BIRDLIST Page 1 of 4 Danube Delta – Dobrudja Spring Tour

A list of possible birds on this tour follows. To give some idea of the probability of a particular species being seen at least once during this tour, species are marked as follows: No star signifies a high probability 1 star (*) signifies a moderate probability 2 star (**) signifies a low probability

Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Grey Partidge Perdix perdix* Greylag Goose Anser anser Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea* Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Gadwall Anas strepera Mallard Anas platyrchynchos Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Common Pochard Aythya ferina Ferrugineous Duck Aythya nyroca Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan* Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris* Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Little Egret Egretta garzetta Great White Egret Egretta alba Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Eurasian Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus* Montagu`s Herrier Circus pygargus Levant Sparrohawk Accipiter brevipes Eurasian Sparrohawk Accipiter nisus Page 2 of 4

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina* Booted Eagle Aquila pennata Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Little Crake Porzana parva* Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus* Little Stint Calidris minuta Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Dunlin Calidris alpina Ruff Philomachus pugnax Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus** Common Redshank Tringa totanus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Green Sandpiper Tringa ocropus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus* Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Slender-billed Gull Larus genei** Page 3 of 4

Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yellow-legged Gull Larus michaellis Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Common Tern Sterna hirundo Little Tern Sterna albifrons Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus Black Tern Chlidonias niger White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Stock Dove Columba oenas Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Tawny Owl Strix aluco* Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo** Long-eared Owl Asio otus* Little Owl Athene noctua European Scops Owl Otus scops* Common Swift Apus apus Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis European Bee-eater Merops apiaster European Roller Coracias garrulus Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius* Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius* Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla* Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis Crested Lark Galerida cristata Wood Lark Lullula arborea Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Sand Martin Riparia riparia Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica* Common House Martin Delichon urbicum Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola** Northern Wheathear Oenanthe oenanthe Page 4 of 4

Isabelline Wheathear Oenanthe isabellina Pied Wheathear Oenanthe pleschanka Eastern Black-eared Wheat- Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca* hear Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Sombre Tit Parus lugubris* Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator** Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala

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