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SPECIES SEEN SPAIN May-June 2016 SYSTEMATIC LIST OF SPECIES RECORDED SPAIN May 24 - June 6, 2016 Leaders: Adrian Binns & Santi Villa D = Donana; E = Extremadura; G = Guadarrama Mts; P = Pyrenees; B = Belechite Plains & Rio Henares The first number is the highest number of that species seen in day The second number is the number of days that that species was seen in that location h = heard only [ ] = pre-trip BIRDS Partridges & Pheasants / Phasianidae Red-legged Partridge! Alectoris rufa!! D 2/1!!!! B 3/2 Common Quail! Coturnix coturnix!! D h/1! E h/1!! P h/1!! Geese, Swans & Ducks / Anatidae Greylag Goose! Anser anser!! ! D 2 0 / 3 Gadwall! Anas strepera!! D 2/2 Mallard!! Anas platyrhynchos!! D 20/4! E 1/1 Northern Shoveler! Anas clypeata!! D 2/2 Northern Pintail! Anas acuta!! ! D 2/1 Marbled Teal! Marmaronetta angustirostris!D 1/1 Red-crested Pochard! Netta rufina!! ! D 6/3 Common Pochard! Aythya ferina!! D 10/4 [Tufted Duck! Aythya fuligula!! D 2/1] White-headed Duck! Oxyura leucocephala! D 20/1 Grebes / Podicipedidae Little Grebe! Tachybaptus ruficollis! D 6/3! E 1/1 Great Crested Grebe! Podiceps cristatus!! D 60/1 Black-necked Grebe! Podiceps nigricollis!! D 10/1 Flamingos / Phoenicopteridae Greater Flamingo! Phoenicopterus ruber! D 1000+/4 Storks / Ciconiidae Black Stork! Ciconia nigra!! D 1/1! E 7/2 White Stork! Ciconia ciconia!! D 60/4! E 30/4! G 3/2!! B 50/2 Ibis & Spoonbills / Threskiornithidae Glossy Ibis! Plegadis falcinellus!! D 60/4 Eurasian Spoonbill! Platalea leucorodia!! D 40/4 Bitterns, Egrets & Herons / Ardeidae Little Bittern! Ixobrychus minutus!! D 4/1 Black-crowned Night-Heron! Nycticorax nycticorax!D 20/4 Squacco Heron! Ardeola ralloides!! D 16/3 Western Cattle Egret! Bubulcus ibis!! D 25/4! E 15/4! G 3/1!! B 1/1 Grey Heron! Ardea cinerea!! D 12/4! E 2/1!! P 1/1 Purple Heron! Ardea purpurea!! D 40/3!!!! B 1/1! Great White Egret! Ardea alba!! ! D 4/1 Little Egret! Egretta garzetta!! D 26/4! E 2/2 Shags & Cormorants / Phalacrocoracidae Great Cormorant! Phalacrocorax carbo! D 4/1! E 2/2 www.WildsideNatureTours.com © Adrian Binns 2016 Page 1 Kites, Hawks & Eagles / Accipitridae Black-winged (-shouldered) Kite! Elanus caeruleus!! D 3/1 Red Kite! Milvus milvus!!! E 1/1!! P 3/4! B 1/1 Black Kite! Milvus migrans!! D 100/4!E30/4! G 12/2! P 3/2! B 3/3 Bearded Vulture (Lammergeier)! Gypaetus barbatus!! ! ! ! P 1/3 Egyptian Vulture! Neophron percnopterus!! E 3/2!! P 2/4! B 3/1 Eurasian Griffon Vulture! Gyps fulvus!! ! D 20/2! E 120/4!G 2/2! P25/4! B 30/4 Cinereous (Black) Vulture! Aegypius monachus!! E 10/4! G 1/1 Short-toed Snake Eagle! Circaetus gallicus!! D 2/2! E 2/4!! P 1/3! B 2/1 Western Marsh-Harrier! Circus aeruginosus!!!! G 1/1!! B 2/3 Montagu's Harrier! Circus pygargus!! D 3/3! E 3/1!!! B 1/1 Common Buzzard! Buteo buteo!! ! D 2/2! E 3/4!! P 2/3! B 1/1 Spanish Imperial Eagle ! Aquila adalberti!!! E 1/2 Golden Eagle! Aquila chrysaetos!!!!! P 1/1! B 2/1 Bonelli's Eagle! Hieraaetus fasciatus!! E 1/1! G 1/1!! B 2/1 Booted Eagle! Hieraaetus pennatus! D 6/3! E 4/4! G 1/1! P 1/1! B 1/2 Falcons / Falconidae Lesser Kestrel! Falco naumanni!! D 10/4! E 20/1!! P 1/1 Common (Eurasian) Kestrel! Falco tinnunculus!! D 4/3! E 2/2! G 2/1! P 1/2! B 2/3 Bustards / Otididae Little Bustard! Tetrax tetrax!!! E 12/1 Great Bustard! Otis tarda!!!! E 1/1 Rails, Crakes & Coots / Rallidae Purple Swamp-hen! Porphyrio porphyrio!! D 6/4 Common Moorhen! Gallinula chloropus!! D 6/5 Red-knobbed Coot! Fulica cristata!! D 1/1 Eurasian Coot! Fulica atra!!! D 100/4!! ! ! B 2/2 Thick-knees / Burhinidae Eurasian Thick-knee! Burhinus oedicnemus!!!!! B 4/2 Stilts & Avocets / Recurvirostridae Black-winged Stilt! Himantopus himantopus!D 30/3 Pied Avocet! Recurvirostra avosetta!D 25/2 Plovers / Charadriidae Northern Lapwing! Vanellus vanellus!! D 20/1 Common Ringed Plover! Charadrius hiaticula!! D 2 / 2 Little Ringed Plover! Charadrius dubius!! D 1/1 Kentish Plover! Charadrius alexandrinus!D 16/1 Sandpipers & Allies / Scolopacidae Black-tailed Godwit! Limosa limosa!! D 1/1 Common Redshank! Tringa totanus!! D 4/2 Common Sandpiper! Actitis hypoleucos!! D 1/1 Ruddy Turnstone! Arenaria interpres!! D 4/1 Sanderling! Calidris alba!!D 4/1 Dunlin!! Calidris alpina!! D 2/1 Coursers & Pratincoles / Glareolidae Collared Pratincole! Glareola pratincola!! D 100/3 Gulls & Terns / Laridae Slender-billed Gull! Chroicocephalus genei!D 6/1 Black-headed Gull! Chroicocephalus ridibundus!D 12/2 Audouin's Gull! Ichthyaetus audouinii!D 5/1 Yellow-legged Gull! Larus michahellis!! D 50/2 Lesser Black-backed Gull! Larus fuscus!! D 2/1 Gull-billed Tern! Gelochelidon nilotica! D 12/2! E 3/1 Sandwich Tern! Sterna sandvicensis!! D 1 / 1 Little Tern! Sterna albifrons!! D 40/1 Whiskered Tern! Chlidonias hybrida!! D 25/2 www.WildsideNatureTours.com © Adrian Binns 2016 Page 2 Sandgrouse / Pteroclididae Pin-tailed Sandgrouse! Pterocles alchata!!! E 6/1!!! B 10/2 Black-bellied Sandgrouse! Pterocles orientalis!!! E 2/1!!! B 2/1 Pigeons & Doves / Columbidae Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon)! Columba livia!! D 20/5! E 20/4! G 8/2! P 3/1! B 20/3 Stock Pigeon! Columba oenas!!!!!! B 1/1 Common Wood Pigeon! Columba palumbus!! D 18/3! E 4/4! G 4/2!! B 25/3 European Turtle Dove! Streptopelia turtur!!! E 2/1 Eurasian Collared Dove! Streptopelia decaocto! D 10/5! E 4/3! G 4/1! P 2/2! B 12/3 Parrots / Psittacidae Rose-ringed Parakeet! Psittacula krameri!! D 20/3 Monk Parakeet! Myiopsitta monachus!D 10/2!! G 1/1 Old World Cuckoos / Cuculidae Common Cuckoo! Cuculus canorus!! D h/1! E 1/2!! P h/2 Barn Owls / Tytonidae Western Barn Owl! Tyto alba!! ! D 1/1 Owls / Strigidae Eurasian Eagle-Owl! Bubo bubo!!!! E 2/1!!! B 1/1 Tawny Owl! Strix aluco!! ! ! ! G h/1 Little Owl! Athene noctua!!! E 1/1!!! B 1/1 Nightjars / Caprimulgidae Red-necked Nightjar! Caprimulgus ruficollis!D 3/1 Swifts / Apodidae Alpine Swift! Apus melba!! ! ! E 6/2!! P 4/1! B 2/1 Common Swift! Apus apus!!! D 10/3! E 12/4! G 1/1! P 5/3! B 10/2 Pallid Swift! Apus pallidus!! D 35/4! E 2/2 Little Swift! Apus affinis!! ! D 2/1 White-rumped Swift! Apus caffer!!!! E 2/1 Rollers / Coraciidae European Roller! Coracias garrulus!!! E 9/1 Bee-eaters / Meropidae European Bee-eater! Merops apiaster!! D 3/3! E 10/3!! P 3/1! B 5/2 Hoopoes / Upupidae Eurasian Hoopoe! Upupa epops!! D 4/4! E 6/3!! P 3/1 ! B 3/3 Woodpeckers / Picidae Eurasian Wryneck! Jynx torquilla!!!!!! B 1/2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker! Dendrocopos minor!! D 1/2 Great Spotted Woodpecker! Dendrocopos major!! ! ! ! P 2/2! B 2/1 Black Woodpecker! Dryocopus martius!! ! ! ! P h/3 Iberian Green Woodpecker! Picus sharpei!!!!! P h/1! B 1/1 Shrikes / Laniidae Red-backed Shrike! Lanius collurio!! ! ! ! P 2/3 Iberian Grey Shrike! Lanius meridionalis!! D 1/1! E 4/3!!! B 1/2 Woodchat Shrike! Lanius senator!! D 3/3! E 4/3!!! B 2/2 Orioles / Oriolidae Eurasian Golden Oriole! Oriolus oriolus!!! E h/1!!! B 3/2 Crows / Corvidae Eurasian Jay! Garrulus glandarius!! D 1/1! E 2/2! G 2/2! P 2/3! B 1/1 Iberian (Azure-winged) Magpie! Cyanopica cooki!! D 12/4! E 12/4! G 2/2 Eurasian (Black-billed) Magpie! Pica pica!!! D 10/4! E 12/3! G 6/2! P 4/4! B 8/3 Red-billed Chough! Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax!! E 1/1!! P 12/2 Alpine Chough! Pyrrhocorax graculus!! ! ! P 20/1 Western Jackdaw! Corvus monedula!! D 20/3! E 40/3! G 3/1!! B 3/1 Carrion Crow! Corvus corone!!!! G 4/2! P 6/4! B 2/2 Common Raven! Corvus corax!! D 7/2! E 1/2! G 2/1! P 3/4! B 2/2 Tits / Paridae Marsh Tit! Poecile palustris!! ! ! ! P 2/3 www.WildsideNatureTours.com © Adrian Binns 2016 Page 3 Coal Tit!! Parus ater!! ! ! ! G 2/2! P 6/3 European Crested Tit! Lophophanes cristatus!! ! G 2/1!P 2/3 Great Tit! Parus major!! ! D 2/2! E 5/3! G 1/2! P 2/3! B 2/2 Eurasian Blue Tit! Cyanistes caeruleus! D 1/1! E 5/2! G 1/1! P 4/3! B 2/1 Penduline Tits / Remizidae Eurasian Penduline-Tit! Remiz pendulinus!!!!!! B 1/1 Larks / Alaudidae Calandra Lark! Melanocorypha calandra! D 4/1! E 35/1!!! B 20/3 Greater Short-toed Lark! Calandrella brachydactyla! D 2/1!!!! B 15/3 Lesser Short-toed Lark! Calandrella rufescens! D 2/2!!!! B 25/3 Dupont's Lark! Chersophilus duponti!!!!! B 2/3 Crested Lark! Galerida cristata!! D 20/4! E 25/4! G 10/1!! B 12/3 Thekla Lark! Galerida theklae!! D 1/1! E 6/3! G 2/2! P 2/1 Wood Lark! Lullula arborea Martins & Swallows / Hirundinidae Sand Martin (Bank Swallow)! Riparia riparia!! D 10/2 Barn Swallow! Hirundo rustica!! D 10/4! E 20/4!! P 8/4! B 6/2 Eurasian Crag Martin! Ptyonoprogne rupestris!! E 16/4!! P 20/4! B 8/3! Common House Martin! Delichon urbica!! D 50/4! E 100/4!! P 10/4! B 16/2 Red-rumped Swallow! Cecropsis daurica!! D 20/4! E 25/ 4!!! B 10/2 Cettia Bush Warblers / Cettidae! Cetti's Warbler! Cettia cetti!!! D 2/4! E h/1!!! B h/1 Bushtits / Aegithalidae Long-tailed Tit! Aegithalos caudatus! ! E 25/1!! P 5/3! B 2/2 Leaf Warblers & Allies / Phylloscopidae Common Chiffchaff! Phylloscopus collybita!! ! ! P 2/3 Iberian Chiffchaff! Phylloscopus ibericus!! E 1/2 Western Bonelli's Warbler! Phylloscopus bonelli!!!G 2/1!P 2/2 Reed Warblers & Allies / Acrocephalidae Great Reed Warbler! Acrocephalus arundinaceus!D 5/5 Eurasian Reed Warbler! Acrocephalus scirpaceus!D 3/3 Isabelline (Western Olivaceous) Warbler Hippolais opaca!D 1/1 Melodious Warbler! Hippolais polyglotta!! D 2/2! E 1/1!! P 2/2! B h/1 Grassbirds & Allies / Megaluridae Savi's Warbler! Locustella luscinioides!D h/1 Cisticolas / Cisticolidae Zitting Cisticola! Cisticola juncidis!! D 5/4! E 5/4!!! B 2/2 Old World Warblers / Sylviidae Eurasian Blackcap! Sylvia atricapilla!! D 2/2! E 2/1!! P 4/3! B 3/2 Garden Warbler! Sylvia borin!! ! ! ! ! P 3/2 Western Orphean Warbler! Sylvia hortensis!!! E h/1!! P 1/1 Dartford Warbler! Sylvia undata!!
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