AZORES & Mammal List -- May 4 - May 20, 2011 Produced by Zegrahm Expeditions x = Seen but not counted; hd = Heard but not seen

Birds Date of sighting in May 2011 - Key for Locations on Page 11 Common Name Scientific Name Notes 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Swans, Geese & Ducks Anatidae Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 3 1 Gadwall Anas strepera 4 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 10 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris 2 1 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 2 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 15 Pheasants & Partridges Ixobrychus minutus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 3 Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara 10 6 2 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 6 Grebes Pedicipedidae Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 4 2 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 4 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 1 Flamingos Phoenicopteridae Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 250 4 Shearwaters Procellariidae Fea’s Petrel Pterodroma feae Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii 18 21 116 21 Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis 12 250 30 331 2360 2 2000 16000 5000 10 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 7 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 12 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli 1 34 1 2 Scopoli’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea distant 10 Storm-petrels Hydrobatidae Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis By a few 1 x White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina 1 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Band-rumped Storm-petrel Oceanodroma castro 2 1 2 Storks Ciconidae Black Stork Ciconia nigra 3 Day 2 flocks of White Stork Ciconia ciconia 180 12 x migrants (50,110) Gannets & Boobies Sulidae Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 23 20 Cormorants & Shags Phalacrocoracidae Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1 European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 1 10 Herons, Bitterns & Ardeidae Egrets Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Gray Heron Ardea cinerea x x 2 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 1 Great Egret Ardea alba 1 x Little Egret Egretta garzetta 1 x 4 1 1 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 6 90 x x 5 Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus x Waldrapp Geronticus eremita 7 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 1 Osprey Pandionidae Osprey Pandion haliaetus x Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae Red Kite Milvus milvus x Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 1 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus x x Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 5 1 European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Black Kite Milvus migrans x 125 1 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 1 Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus 1 40 3 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus 6 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1 x Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 1 1 2 2 1 6 2 8 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Bonelli’s Eagle Aquila fasciata 2 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 3 x Falcons & Caracaras Falconidae Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 4 6 x x Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 6 1 6 10 3 1 10 2 Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae 45 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus Big mosque in Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus x Casablanca Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides Fails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 10 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 25 12 3 Bustards Otididae Houbara Bustard Clamydotis undulata 4 Thick-knees Burhinidae Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus 5 Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae Northern Lapwing Vanellus vannellus Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola European Golden-plover Pluvialis apricaria Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus x Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10 2 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius x 1 Oystercatchers Haematopodidae Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Avocets & Stilts Recurvirostridae Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus x x 4 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 6 Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus x Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Redshank Trina totanus Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres x 1 36 Red Knot Calidris canutus Sanderling Calidris alba Little Stint Calidris minuta 10 Dunlin Calidris alpina 30 Curley Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 50 Ruff Philomachus pugnax Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Pratincoles & Coursers Glareolidae Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor 2 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 1 Audouin’s Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii x x 40 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 150 x x x x x x x x x x x x Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 1 15 1 x Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Laughing Gull Larus atricilla 1 Sabine’s Gull Larus sabini 1 Little Tern Sternula albifrons x Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 2 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 1 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida x Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 2 2 x x 1 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 4 3 75 2 15 10 12 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 25 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis 9 Jaegers & Skuas Stercorariidae Great Skua Stercorarius skua 1 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Pigeons & Doves Rock Pigeon livia x x x x x x x x x x x x x Common Wood-pigeon Columba palumbus x x 2 x 3 4 x 2 Trocaz Pigeon (E) Columba trocaz 7 Bolle’s Pigeon (E) Columba bollii 1 1 (E) Columba junoniae 3 European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur 1 x x 6 Eurasian Collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto x x x x x 1 x 1 x Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 10 Cuckoos Cuculidae Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus x Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 2 Parrots, Macaws & Allies Psittacidae Monk Parakeet (l) Myiopsitta monachus 2 Barn Owls Tytonidae Barn Owl Tyto alba Owls Strigidae Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops heard 1 Little Owl Athene noctus 1 Nightjars & Allies Caprimulgidae Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Swifts Apodidae “Swift Sp” Common Swift Apus apus 100 20 x x Plain Swift (E) Apus unicolor 15 50 10 Pallid Swift (AF) Apus pallidus (seen well) 5+ 3 x x Alpine Swift Apus melba La Gomera 2 Little Swift Apus affinis 2 4 Bee-eaters Meropidae European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 1 x x x x Rollers Coraciidae European Roller Coracias garrulus Hoopoes Upupidae Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 3 x x 1 2 Woodpeckers & Allies Picidae Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 2 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis x Shrikes Laniidae Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus Southern Gray Shrike Lanius meridionalis 1 12 4 x Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 2 1 x 8 Old World Orioles Oriolidae Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus heard 4 Crows, Jays & Magpies Corvidae Carrion Crow Corvus corone x Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula 50 Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis Common Raven Corvus corax 2 1 3 x Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius x Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyana 6 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 10 x Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 2 150 Yellow-billed Chough (AF) Pyrrhocorax graculus 20 Larks Alaudidae Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra 10 1 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 2 1 Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens 20 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 15 10 x x Thekla Lark Galerida theklae 8 4 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis x x Wood Lark Lullula arborea x Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 2 Swallows Hirundinidae Plain Martin Riparia paludicola Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Eurasian Crag-martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 5 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 50 x x x Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 2 4 10 Common House-martin Delichon urbicum 100 x 1 x 12 Chickadees & Tits Paridae Coal Tit Periparus ater 1 Great Tit Parus major 1 x x x Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 4 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus DW, Granada - 2 African Blue Tit (AF) Cyanistes teneriffae 2 1 6 3 Bush-warblers & Allies Cettidae Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti 6 Creepers Certhiidae Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 2 Wrens Troglodytidae Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 1 1 2 Dippers Cinclidae White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 1 Bulbuls Pycnonotidae Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus 10 x Kinglets Regulidae Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1 2 2 Kinglet (E) Regulus teneriffae 6 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 8 Leaf Warblers Phylloscopidae Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis 3 6 (E) Western Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Reed-warblers & Allies Acrocephalidae Western Olivaceous War- Hippolais opaca 3 bler Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 3 Acrocephalus schoenobae- Sedge Warbler nus Eurasian Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 1 Great Reed-warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus x Cisticolas & Allies Cisticolidae Zitting Cisticola (Fain-tailed Cisticola juncidis 1 1 4 Warbler) Old World Warblers Sylvidae Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata 1 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla x x 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 hd 4 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis x Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata x x Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans x 2 x Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala x 1 x x 1 hd Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 3 European Robin Erithacus rubecula x 1 1 hd x 3 x Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Many heard 1 1 Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin Cercotrichas galactotes 1 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 4 5 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Moussier’s Redstart (AF) Phoenicurus moussieri 3 4 Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura 1 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 1 Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 2 3 Seebohm’s Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi 5 Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 10 4 Thrushes & Allies Turdidae Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius 2 3 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 6 2 10 5 10 8 15 12 x x x x Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 2 Starlings Sturnidae European Starling Stumus vulgaris 40 x x x x Spotless Starling Stumus unicolor Morocco - 50 x x 8 x Wagtails & Pipits Motacillidae Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1 hd Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 4 x 1 4 3 hd 2 2 White Wagtail Motacilla alba Moroccan White Wagtail Motacilla alba subpersonata 2 1 Buntings & Sparrows Emberizidae Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 1 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana x x Rock Bunting Emberiza cia 1 House Bunting Emberiza striolata 5 4 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 10 6 1 6 Siskins, Crossbills & Fringillidae Allies Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs x 20 x 8 2 25 40 6 120 x 50 Blue Chaffinch (E) Fringilla teydea 5 Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 1 7 3 x hd European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 25 10 1 10 x x 1 x Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina 10 ?? 2 1 4 1 4 European Serin Serinus serinus x 15 12 x Island Canary (E) Serinus canaria 20 6 2 20 20 15 x x Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Murina 5 Coccothraustes cocco- Hawfinch x thraustes Old World Sparrows Passeridae House Sparrow Passer domesticus x x x x x x x x x Spanish Sparrow (AF) Passer hispaniolensis 50 8 20 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Rock Petronia Petronia petronia x x x Waxbills & Munias Estrildidae Common Waxbill (l) Estrilda astrild

Other Species Moroccan Ground Squirrel x European Rabbit x x x x x x x Ibex 3 Red Fox x Sperm Whale x Bottle-nosed Dolphin x Spinner Dolphins feeding frenzy x after leaving Long-finned Pilot Whale x Gibraltar Atlantic White-sided Sol- x x x x phin Orea 10 Common Dolphin x x Striped Dolphin x Large Whale sp Striped Ground Squirrel Rabbit Hedgehog Skink Rock Lizard KEY: May 6 - Granada/Malaga, Spain May 7 - Gibraltar, UK May 8 - Casablanca, Morocco May 9 - Agadir/Taroudant, Morocco May 10 - Arricife, Lanzarote Island, Canary Islands May 11 - Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife Island, Canary Islands May 12 - San Sebastian, La Gomera, Canary Islands May 13 - Funchal, Island May 14 - Cruising the Atlantic Ocean May 15 - Vila do Porto, Santa Maria Island, Azores May 16 - Angra do Heroismo, Terceira Island, Azores May 17 - São Jorge Island, Azores May 18 - São Roque do Pico, Pico Island/Horta, Faial Island, Azores May 19 - Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores

NOTES: x = seen, no count hd = heard

Taxonomic note: Band-rumped now split up. Winter breeders (presumed gone by now) at O. granti, while summer breeders (a few sun) are presumed Mon- teiro’s (P. monteirii).