X X X X X X Whopper Swan Cygnus cygnus X X X X Greylag Goose Anser anser X X X X X Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis X X X Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula X X X X Common Eider Somateria mollissima X X X X X X X X Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula X X X X X X Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator X X X X X Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo X X X X X X X X X X Grey Heron Ardea cinerea X X X X X X X X X Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus X X X X White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla X X X X Eurasian Coot Fulica atra X X X X X X X X Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus X X X X X X X Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus X X X X X X X X X X X X European Herring Gull Larus argentatus X X X X X X X X X X X X Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus X X X X X X X X X X X X Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus X X X X X X X X X X X X Common/Mew Gull Larus canus X X X X X X X X X X X X Common Tern Sterna hirundo X X X X X X X X X X X X Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea X X X X X X X Feral Pigeon ( Rock) Columba livia X X X X X X X X X X X X Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus X X X X X X X X X X X Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto X X X Common Swift Apus apus X X X X X X X X X X X X Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica X X X X X X X X X X X Common House Martin Delichon urbicum X X X X X X X X White Wagtail Motacilla alba X X -
Modern Birds Classification System Tinamiformes
6.1.2011 Classification system • Subclass: Neornites (modern birds) – Superorder: Paleognathae, Neognathae Modern Birds • Paleognathae – two orders, 49 species • Struthioniformes—ostriches, emus, kiwis, and allies • Tinamiformes—tinamous Ing. Jakub Hlava Department of Zoology and Fisheries CULS Tinamiformes • flightless • Dwarf Tinamou • consists of about 47 species in 9 genera • Dwarf Tinamou ‐ 43 g (1.5 oz) and 20 cm (7.9 in) • Gray Tinamou ‐ 2.3 kg (5.1 lb) 53 cm (21 in) • small fruits and seeds, leaves, larvae, worms, and mollusks • Gray Tinamou 1 6.1.2011 Struthioniformes Struthioniformes • large, flightless birds • Ostrich • most of them now extinct • Cassowary • chicks • Emu • adults more omnivorous or insectivorous • • adults are primarily vegetarian (digestive tracts) Kiwi • Emus have a more omnivorous diet, including insects and other small animals • kiwis eat earthworms, insects, and other similar creatures Neognathae Galloanserae • comprises 27 orders • Anseriformes ‐ waterfowl (150) • 10,000 species • Galliformes ‐ wildfowl/landfowl (250+) • Superorder Galloanserae (fowl) • Superorder Neoaves (higher neognaths) 2 6.1.2011 Anseriformes (screamers) Anatidae (dablling ducks) • includes ducks, geese and swans • South America • cosmopolitan distribution • Small group • domestication • Large, bulky • hunted animals‐ food and recreation • Small head, large feet • biggest genus (40‐50sp.) ‐ Anas Anas shoveler • mallards (wild ducks) • pintails • shlhovelers • wigeons • teals northern pintail wigeon male (Eurasian) 3 6.1.2011 Tadorninae‐ -
Niche Analysis and Conservation of Bird Species Using Urban Core Areas
sustainability Article Niche Analysis and Conservation of Bird Species Using Urban Core Areas Vasilios Liordos 1,* , Jukka Jokimäki 2 , Marja-Liisa Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki 2, Evangelos Valsamidis 1 and Vasileios J. Kontsiotis 1 1 Department of Forest and Natural Environment Sciences, International Hellenic University, 66100 Drama, Greece; [email protected] (E.V.); [email protected] (V.J.K.) 2 Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland; jukka.jokimaki@ulapland.fi (J.J.); marja-liisa.kaisanlahti@ulapland.fi (M.-L.K.-J.) * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: Knowing the ecological requirements of bird species is essential for their successful con- servation. We studied the niche characteristics of birds in managed small-sized green spaces in the urban core areas of southern (Kavala, Greece) and northern Europe (Rovaniemi, Finland), during the breeding season, based on a set of 16 environmental variables and using Outlying Mean Index, a multivariate ordination technique. Overall, 26 bird species in Kavala and 15 in Rovaniemi were recorded in more than 5% of the green spaces and were used in detailed analyses. In both areas, bird species occupied different niches of varying marginality and breadth, indicating varying responses to urban environmental conditions. Birds showed high specialization in niche position, with 12 species in Kavala (46.2%) and six species in Rovaniemi (40.0%) having marginal niches. Niche breadth was narrower in Rovaniemi than in Kavala. Species in both communities were more strongly associated either with large green spaces located further away from the city center and having a high vegetation cover (urban adapters; e.g., Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), European Greenfinch (Chloris Citation: Liordos, V.; Jokimäki, J.; chloris Cyanistes caeruleus Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, M.-L.; ), Eurasian Blue Tit ( )) or with green spaces located closer to the city center Valsamidis, E.; Kontsiotis, V.J. -
Phylogeny of the Eurasian Wren Nannus Troglodytes
PLOS ONE RESEARCH ARTICLE Phylogeny of the Eurasian Wren Nannus troglodytes (Aves: Passeriformes: Troglodytidae) reveals deep and complex diversification patterns of Ibero-Maghrebian and Cyrenaican populations 1 2 3 4 1 Frederik AlbrechtID *, Jens Hering , Elmar Fuchs , Juan Carlos Illera , Flora Ihlow , 5 5 6 7 a1111111111 Thomas J. ShannonID , J. Martin CollinsonID , Michael Wink , Jochen Martens , a1111111111 Martin PaÈckert1 a1111111111 a1111111111 1 Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Senckenberg|Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, 2 Verein SaÈchsischer Ornithologen e. a1111111111 V., Limbach-Oberfrohna, Saxony, Germany, 3 Verein SaÈchsischer Ornithologen e.V., Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, 4 Research Unit of Biodiversity (UO-CSIC-PA), Oviedo University, Asturias, Spain, 5 School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, 6 Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Baden- WuÈrttemberg, Germany, 7 Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany OPEN ACCESS Citation: Albrecht F, Hering J, Fuchs E, Illera JC, * [email protected] Ihlow F, Shannon TJ, et al. (2020) Phylogeny of the Eurasian Wren Nannus troglodytes (Aves: Passeriformes: Troglodytidae) reveals deep and complex diversification patterns of Ibero- Abstract Maghrebian and Cyrenaican populations. PLoS The Mediterranean Basin represents a Global Biodiversity Hotspot where many organisms ONE 15(3): e0230151. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0230151 show high inter- and intraspecific differentiation. Extant phylogeographic patterns of terres- trial circum-Mediterranean faunas were mainly shaped through Pleistocene range shifts and Editor: èukasz Kajtoch, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals Polish Academy of range fragmentations due to retreat into different glacial refugia. -
Eurasian Coot Fulica Atra Eating Waterbird Faeces
AUSTRALIAN 150 PHILLIPPS: Eumsian Coot Eating Waterbird Faeces BIRD WATCHER Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Eating Waterbird Faeces -W.M.R. Plate 20 I have regularly watched Dusky Moorhens Gallinula tenebrosa at Albert Park Lake in metropolitan Melbourne engaged in the behaviour described by Starks & Peter (1991). There.are several small jetties at the north end of the lake which are used as roosts by many birds, including Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa, Eurasian Coot Fulica atra, Little Pied Phalacrocorax melanoleucos and Little Black P. sulcirostris Cormorants, and Silver Gulls Larus novaehollandiae. Frequently each jetty also has one or two Dusky Moorhens which systematically work it for the droppings of any of the roosting birds. On 21 July 1991, at about 0800 h, I was watching the birds on one of these jetties. There were about 20 Coots, 20 Silver Gulls and 12 Black Ducks. As usual there was a couple of scavenging Moorhens as well. Most of the Coots were simply roosting, but three of them were behaving much as the Moorhens were, attempting to pick up droppings from the timber planking by laying their heads to one side in order to scoop up the semi-solid morsels with the sides of their bills. Though their techniques were similar, the efforts of the Coots seemed clumsier and less effective than those of the Moorhens. There was one apparent agonistic encounter between the two species when a Coot and a Moorhen approached the same dropping from opposite directions. The Moorhen stretched out its neck and lunged at the Coot, which backed away. -
Troglodytidae Species Tree
Troglodytidae I Rock Wren, Salpinctes obsoletus Canyon Wren, Catherpes mexicanus Sumichrast’s Wren, Hylorchilus sumichrasti Nava’s Wren, Hylorchilus navai Salpinctinae Nightingale Wren / Northern Nightingale-Wren, Microcerculus philomela Scaly-breasted Wren / Southern Nightingale-Wren, Microcerculus marginatus Flutist Wren, Microcerculus ustulatus Wing-banded Wren, Microcerculus bambla ?Gray-mantled Wren, Odontorchilus branickii Odontorchilinae Tooth-billed Wren, Odontorchilus cinereus Bewick’s Wren, Thryomanes bewickii Carolina Wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus Thrush-like Wren, Campylorhynchus turdinus Stripe-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus nuchalis Band-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus zonatus Gray-barred Wren, Campylorhynchus megalopterus White-headed Wren, Campylorhynchus albobrunneus Fasciated Wren, Campylorhynchus fasciatus Cactus Wren, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus Yucatan Wren, Campylorhynchus yucatanicus Giant Wren, Campylorhynchus chiapensis Bicolored Wren, Campylorhynchus griseus Boucard’s Wren, Campylorhynchus jocosus Spotted Wren, Campylorhynchus gularis Rufous-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus capistratus Sclater’s Wren, Campylorhynchus humilis Rufous-naped Wren, Campylorhynchus rufinucha Pacific Wren, Nannus pacificus Winter Wren, Nannus hiemalis Eurasian Wren, Nannus troglodytes Zapata Wren, Ferminia cerverai Marsh Wren, Cistothorus palustris Sedge Wren, Cistothorus platensis ?Merida Wren, Cistothorus meridae ?Apolinar’s Wren, Cistothorus apolinari Timberline Wren, Thryorchilus browni Tepui Wren, Troglodytes rufulus Troglo dytinae Ochraceous -
Algerian Nuthatch Twitch (And a Bit of Tunesia) 05 Until 11-05-2018
ALGERIAN NUTHATCH TWITCH (AND A BIT OF TUNESIA) 05 UNTIL 11-05-2018 Max Berlijn, Epen, The Netherlands, [email protected] 1 Legenda: *AAAA = New (Holarctic) Species (2) AAAAA = Good species for the trip or for me (because not often seen) The list order is conformed the WP checklist with the recent changes on the splitting and lumping issue mainly based on publications in the “important magazines”. Subspecies is only mentioned when thought to be important and really visible in the field. The totals of birds per species are just a total of the birds I saw to give an idea how many of a species you encounter during a trip. Only species seen are mentioned, and heard when no lifer. On this trip the weather was good with no rain, mostly sunny with (dry) temperatures just above the 20 C and often no wind accept on the first day at Cap Bon. Cap Bon on a very windy day The breeding site of the first visited pair of Algerian Nuthatches Itinerary 05-05 Flew from Frankfurt to Tunis and met the group and the local guide Mohamed Ali Dakhli (+21621817717, [email protected] ) around 18.00 hours and drove to Cap Bon. 06-05 Birded around El Haouaria and Cap Bon all day. There was a very strong NW wind force 7. 07-05 Birded again around El Haouaria, with a three our pelagic from the cape. Later that day we drove to Tabarka near the Algerian border. Here we handed in our bins. 08-05 Drove from Tabarka to Jijel in Algeria.