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345 Fieldfare Put Your Logo Here
Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze Sponsor is needed. Write your name here Put your logo here 345 Fieldfare Fieldfare. Adult. Male (09-I). Song Thrush FIELDFARE (Turdus pilaris ) IDENTIFICATION 25-26 cm. Grey head; red-brown back; grey rump and dark tail; pale underparts; pale flanks spotted black; white underwing coverts; yellow bill with ochre tip. Redwing Fieldfare. Pattern of head, underwing co- verts and flank. SIMILAR SPECIES Song Thrush has orange underwing coverts; Redwing has reddish underwing coverts; Mistle Thrush has white underwing coverts, but lacks pale supercilium and its rump isn’t grey. Mistle Thrush http://blascozumeta.com Write your website here Page 1 Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze Sponsor is needed. Write your name here Put your logo here 345 Fieldfare SEXING Male with dark or black tail feathers; red- dish feathers on back with blackish center; most have a broad mark on crown feathers. Female with dark brown tail feathers but not black; dull reddish feathers on back with dark centre (but not blackish); most have a thin mark on crown feathers. CAUTION: some birds of both sexes have similar pattern on crown feathers. Fieldfare. Sexing. Pattern of tail: left male; right fe- male. Fieldfare. Sexing. Pat- AGEING tern of Since this species doesn’t breed in Aragon, only crown feat- 2 age groups can be recognized: hers: top 1st year autumn/2nd year spring with moult male; bot- limit within moulted chestnut inner greater co- tom female. verts and retained juvenile outer greater coverts, shorter and duller with traces of white tips; pointed tail feathers. -
The Birds of the Phoenix Park, County Dublin: Results of a Repeat Breeding Bird Survey in 2015
The Birds of the Phoenix Park, County Dublin: Results of a Repeat Breeding Bird Survey in 2015 Prepared by Lesley Lewis, Dick Coombes & Olivia Crowe A report commissioned by the Office of Public Works and prepared by BirdWatch Ireland September 2015 Address for correspondence: BirdWatch Ireland, Unit 20 Block D Bullford Business Campus, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow. Phone: + 353 1 2819878 Email: [email protected] Table of Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Methods ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 Survey design ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Field methods ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Data analysis & interpretation ........................................................................................................... 12 Results .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Species diversity and abundance -
Phylogeography of Finches and Sparrows
In: Animal Genetics ISBN: 978-1-60741-844-3 Editor: Leopold J. Rechi © 2009 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Chapter 1 PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF FINCHES AND SPARROWS Antonio Arnaiz-Villena*, Pablo Gomez-Prieto and Valentin Ruiz-del-Valle Department of Immunology, University Complutense, The Madrid Regional Blood Center, Madrid, Spain. ABSTRACT Fringillidae finches form a subfamily of songbirds (Passeriformes), which are presently distributed around the world. This subfamily includes canaries, goldfinches, greenfinches, rosefinches, and grosbeaks, among others. Molecular phylogenies obtained with mitochondrial DNA sequences show that these groups of finches are put together, but with some polytomies that have apparently evolved or radiated in parallel. The time of appearance on Earth of all studied groups is suggested to start after Middle Miocene Epoch, around 10 million years ago. Greenfinches (genus Carduelis) may have originated at Eurasian desert margins coming from Rhodopechys obsoleta (dessert finch) or an extinct pale plumage ancestor; it later acquired green plumage suitable for the greenfinch ecological niche, i.e.: woods. Multicolored Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) has a genetic extant ancestor, the green-feathered Carduelis citrinella (citril finch); this was thought to be a canary on phonotypical bases, but it is now included within goldfinches by our molecular genetics phylograms. Speciation events between citril finch and Eurasian goldfinch are related with the Mediterranean Messinian salinity crisis (5 million years ago). Linurgus olivaceus (oriole finch) is presently thriving in Equatorial Africa and was included in a separate genus (Linurgus) by itself on phenotypical bases. Our phylograms demonstrate that it is and old canary. Proposed genus Acanthis does not exist. Twite and linnet form a separate radiation from redpolls. -
High Survival Rate of a Critically Endangered Species, the Azores
High survival rate of a critically endangered species, the Azores Bullfinch , as a contribution to population recovery David Monticelli, Ricardo Ceia, Ruben Heleno, Hugo Laborda, Sergio Timóteo, Daniel Jareño, Geoff M. Hilton, Jaime A. Ramos To cite this version: David Monticelli, Ricardo Ceia, Ruben Heleno, Hugo Laborda, Sergio Timóteo, et al.. High survival rate of a critically endangered species, the Azores Bullfinch , as a contribution to population recov- ery. Journal für Ornithologie = Journal of Ornithology, Springer Verlag, 2010, 151 (3), pp.627-636. 10.1007/s10336-010-0501-4. hal-00570023 HAL Id: hal-00570023 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00570023 Submitted on 26 Feb 2011 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. J Ornithol (2010) 151:627–636 DOI 10.1007/s10336-010-0501-4 ORIGINAL ARTICLE High survival rate of a critically endangered species, the Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina, as a contribution to population recovery David Monticelli • Ricardo Ceia • Ruben Heleno • Hugo Laborda • Sergio Timo´teo • Daniel Jaren˜o • Geoff M. Hilton • Jaime A. Ramos Received: 12 May 2009 / Revised: 30 November 2009 / Accepted: 1 February 2010 / Published online: 26 February 2010 Ó Dt. -
Birds in South Park Gardens Medium Sized Birds Great Spotted Woodpeckers in South Park Gardens There Are at Least Twenty-Three Kinds of Birds to Be Seen
Birds in South Park Gardens Medium Sized Birds Great Spotted Woodpeckers In South Park Gardens there are at least twenty-three kinds of birds to be seen. They fall into several categories, but in this trail leaflet These birds are more usually heard than seen. They make a loud click sound with a second or so between each click. When you hear them they have been grouped into big, medium sized and small. There are look up to the tops of the trees and sometimes you will see a bird on other ways of describing them, such as the type of food they eat the side of a branch. The young birds have a red cap. Sometimes in and whether they are birds that migrate during the winter. the early summer the great spotted woodpecker makes a very rapid Wood Pigeon Ring Dove Feral Pigeon Ring-neck Parakeets drumming noise with it is beak on dead boughs the tree trunk. Big Birds Pigeon Mistle Thrush Big birds include carrion crows, magpies, jays, wood pigeons, ringdoves The biggest pigeons in the park are called wood pigeons. They look A pair of mistle thrushes has tried to nest in the park for the last and feral (wild or untamed) pigeons. plump with short legs and clear white marks on either side of its neck. few years in a holm oak tree in the North West corner but probably They graze on the ground looking for worms, spiders, and grass seeds. each year the squirrels have taken all the eggs. The birds make a dry They also eat berries on trees and bushes. -
THE NATURE and CHARACTERISTICS of SUB-SONG by W
THE NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SUB-SONG By W. H. THORPE and P. M. PILCHER (Madingley Field Station, Department of Zoology, Cambridge University) (Plates 69-74) INTRODUCTION AVICULTURALISTS and bird fanciers have long used the term "recording" to denote the quiet "practice-like" singing so often heard from their pet birds before they come into the phase of true song. It has often been asserted that the instrument known as the Recorder originally took its name from the bird flageolet which was used by bird fanciers for teaching tunes to Canaries (Serinus canarius), Bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) and other song birds, but we are indebted to R. Thurston Dart for a recent reference (Trowell, 1957) which shows that this is in fact improbable; it seems more likely that the bird song was named from the instrument—as indeed Daines Barrington (1773) supposed. Early aviculturalists must have noted from time to time the utterance by birds in the wild of sounds similar to their "record ing" and there is no doubt that many of the early naturalists (for example, Daines Barrington) refer in their writings to sub-song, either as "recording" or without giving it a definite name. E. M. Nicholson has reminded us of Gilbert White's mention of the contrast between "the Blackcap's loud and wild pipe" and its "sweet but inward melody" and Miss E. M. Barraud has given us the reference in Charles Darwin's Descent of Man: "The first attempts to sing 'may be compared to the imperfect endeavour in a child to babble'. The young males continue practising, or as the bird-catchers say, 'recording', for ten or eleven months. -
Birdwatching in Portugal
birdwatchingIN PORTUGAL In this guide, you will find 36 places of interest 03 - for birdwatchers and seven suggestions of itineraries you may wish to follow. 02 Accept the challenge and venture forth around Portugal in search of our birdlife. birdwatching IN PORTUGAL Published by Turismo de Portugal, with technical support from Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA) PHOTOGRAPHY Ana Isabel Fagundes © Andy Hay, rspb-images.com Carlos Cabral Faisca Helder Costa Joaquim Teodósio Pedro Monteiro PLGeraldes SPEA/DLeitão Vitor Maia Gerbrand AM Michielsen TEXT Domingos Leitão Alexandra Lopes Ana Isabel Fagundes Cátia Gouveia Carlos Pereira GRP A HIC DESIGN Terradesign Jangada | PLGeraldes 05 - birdwatching 04 Orphean Warbler, Spanish Sparrow). The coastal strip is the preferred place of migration for thousands of birds from dozens of different species. Hundreds of thousands of sea and coastal birds (gannets, shear- waters, sandpipers, plovers and terns), birds of prey (eagles and harriers), small birds (swallows, pipits, warblers, thrushes and shrikes) cross over our territory twice a year, flying between their breeding grounds in Europe and their winter stays in Africa. ortugal is situated in the Mediterranean region, which is one of the world’s most im- In the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, there p portant areas in terms of biodiversity. Its are important colonies of seabirds, such as the Cory’s landscape is very varied, with mountains and plains, Shearwater, Bulwer’s Petrel and Roseate Tern. There are hidden valleys and meadowland, extensive forests also some endemic species on the islands, such as the and groves, rocky coasts and never-ending beaches Madeiran Storm Petrel, Madeiran Laurel Pigeon, Ma- that stretch into the distance, estuaries, river deltas deiran Firecrest or the Azores Bullfinch. -
Birds of Anchorage Checklist
ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL, UNSUBSTANTIATED KEY THRUSHES J F M A M J J A S O N D n Casual: Occasionally seen, but not every year Northern Wheatear N n Accidental: Only one or two ever seen here Townsend’s Solitaire N X Unsubstantiated: no photographic or sample evidence to support sighting Gray-cheeked Thrush N W Listed on the Audubon Alaska WatchList of declining or threatened species Birds of Swainson’s Thrush N Hermit Thrush N Spring: March 16–May 31, Summer: June 1–July 31, American Robin N Fall: August 1–November 30, Winter: December 1–March 15 Anchorage, Alaska Varied Thrush N W STARLINGS SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER SPECIES SPECIES SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER European Starling N CHECKLIST Ross's Goose Vaux's Swift PIPITS Emperor Goose W Anna's Hummingbird The Anchorage area offers a surprising American Pipit N Cinnamon Teal Costa's Hummingbird Tufted Duck Red-breasted Sapsucker WAXWINGS diversity of habitat from tidal mudflats along Steller's Eider W Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Bohemian Waxwing N Common Eider W Willow Flycatcher the coast to alpine habitat in the Chugach BUNTINGS Ruddy Duck Least Flycatcher John Schoen Lapland Longspur Pied-billed Grebe Hammond's Flycatcher Mountains bordering the city. Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Eastern Kingbird BOHEMIAN WAXWING Snow Bunting N Leach's Storm-Petrel Western Kingbird WARBLERS Pelagic Cormorant Brown Shrike Red-faced Cormorant W Cassin's Vireo Northern Waterthrush N For more information on Alaska bird festivals Orange-crowned Warbler N Great Egret Warbling Vireo Swainson's Hawk Red-eyed Vireo and birding maps for Anchorage, Fairbanks, Yellow Warbler N American Coot Purple Martin and Kodiak, contact Audubon Alaska at Blackpoll Warbler N W Sora Pacific Wren www.AudubonAlaska.org or 907-276-7034. -
The Phylogenetic Relationships and Generic Limits of Finches
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (2012) 581–596 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ympev The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae) ⇑ Dario Zuccon a, , Robert Pryˆs-Jones b, Pamela C. Rasmussen c, Per G.P. Ericson d a Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden b Bird Group, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Akeman St., Tring, Herts HP23 6AP, UK c Department of Zoology and MSU Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA d Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden article info abstract Article history: Phylogenetic relationships among the true finches (Fringillidae) have been confounded by the recurrence Received 30 June 2011 of similar plumage patterns and use of similar feeding niches. Using a dense taxon sampling and a com- Revised 27 September 2011 bination of nuclear and mitochondrial sequences we reconstructed a well resolved and strongly sup- Accepted 3 October 2011 ported phylogenetic hypothesis for this family. We identified three well supported, subfamily level Available online 17 October 2011 clades: the Holoarctic genus Fringilla (subfamly Fringillinae), the Neotropical Euphonia and Chlorophonia (subfamily Euphoniinae), and the more widespread subfamily Carduelinae for the remaining taxa. Keywords: Although usually separated in a different -
Eurasian Siskins in North America Distinguishing Females from Green
Reprinted from: American Birds, Winter 1989, Volume 43, Number 5 Printed in U.S. A. Eurasian Siskins in North America distinguishing females from green-morph Pine Siskins Ian A. McLaren, Joseph Morlan, P. William Smith, Michel Gosselin, and Stephen F. Bailey Figure 1. Dorsal view of the green-morph Pine Siskin in Halifax, Nova Scotia. early April 1986. Photo/!. McLaren. N MARCH 26,1986, AN UNUSUAL were clearly Pine Siskins in other at- suggested that it was probably a Pine siskin turned up at McLaren's tributes, and they were not widely re- Siskin because of its bright yellow un- O feeder in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ported. The original Halifax bird dertail coverts, a feature lacking in It was dark grayish-green on the back, (Figs. 1, 2) required more research Eurasian Siskins (With~rby et at. with strong yellow wing and tail before finally being identified as an 1943). The photographs show that the patches, a greenish-yellow rump, and example of the little-known green bird was definitely a green-morph tinged with yellow on the head and morph of the Pine Siskin. Pine Siskin, based on this and other underparts. Furthermore, it appeared Meanwhile, in late February 1987 characters discussed below. smaller and its bill seemed deeper an unusual siskin flew into a window Our purpose~ in writing this ac- than average among scores of Pine ofe. J. Ralph's house in Arcata, Cal- count are to review available infor- Siskins (Carduelis pinus) coming to ifornia. The bird was stunned briefly, mation on claimed occurrences of the the feeder. -
Advances in the Study of Irruptive Migration
Advances in the study of irruptive migration Ian Newton1 Newton I. 2006. Advances in the study of irruptive migration. Ardea 94(3): 433–460. This paper discusses the movement patterns of two groups of birds which are generally regarded as irruptive migrants, namely (a) boreal finches and others that depend on fluctuating tree-fruit crops, and (b) owls and others that depend on cyclically fluctuating rodent popula- tions. Both groups specialise on food supplies which, in particular regions, fluctuate more than 100-fold from year to year. However, seed- crops in widely separated regions may fluctuate independently of one another, as may rodent populations, so that poor food supplies in one region may coincide with good supplies in another. If individuals are to have access to rich food supplies every year, they must often move hun- dreds or thousands of kilometres from one breeding area to another. In years of widespread food shortage (or high numbers relative to food supplies) extending over many thousands or millions of square kilome- tres, large numbers of individuals migrate to lower latitudes, as an ‘irruptive migration’. For these reasons, the distribution of the popula- tion, in both summer and winter, varies greatly from year to year. In irruptive migrants, in contrast to regular migrants, site fidelity is poor, and few individuals return to the same breeding areas in succes- sive years (apart from owls in the increase phase of the cycle). Moreover, ring recoveries and radio-tracking confirm that the same indi- viduals can breed in different years in areas separated by hundreds or thousands of kilometres. -
Japan in Winter January 13–25, 2018
JAPAN IN WINTER JANUARY 13–25, 2018 Japanese (Red-crowned) Cranes dancing. Photo: S. Hilty LEADERS: KAZ SHINODA & STEVE HILTY with KOJI NIIYA one morning on HOKKAIDO LIST COMPILED BY: STEVE HILTY VICTOR EMANUEL NATURE TOURS, INC. 2525 WALLINGWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 1003 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78746 WWW.VENTBIRD.COM JAPAN IN WINTER: A CRANE & SEA-EAGLE SPECTACLE! By Steve Hilty One of the top highlights mentioned by most members of the group was a Ural Owl sleeping in a large, picturesque tree hollow. It was, in fact, an image that could have been plucked straight from an illustrated book of fairy tales from the Middle Ages. A male Eurasian Bullfinch in beautiful morning light also garnered top honors and, surprisingly, so did the diminutive Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker. For several of us, a large flock of Rooks eluding repeated prey- capture attempts by a Peregrine Falcon (the Rooks being more capable and wily than they might appear) over a large expanse of rice paddies was a trip highlight. Also prized were more than a dozen Stellar’s and White-tailed sea-eagles perched on a forested Hokkaido hillside during a snowstorm. The arrival of a Blakiston’s Fish-Owl at a small pool resulted in a mass exodus from our rather sedate and stylized Japanese dinner. And yes, then there were the Japanese Cranes, lumps of black and white fluff standing in a frigid river as steamy mists from the thermally- heated river water rose around them—a surreal and unforgettable setting. Surprisingly, perhaps, the Mandarin Ducks received not a single nod at the end—perhaps because they were a little distant—although they generated much excitement the morning we saw them, and the image of a stately pair cruising steadily across a mirror-smooth lake in early morning light, their narrow wake line trailing behind, will not likely be forgotten.