Sunrise Birding LLC www.sunrisebirding.com LESVOS LIST April 23 - 30, 2016

Leaders: Gina Nichol & Steve

Below is the list of species recorded during the 2016 tour. Heard only species are included and noted as such. Species other than are included and noted based on client interest.

BIRDS Scientific Name 1. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 2. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 3. Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli’s) Calonectris diomedea 4. Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan 5. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 6. European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 7. Little Egret Egretta garzetta 8. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 9. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 10. Great White Egret Egretta alba 11. Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 12. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 13. Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 14. Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris 15. Black Stork Ciconia nigra 16. White Stork Ciconia ciconia 17. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 18. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 19. Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 20. Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 21. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22. Garganey Anas querquedula 23. Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 24. European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 25. Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 26. Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 27. Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 28. Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 29. Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 30. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 31. Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus

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32. Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 33. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 34. Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 35. Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae 36. Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 37. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 38. Chukar Alectoris chukar 39. Little Crake Porzana parva 40. Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla 41. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 42. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 43. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 44. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 45. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 46. Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 47. Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 48. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 49. Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 50. Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 51. Great Snipe Gallinago media 52. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 53. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 54. Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 55. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 56. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 57. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 58. Little Stint Calidris minuta 59. Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 60. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 61. Ruff Philomachus pugnax 62. Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 63. Slender-billed Gull Larus genei 64. Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 65. Common Tern Sterna hirundo 66. Little Tern Sterna albifrons 67. White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 68. Rock Dove Columba livia 69. Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 70. European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 71. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 72. Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 73. – heard only Cuculus canorus 74. Common Scops Owl Otus scops 75. Little Owl Athene noctua 76. Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba

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77. Common Swift Apus apus 78. Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 79. European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 80. Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius 81. Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla [cinerea] 82. Crested Lark Galerida cristata 83. Wood Lark Lullula arborea 84. Sand Martin / Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 85. Eurasian Crag Martin Hirundo rupestris 86. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 87. Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica 88. House Martin Delichon urbica 89. Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 90. Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 91. Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 92. White Wagtail Motacilla alba 93. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 94. Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes 95. Nightingale – heard only Luscinia luscinia 96. Luscinia megarhynchos 97. Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 98. Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 99. Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata 100. Northern Oenanthe oenanthe 101. Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca 102. Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 103. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis 104. Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius 105. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 106. Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 107. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 108. Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 109. Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 110. Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 111. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais elaeica 112. Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 113. Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 114. Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia 115. Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia crassirostris 116. Rüppell's Warbler Sylvia rueppelli 117. Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala 118. Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans 119. Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus (bonelli) orientalis 120. Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 121. Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

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122. Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 123. Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 124. Sombre Tit Parus lugubris 125. Great Tit Parus major 126. Blue Tit Parus caeruleus 127. Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi [canadensis] 128. Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer 129. Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 130. Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 131. Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 132. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio [cristatus] 133. Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 134. Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 135. Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 136. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 137. Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula 138. Hooded Crow Corvus corone 139. Common Raven Corvus corax 140. House Sparrow Passer domesticus 141. Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis [domesticus] 142. Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia 143. Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 144. European Serin Serinus serinus 145. European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 146. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 147. Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina 148. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 149. Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea 150. Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia 151. Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala 152. Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra

OTHER VERTEBRATES Scientific Name 1. Lesser Mole Rat Nanospalax leucodon 2. Persian Squirrel Sciurus anomalus 3. Stripe-necked / Balkan Terrapin Mauremys rivulata 4. Spur-thighed Tortoise Testudo graeca 5. Starred Agama Laudakia stellio 6. Balkan Green Lizard Lacerta trilineata 7. Snake-eyed Lizard Ophisops elegans ehrenbergi 8. European Glass Lizard Psuedopus apodus 9. Dice Snake Natrix tessellata 10. Bedriaga’s (Marsh) Frog Pelophylax bedriagae

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BUTTERFLI ES Scientific Name 1. Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius 2. Eastern Festoon Allancastria cerisy 3. Falso Apollo Archon apollinus 4. Black-veined White Aporia crataegi 5. Large White Pieris brassicae 6. Eastern Bath White Pontia edusa 7. Clouded Yellow Colias crocea 8. Ilex Hairstreak Satyrium ilicis 9. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 10. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 11. Spotted Fritillary Melitaea didyma

DRAGONFLIES/OTHER Scientific Name 1. Odalisque Epallage fatime 2. Robust Spreadwing Lestes dryas 3. Blue Emperor Anax imperator 4. Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa 5. Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum 6. Epaulet Skimmer Orthetrum chrysostigma 7. Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii

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