Southern Spain 19th - 27th March 2017

Spanish Imperial Eagle is an Iberian endemic and an important target on this tour

Tour Leader: Lisle Gwynn All photos in this report were taken by Lisle Gwynn on this tour Species depicted in photographs are named in BOLD RED

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Although it has largely been neglected by North American birders, birding in Spain remains almost a right of passage to European birders, with many cutting their world birding teeth in the Iberian Peninsula. This should be no surprise, as with fantastic birding, varied landscapes and habitats, great infrastructure, comfortable accommodation and superb food it has everything one needs for a great birding trip.

The focus of this tour is enjoying what is arguably the best birding in Europe, whilst also sampling the Mediterranean way of life. Imagine slowly making your way through the wildflower-filled fields of the open steppe in search of bustards and sandgrouse, watching dozens of giant Griffon Vultures pass by at arm’s length in a reserve world famous for its birds of prey, and scouring a seemingly endless wetland from a town that is straight from the wild west. Along the way we take in epic Iberian feasts of food and wine so local you can point at where the food and grapes came from, and enjoy picnic lunches of local hams, cheeses, fresh baked bread and other delights while taking in the stunning surroundings. That’s just part of what birding in Spain is about.

This year’s tour took in our ‘usual’ route, starting in the bustling capital of Madrid at a comfortable hotel near the airport before making our way down to Extremadura and our idyllic castle-like rural hotel, and ending with an extended stay in El Rocio at a lagoon-side hotel with the best restaurant in town. Of course, this is a birding trip, and it is easy to understand why this is such a popular destination for Europeans in Spring - the lekking bustards, the bubbling sandgrouse, the sweet- singing bountiful larks and the hustling and bustling marismas and lagoons of Donana National Park all go toward creating some of the best birding available on this continent. Of course we take in specific and important targets along the way and this year we were extremely lucky with bustards, seeing many of both Great and Little Bustards, we had superb Pin-tailed Sandgrouse and some of the best looks at Spanish Imperial Eagle I have ever had. In the south we had, again, easily the best views I have ever had of Marbled Teal, whilst White-headed Duck once again gave absurd views east of the Guadalquivir River. We enjoyed the mediterranean specialty gulls - Slender-billed and Audouin’s - at close range, and had an enjoyable time just birding our way through countless spectacular landscapes.

If you only ever take one birding trip to Europe - it surely has to be Spain.

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 1 DAY 1: MADRID TO TRUJILLO We began our delve into Iberia by storming through the open countryside from the modern bustling capital of Madrid to the quaint, small and historic town of Trujillo, and then a short ways into the countryside to our picturesque and beautiful country hotel. By the time we arrived it was late afternoon and the golden light was just starting to creep across the landscape so we opted for a gentle stroll to be introduced to the local birds. Most participants were visiting Europe or even the Old World for the first time so there were many lifers celebrated including Blackbird, European and Spotless Starlings, European and Iberian Magpies, the always much sought after Eurasian Hoopoe, the dazzling European Goldfinch, and equally dapper Blue Tits and Great Tits. Stars of the afternoon though were, for me, some particularly showy Tree Pipit, but for the group it was probably the co-operative Sardinian Warbler with its blazing eye.

After taking in the sight of dozens of House Martins, Barn Swallows and Red-rumped Swallows over the hotel we enjoyed the first extravagant meal, featuring many courses of typical local food cooked perfectly by our amazing hosts - not to mention the ample local wine and scrumptious Acorn liqueur.

DAY 2: CACARES PLAINS, BELEN STEPPE & MONFRAGUE NATIONAL PARK The beauty of this tour is that we use two bases for three nights each, and both of these bases are right within the best birding and offer access to some of the best birding sites in Europe. Our centre in Extremadura allows us to take in two main types of birding each day - generally speaking the open plains and steppe in the morning, and the mountains during the day once it has warmed up a touch.

Our cool and misty morning was spent across the plains and steppe of the Cacares and Belen areas, stopping at vantage points to scan and lightly stroll in search of our key targets. Thankfully there is a network of side roads and tracks that take us right into the best areas for bustards and www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 2 sandgrouse, and it wasn’t long before, at our first stop of the morning, a hulking big Great Bustard came flying low and long over the open land in front of us. A great score straight out, and with a superb supporting cast of Iberian (Southern Grey) Shrike, Corn Bunting, Crested and Thekla Larks, Greater Short-toed Lark, the sought-after Calandra Lark and then, as always out of nowhere, a cracking Little Bustard erupted from cover and gave us excellent flight views.

Moving on we stopped first of all at a favourite spot of mine where it took us all of 5 minutes of scanning to find a small group of Pin-tailed Sandgrouse on the ground feeding and a small group of Great Bustards flew across the road ahead of us. A visit to a local pond produced Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler, Black-winged Stilt, Greenshank, Ruff, Northern Lapwing, more Great Bustard and a huge group of Pin-tailed Sandgrouse. We also added Eurasian Griffon, Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Black Kite, Booted Eagle and Great Spotted Cuckoo to our list here as we admired the mountains of Monfrague in the distance.

Before we hit the mountains I had one more site I wanted to try for a special surprise. In the past I’ve had great luck locally with a traditional lekking (display) site for Great Bustard so we took the short drive and crossed our fingers hoping it would be active. Arriving on site it took only a minute and a deep “boom” in the distance to signal the presence of bustards. Sure enough a scope scan revealed 15+ Great Bustards in full display in the field ahead of us. Seeing these enormous birds in full puffed-up display regalia is truly a highlight of the birding world. Unbelievably, while we were watching the Greats, a small group of Little Bustards (next page) flew in meaning we were watching both bustards at once in the same field - amazing!

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The remainder of the day was spent in and around Monfrague National Park, a picturesque park featuring woodland, heathland and rocky outcrops covered in birds of prey. On the way in we managed a surprise Black Stork (next page top) drifting over the road, and soon we had arrived at our first destination - the famous Penafalcon rock. We spent a few hours here that, given the amount of activity, felt significantly shorter, but we managed to rack up almost every possible bird for the site. Short-toed Treecreeper sang below us, Rock Bunting fed among our feet, Black Redstarts and Blue Rock Thrushes sang and displayed on the rocks around us, and above and all around us were the stars - the raptors: Eurasian Griffon, Cinereous Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Booted Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Peregrine, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, even a pair of spectacular Bonelli’s Eagles gave great views as they drifted over - it was a veritable feast of lifers.

Stopping along the way on our journey across the national park, we first scored exceptional views of a group of Hawfinch (page 5 top) before we gathered at a similar site to the Penafalcon for the evening where we almost instantly added the highly sought-after and Spanish endemic Spanish Imperial Eagle (next page bottom), and whilst we enjoyed our time here immensely, watching a swirl of raptors and unprecedentedly prolonged and spectacular views of the star eagle, our target Eurasian Eagle Owl unfortunately decided not to show, despite us pushing our luck into darkness. So, it was back to the hotel for another delicious dinner.

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Having had such spectacular fortune the previous day we had a leisurely day today of surveying the area for any new birds we could eek out, but mostly enjoying great birding in a fantastic setting, having cleaned up most of our targets already. A pre-breakfast jaunt took us back to Belen where we scored better and longer views of Little Bustard displaying in an open field, whilst a walk around the hotel lane produced some superb Great Spotted Cuckoos.

We made our way back into Monfrague around mid-morning after a leisurely breakfast and another foray out into the open land for bustards and sandgrouse, and had a large picnic lunch at Penafalcon where we once again enjoyed magnificent views of a wide range of birds of prey, including absolutely fantastic views of a perched Egyptian Vulture (page 7 bottom) and arms-length fly-pasts of Eurasian Griffon (next page). Blue Rock Thrushes (page 7 top) continued to serenade us from any available rock or branch. Unfortunately while we were here the heavens truly opened and we were pelted with heavy rain for the remainder of the day, which made birding somewhat challenging. A stop at a nearby reservoir added a few new species, including Purple Swamphen, Purple Heron, good views of the omnipresent Zitting Cisticola but the wished for Bearded Reedlings simply wouldn’t show themselves in the rain. So, it was back to the country hotel to warm up, dry off and take short walks between showers, the highlight of which was a stonking Hawfinch.

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Rock Bunting in Monfrague National Park

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This morning we awoke with a shock. Here in the sun-bathed open country of southern Spain’s spaghetti-western-esque we were rudely awoken by… snow! In all the visits I’ve made to this part of Spain, I have never seen snow fall outside of the mountains, and this was unexpected even by our farmer hosts. Thankfully we had seen Lesser Kestrel well already and visited the Trujillo bullring as this was our plan for the early morning. Instead we took a drive in the countryside, enjoying the scenery and marvelling at the absolute beauty of the place, along with some displaying Calandra Larks.

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 10 The middle of the day was primarily set aside for travelling to the coast, but we managed an excellent pale-morph Booted Eagle along the way. After a couple of hours we reached our new base - the wild west, sand-street, marsh-adjacent, important religious town of El Rocio (repeat that in a Spanish accent… Elllllll Rrrro-thhhhi-ooooo - it has a certain ring to it!). After a sit-down lunch of local specialities including Iberian ham, swordfish, tuna and other assorted goodies we set out for an afternoon search of the adjacent marsh. Water levels here were great so there was a fantastic set of birds present, set to the back drop of our picturesque town, including Glossy Ibis, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Great, Cattle and Little Egrets, Purple Heron, Grey Heron, Common Snipe, Common Greenshank, Common Ringed Plover and the stunning Collared Pratincole to name a few. On the far side of the marsh we walked the promenade and found a bonus Black-crowned Night Heron roost thanks to Bob and Paula’s scouting, as well as admiring the absolutely incredible numbers of Eurasian Spoonbill spread thick across the area. Our ‘bird of the day’ award though easily went to the single Ruddy Shelduck we located on the far shore - far from an easy bird in Spain and much desired as it’s a great looker.

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 11 DAY 5: DONANA NATIONAL PARK Once again we had ample time in the area so we left the hotel early in the cool misty morning to spend the majority of the day within Donana National Park. This is a fabled and legendary site in not just Spanish, but European birding, and we set out to find out why.

We spent the entire morning working our way to our half-way point, stopping at flooded fields and paddocks, roadside ditches, rivers, creeks, mini saltpans and marshes along the way adding a huge variety of species. We saw most of what we had seen the previous evening, and in good numbers, with the addition of Little Grebe, Green Sandpiper, Pied Avocet and we ran into a mixed flock of migrants that contained Blackcap, Sardinian Warbler a brief Garden Warbler and a very tricky Common Nightingale that gave us a frustrating run-around. One bird that didn’t give us the run-around was a fantastic Common Cuckoo that was clearly fresh in from Africa and too exhausted to evade us, allowing for some absolutely phenomenal views. Out on the water the highlight was a pair of Great-crested Grebes in full courtship display, though Black-necked (or Eared) Grebe came close, as did the trio of White-headed Duck we found adjacent to our lunch stop. Whilst we enjoyed a picnic lunch that featured no less than 3 types of local ham, Chorizo, two types of cheese, fresh baked bread and all sorts of other goodies (including chocolate and wine - important ingredients) we also set our eyes on a surprisingly large number of the beautiful Gargany - I counted at least 10 individuals over the hour or so we were here - quite impressive!

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 12 The afternoon saw activity die down a little so we concentrated on the marshes and were rewarded with by far the best views I have ever had of Marbled Teal - a pair of which ambled along in a roadside pool for quite some time. A ghostly-pallid Montagu’s Harrier created some excitement as it drifted over the grassland, but it was the surprisingly-good Cetti’s Warbler that really showed itself off for us that created most excitement. In the book they look kind of bland, but in real life they’re a fantastic mix of rufous and cream with a loud and piercing song. To end the day we shot over to the western side of El Rocio, still within Donana National Park, where we had Firecrest and two brief Crested Tit as well as some seriously well-performing Dartford Warblers - in my view one of the best members of the best families of birds in the world. A perfect end to the day.

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Having largely exhausted options in the main Donana National Park, this morning we headed west to a much less popular, though equally as fantastic, area known as the Odiel Marshes. Unlike Donana, the water levels here are tide dependent, so there is always something to look at. We were plagued by rain, once again, but we managed to get out for a couple of strolls and some good birds between downpours. Our first stop was a muddy creek, series of salt pans and marsh that produced the likes of Common Whimbrel, Black-bellied Plover, Little Stint, Sanderling, Black-tailed and Bar-tailed Godwits, Dunlin, Common Redshank, Greater Flamingo, Black-headed Gull, Common Shelduck and a confusing raptor that I believe is what is being called ‘Gibraltar Buzzard’ - a curious hybrid mix of cirtensis Long-legged Buzzard and hispaniaie Common Buzzard. Less confusing was the excellent Osprey that flew over carrying a giant fish as we watched a trio of Spotted Redshanks feed in a nearby pool.

Back across the road we had breakfast next to a pond full of Red-crested Pochards and successfully drew out a Eurasian Reed Warbler into view. The stand-out highlight here, and indeed of the trip for me, was the absolutely phenomenal views we achieved of the dinky but mighty Zorro-esque Penduline Tit. Quite bewildered by this little gem we headed out to the breakwater but found it closed due to high winds and foul weather (unsurprising), but our main target here was easily found on a beach at the base of the spit… a large group of Audouin’s Gulls, along with Eurasian Oystercatcher and some Great Cormorants that included some of the really rather dashing Moroccan subspecies maroccanus. Surprise of the site came in the form of a non-breeding plumaged Razorbill that seemed at home amongst the cormorants.

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Penduline Tit - Lisle’s bird of the trip

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 15 The afternoon was spent in the pine and oak forests of Donana west of El Rocio seeking out a few species we’d yet to catch up with. After lunch we went for a walk and finally managed to locate and get good views of Crested Tit, along with some excellent Short-toed Treecreepers. While later in the afternoon we managed to find Firecrest and Wren in a local woodland whilst successfully searching for woodpeckers. Almost immediately we managed to locate a pair of the tiny and great looking Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, never an easy bird to find, while Great Spotted Woodpecker played a frustrating game of cat and mouse with us through the forest.

DAY 7: EAST DONANA & BONANZA SALTPANS

Although today marked the end of the tour, and time for us to head to Sevilla, there was time for one last assault. It’s a bit of a lengthy drive to the eastern side of Donana, beyond the Guadalquivir, but it’s entirely worth it. First of all we made our way to my ‘secret spot’, a pool in an almost indescribable part of the area that always has White-headed Duck. But it doesn’t just have White- headed Duck, the White-headed Ducks here are incredibly approachable and unwary so they give absolutely fantastic close-up views. We then spent the remainder of the long morning working our way through various salt pans and pools searching for anything we may have missed over the last few days, but the main target was Slender-billed Gull (next page), of which we found a huge flock bathing right next to a track across some salt pans which gave incredible views - some of the best I’ve ever had. And as if that wasn’t enough, while we had lunch we were treated to two more Marbled Teal - what an end to the tour!

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BIRD LIST The taxonomy of the bird list follows: Clements, James F., White, Anthony W., and Fitzpatrick, John W. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. Cornell, 2007. This list is up to date with the major changes published by Cornell up until August 2016.

Column 2 lists species’ IUCN Red List status

Numbers: 151 bird species seen

ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

1 Graylag Goose Anser anser

2 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna

3 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginae

4 Gadwall Anas strepera

5 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

6 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

8 Garganey Anas querquedula

9 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca

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10 V Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris

11 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina

12 Common Pochard Aythya ferina

14 E White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala

GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

15 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

16 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix

PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

17 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

18 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

19 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae

20 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus

CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

21 Black Stork Ciconia nigra

22 White Stork Ciconia ciconia

SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

23 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

24 Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris

26 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea

27 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

28 Great Egret Ardea alba

29 Little Egret Egretta garzetta

30 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

31 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

32 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

33 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

34 Osprey Pandion haliaetus www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 18

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

35 E Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus

36 NT Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus

37 Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus

38 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus

39 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus

40 Bonelli’s Eagle Aquila fasciata

41 V Spanish Eagle Aquila adalberti

42 Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus

43 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus

44 NT Red Kite Milvus milvus

45 Black Kite Milvus migrans

46 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

47 V Great Bustard Otis tarda

48 NT Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax

GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

49 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio

50 Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

51 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra

CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

52 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

53 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

54 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola

55 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

56 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

59 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

60 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

61 Common Redshank Tringa totanus www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 19

62 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

63 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

64 NT Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

66 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

67 Ruff Calidris pugnax

68 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

69 Sanderling Calidris alba

70 Dunlin Calidris alpina

71 Little Stint Calidris minuta

CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae 72 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola

CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

73 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei

74 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

75 NT Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii

76 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis

77 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

78 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia

79 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis

PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

80 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata

81 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis

COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

82 Int Rock Pigeon Columba livia

83 Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus

84 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto

CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

85 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius

86 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

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87 Common Swift Apus apus

88 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus

CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae

89 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

90 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni

91 Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

92 Southern Gray Shrike Lanius meridionalis

93 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator

PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

94 Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki

95 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica

96 Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula

97 Carrion Crow Corvus corone

98 Common Raven Corvus corax

PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

99 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra

100 Crested Lark Galerida cristata

101 Thekla Lark Galerida theklae

102 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis

103 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla

104 Wood Lark Lullula arborea

PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

105 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia

106 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

107 Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris

108 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

109 Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum

PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

110 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus

111 Great Tit Parus major www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 21

112 Coal Tit Periparus ater

113 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus

PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae

114 Eurasian Penduline-Tit Remiz pendulinus

PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae

115 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus

PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae

116 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla

PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

117 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

118 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla

PASSERIFORMES: Cettiidae

119 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti

PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

120 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

121 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus

122 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

123 Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

124 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

125 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

126 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans

127 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala

128 Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis

129 NT Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata

PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

130 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

131 Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius

132 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola

133 European Robin Erithacus rubecula www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 22

PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

134 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula

135 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

136 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

137 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor

PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

138 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

139 White Wagtail Motacilla alba

140 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis

141 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis

PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

142 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia

143 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra

PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

144 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

145 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris

146 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

147 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes

148 Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina

149 European Serin Serinus serinus

PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

150 House Sparrow Passer domesticus

151 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis

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