The Azores & Canary Islands Wildlife List -- April 28 - May 14, 2015 Produced by Peter Harrison
Date of sighting in April & May 2015 - Key for Locations on Page 7 Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
BIRDS
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea X X X X X X X X X X X X Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus X X X Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli X X White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina X X X Madeiran Petrel Oceanodroma castro X X Northern Gannet Morus bassanus X X X Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis X X X Little Egret Egretta garzetta X X X X X Grey Heron Ardea cinerea X Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Great Egret Ardea alba Eurasian White Stork Ciconia ciconia X X X Bald Ibis [Waldrapp] Geronticus eremita Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Common Teal Anas crecca Mallard Anas platyrhynchos X X X X X Gadwell Anas strepera X European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus Hobby Falco subbuteo X Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo X X X X X Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus X Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni X X X Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus X X X Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus X Sparrow Hawk Accipiter nisus X Goshawk Accipter gentilis Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Bonelli's Eagle Hieraetus fusciatus Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara Common Quail Coturnix coturnix H X Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Coot Fulica atra X Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata X Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus X Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola X Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula X Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus X Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Red Knot Calidris canutus Sanderling Calidris alba X Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Little Stint Calidris minuta Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Dunlin Calidris alpina X Ruff Philomachus pugnax Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus X X X Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Common Redshank Tringa totanus Greenshank Tringa nebularia Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos X Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres X X X X Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus X Great Skua Catharacta skua X X X Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus European Herring Gull Larus argentatus X X Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus X X Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Slender-billed Gull Larus genei American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis X X Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii X X X X X X X Common Tern Sterna hirundo X X X X X X X X X Black Tern Chlidonias niger Little Tern Sternula albifrons X Little Auk Alle alle Rock Dove Columba livia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus X X X X X X X X X Trocaz Pigeon Columba trocaz Bolle's Pigeon Columba bollii Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae Eurasian Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur X X X X X Eurasian Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto X X X X X Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus Barn Owl Tyto alba Long-eared Owl Asio otus Common Swift Apus apus X X X X Plain Swift Apus unicolor X Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Little Swift Apus affinis X X X European Bee-eater Merops apiaster X White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus European Roller Coracias garrulus Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra X Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens X Crested Lark Galerida cristata X Thekla Lark Galerida theklae X Wood Lark Lullula arborea Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Eurasian Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica X X X X X X Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica X House Martin Delichon urbica X X Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea X X X X X X X X Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii X Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus X X Goldcrest Regulus regulus X X X Canary Islands Kinglet Regulus teneriffae Madeira Firecrest Regulus madeirensis White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus X Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis X Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius X Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula X X X X X X X X X X X Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus X Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Acrocephalus schoenobae- Sedge Warbler nus Acrocephalus arundina- Great Reed-warbler ceus Western Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais opaca Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla X X X X X X X X X Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata European Robin Erithacus rubecula X X X X X X X X X X X Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos X X Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros X Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Whinchat Saxicola rubetra European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens X Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus X African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae X Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Southern Gray Shrike Lanius meridionalis X Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax X Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis Common Raven Corvus corax X European Starling Sturnus vulgaris X X X X X X X X X Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor X X X House Sparrow Passer domesticus X X X X X X X X Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis X X X Rock Petronia Petronia petronia X Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs X X X X X X X X X X X X Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis X X X X X X X Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina X X X European Serin Serinus serinus X X X Island [Atlantic] Canary Serinus canaria X X X X X X X X Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Coccothraustes cocco- Hawfinch thraustes Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguinea X Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus X Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus House Bunting Emberiza striolata Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina X
Other Species Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus X Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus X X False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens X Short-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis X X X Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus X Azores Daytime Bat Nyctalus azoreum X
KEY
1 - April 29 ~ Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores 2 - April 30 ~ São Miguel 3 - May 1 ~ São Miguel 4 - May 2 ~ São Miguel 5 - May 3 ~ Graciosa Island 6 - May 4 ~ Pico & Faial Islands 7 - May 5 ~ Terceira Island 8 - May 6 ~ Santa Maria 9 - May 7 ~ At Sea 10 - May 8 ~ Madeira Island 11 - May 9 ~ At Sea 12 - May 10 ~ Lanzarote Island, Canary Islands 13 - May 11 ~ Agadir, Morocco / Taroudant / Marrakech 14 - May 12 ~ Marrakech / Atlas Mountains / Casablanca 15 - May 13 ~ Faro, Portugal