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Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus © Teresa Farino

Scientific names of birds referred to in Travellers' Nature Guides: Spain

Scientific and common names of birds mentioned in Travellers' Nature Guides: Spain are principally in accordance with Snow, D W & Perrins, C M (1998) The Birds of the Western Palaearctic (concise edition). OUP.

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Common name	Scientific name
African spoonbill	Platalea alba
alpine accentor	Prunella collaris
alpine chough	Pyrrhocorax graculus
alpine swift	Tachymarptis melba
American bittern	Botaurus lentiginosus
American golden plover	Pluvialis dominica
Andalusian hemipode	Turnix sylvatica
aquatic warbler	Acrocephalus paludicola
Arctic skua	Stercorarius parasiticus
Arctic tern	Sterna paradisaea
Audouin's gull	Larus audouinii
avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
azure-winged magpie	Cyanopica cyanus
Baillon's crake	Porzana pusilla
Balearic shearwater	Puffinus mauretanicus
Barbary falcon	Falco pelegrinoides
Barbary partridge	Alectoris barbara
bar-headed goose	Anser indicus
barn owl	Tyto alba
barnacle goose	Branta leucopsis
Barrow's goldeneye	Bucephala islandica
bar-tailed desert lark	Ammomanes cincturus
bar-tailed godwit	Limosa lapponica
bean goose	Anser fabalis
bearded tit	Panurus biarmicus
bee-eater	Merops apiaster
bittern	Botaurus stellaris
black duck	Anas rubripes
black guillemot	Cepphus grylle
black kite	Milvus migrans
black redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros
black stork	Ciconia nigra
black tern	Chlidonias niger
black vulture	Aegypius monachus
black wheatear	Oenanthe leucura
black woodpecker	Dryocopus martius
black-bellied sandgrouse	Pterocles orientalis
blackbird	Turdus merula
blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla
black-eared wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica
black-headed gull	Larus ridibundus
black-necked grebe	Podiceps nigricollis
black-tailed godwit	Limosa limosa
black-throated diver	Gavia arctica
black-winged kite	Elanus caeruleus
black-winged pratincole	Glareola nordmanni
black-winged stilt	Himantopus himantopus
blue rock thrush	Monticola solitarius
blue tit	Parus caeruleus
bluethroat	Luscinia svecica
blue-winged teal	Anas discors
Bonelli's eagle	Hieraaetus fasciatus
Bonelli's warbler	Phylloscopus bonelli
booted eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus
brambling	Fringilla montifringilla
Brent goose	Branta bernicla
broad-billed sandpiper	Limicola falcinellus
buff-breasted sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis
bufflehead	Bucephala albeola
bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Bulwer's petrel	Bulweria bulwerii
buzzard	Buteo buteo
calandra lark	Melanocorypha calandra
Canada goose	Branta canadensis
capercaillie	Tetrao urogallus
Caspian tern	Sterna caspia
cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis
Cetti's warbler	Cettia cetti
chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs
chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita
chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
cirl bunting	Emberiza cirlus
citril finch	Serinus citrinella
citrine wagtail	Motacilla citreola
coal tit	Parus ater
collared flycatcher	Ficedula albicollis
collared pratincole	Glareola pratincola
common gull	Larus canus
common sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
common scoter	Melanitta nigra
common tern	Sterna hirundo
common waxbill	Estrilda astrild
coot	Fulica atra
cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
corn bunting	Miliaria calandra
corncrake	Crex crex
Cory's shearwater	Calonectris diomedea
crag martin	Hirundo rupestris
crane	Grus grus
cream-coloured courser	Cursorius cursor
crested coot	Fulica cristata
crested lark	Galerida cristata
crested tit	Parus cristatus
crossbill	Loxia curvirostra
cuckoo	Cuculus canorus
curlew	Numenius arquata
curlew sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
Dartford warbler	Sylvia undata
dipper	Cinclus cinclus
dotterel	Charadrius morinellus
dunlin	Calidris alpina
dunnock	Prunella modularis
Dupont's lark	Chersophilus duponti
eagle owl	Bubo bubo
Egyptian vulture	Neophron percnopterus
eider	Somateria mollissima
Eleonora's falcon	Falco eleonorae
falcated duck	Anas falcata
fan-tailed warbler	Cisticola juncidis
ferruginous duck	Aythya nyroca
fieldfare	Turdus pilaris
firecrest	Regulus ignicapillus
Forster's tern	Sterna forsteri
Franklin's gull	Larus pipixcan
fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis
gadwall	Anas strepera
gannet	Morus bassanus
garden warbler	Sylvia borin
garganey	Anas querquedula
glaucous gull	Larus hyperboreus
goldcrest	Regulus regulus
golden eagle	Aquila chrysaetos
golden oriole	Oriolus oriolus
golden plover	Pluvialis apricaria
goldeneye	Bucephala clangula
goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
goosander	Mergus merganser
goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
grasshopper warbler	Locustella naevia
great black-backed gull	Larus marinus
great bustard	Otis tarda
great crested grebe	Podiceps cristatus
great grey shrike	Lanius excubitor
great northern diver	Gavia immer
great reed warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus
great shearwater	Puffinus gravis
great skua	Catharacta skua
great snipe	Gallinago media
great spotted cuckoo	Clamator glandarius
great spotted woodpecker	Dendrocopos major
great tit	Parus major
great white egret	Egretta alba
greater flamingo	Phoenicopterus ruber
greater yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca
green sandpiper	Tringa ochropus
green woodpecker	Picus viridis
greenfinch	Carduelis chloris
greenshank	Tringa nebularia
grey heron	Ardea cinerea
grey phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius
grey plover	Pluvialis squatarola
grey wagtail	Motacilla cinerea
greylag goose	Anser anser
griffon vulture	Gyps fulvus
guillemot	Uria aalge
gull-billed tern	Gelochelidon nilotica
hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes
hen harrier	Circus cyaneus
herring gull	Larus argentatus
hobby	Falco subbuteo
honey buzzard	Pernis apivorus
hoopoe	Upupa epops
house martin	Delichon urbica
house sparrow	Passer domesticus
Iberian chiffchaff	Phylloscopus brehmii
Iceland gull	Larus glaucoides
icterine warbler	Hippolais icterina
jack snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus
jackdaw	Corvus monedula
jay	Garrulus glandarius
Kentish plover	Charadrius alexandrinus
kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
king eider	Somateria spectabilis
kingfisher	Alcedo atthis
kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla
knot	Calidris canutus
lammergeier	Gypaetus barbatus
lanner	Falco biarmicus
lapwing	Vanellus vanellus
laughing gull	Larus atricilla
Leach's storm-petrel	Oceanodroma leucorrhoa
least sandpiper	Calidris minutilla
lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus
lesser crested tern	Sterna bengalensis
lesser grey shrike	Lanius minor
lesser kestrel	Falco naumanni
lesser scaup	Aythya affinis
lesser short-toed lark	Calandrella rufescens
lesser spotted woodpecker	Dendrocopos minor
lesser white-fronted goose	Anser erythropus
lesser yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes
linnet	Carduelis cannabina
little auk	Alle alle
little bittern	Ixobrychus minutus
little bustard	Tetrax tetrax
little crake	Porzana parva
little egret	Egretta garzetta
little grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
little gull	Larus minutus
little owl	Athene noctua
little shearwater	Puffinus assimilis
little stint	Calidris minuta
little swift	Apus affinis
little tern	Sterna albifrons
little-ringed plover	Charadrius dubius
long-billed dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus
long-eared owl	Asio otus
long-tailed duck	Clangula hyemalis
long-tailed skua	Stercorarius longicaudus
long-tailed tit	Aegithalos caudatus
Madeiran storm-petrel	Oceanodroma castro
magpie	Pica pica
mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
Manx shearwater	Puffinus puffinus
marbled teal	Marmaronetta angustirostris
Marmora's warbler	Sylvia sarda
marsh harrier	Circus aeruginosus
marsh sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
marsh tit	Parus palustris
meadow pipit	Anthus pratensis
Mediterranean gull	Larus melanocephalus
melodious warbler	Hippolais polyglotta
merlin	Falco columbarius
middle spotted woodpecker	Dendrocopos medius
mistle thrush	Turdus viscivorus
monk parakeet	Myiopsitta monachus
Montagu's harrier	Circus pygargus
moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
moustached warbler	Acrocephalus melanopogon
mute swan	Cygnus olor
night heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos
nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus
northern grey shrike	Lanius excubitor
nuthatch	Sitta europaea
olivaceous warbler	Hippolais pallida
olive-backed pipit	Anthus hodgsoni
Orphean warbler	Sylvia hortensis
ortolan bunting	Emberiza hortulana
osprey	Pandion haliaetus
oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus
pallid swift	Apus pallidus
partridge	Perdix perdix
pectoral sandpiper	Calidris melanotos
penduline tit	Remiz pendulinus
peregrine	Falco peregrinus
pied flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca
pink-footed goose	Anser brachyrhynchus
pintail	Anas acuta
pin-tailed sandgrouse	Pterocles alchata
pochard	Aythya ferina
pomarine skua	Stercorarius pomarinus
ptarmigan	Lagopus mutus
puffin	Fratercula arctica
purple gallinule	Porphyrio porphyrio
purple heron	Ardea purpurea
purple sandpiper	Calidris maritima
quail	Coturnix coturnix
Radde's warbler	Phylloscopus schwarzi
raven	Corvus corax
razorbill	Alca torda
red avadavat	Amandava amandava
red kite	Milvus milvus
red-backed shrike	Lanius collurio
red-breasted flycatcher	Ficedula parva
red-breasted merganser	Mergus serrator
red-crested pochard	Netta rufina
red-footed falcon	Falco vespertinus
red-legged partridge	Alectoris rufa
red-necked grebe	Podiceps grisegena
red-necked nightjar	Caprimulgus ruficollis
red-necked phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
red-rumped swallow	Hirundo daurica
redshank	Tringa totanus
redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus
red-throated diver	Gavia stellata
red-throated pipit	Anthus cervinus
redwing	Turdus iliacus
reed bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus
reed warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Richard's pipit	Anthus novaeseelandiae
ring ouzel	Turdus torquatus
ring-billed gull	Larus delawarensis
ringed plover	Charadrius hiaticula
robin	Erithacus rubecula
rock bunting	Emberiza cia
rock dove	Columba livia
rock pipit	Anthus petrosus
rock sparrow	Petronia petronia
rock thrush	Monticola saxatilis
roller	Coracias garrulus
rook	Corvus frugilegus
royal tern	Sterna maxima
ruddy duck	Oxyura jamaicensis
ruddy shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea
ruff	Philomachus pugnax
rufous bush robin	Cercotrichas galactotes
Rüppell's vulture	Gyps rueppellii
Sabine's gull	Larus sabini
sand martin	Riparia riparia
sanderling	Calidris alba
Sandwich tern	Sterna sandvicensis
Sardinian warbler	Sylvia melanocephala
Savi's warbler	Locustella luscinioides
scaup	Aythya marila
scops owl	Otus scops
sedge warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
semipalmated plover	Charadrias semipalmatus
semipalmated sandpiper	Calidris pusilla
serin	Serinus serinus
shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis
sharp-tailed sandpiper	Calidris acuminata
shelduck	Tadorna tadorna
short-eared owl	Asio flammeus
short-toed eagle	Circaetus gallicus
short-toed lark	Calandrella brachydactyla
short-toed treecreeper	Certhia brachydactyla
shoveler	Anas clypeata
siskin	Carduelis spinus
skylark	Alauda arvensis
Slavonian grebe	Podiceps auritus
slender-billed gull	Larus genei
smew	Mergellus albellus
snipe	Gallinago gallinago
snow bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis
snow finch	Montifringilla nivalis
solitary sandpiper	Tringa solitaria
song thrush	Turdus philomelos
sooty shearwater	Puffinus griseus
sooty tern	Sterna fuscata
sora	Porzana carolina
southern grey shrike	Lanius meridionalis
Spanish imperial eagle	Aquila adalberti
Spanish sparrow	Passer hispaniolensis
sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus
spectacled warbler	Sylvia conspicillata
spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia
spotless starling	Sturnus unicolor
spotted crake	Porzana porzana
spotted eagle	Aquila clanga
spotted flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
spotted redshank	Tringa erythropus
spotted sandpiper	Actitis macularia
squacco heron	Ardeola ralloides
starling	Sturnus vulgaris
stock dove	Columba oenas
stone curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus
stonechat	Saxicola torquata
storm petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus
subalpine warbler	Sylvia cantillans
swallow	Hirundo rustica
swift	Apus apus
tawny owl	Strix aluco
tawny pipit	Anthus campestris
teal	Anas crecca
Temminck's stint	Calidris temminckii
Tengmalm's owl	Aegolius funereus
Terek sandpiper	Xenus cinereus
Thekla lark	Galerida theklae
tree pipit	Anthus trivialis
tree sparrow	Passer montanus
treecreeper	Certhia familiaris
trumpeter finch	Bucanetes githagineus
tufted duck	Aythya fuligula
turnstone	Arenaria interpres
turtle dove	Streptopelia turtur
velvet scoter	Melanitta fusca
wallcreeper	Tichodroma muraria
water pipit	Anthus spinoletta
water rail	Rallus aquaticus
western sandpiper	Calidris mauri
wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
whinchat	Saxicola rubetra
whiskered tern	Chlidonias hybridus
white stork	Ciconia ciconia
white wagtail	Motacilla alba
white-backed woodpecker	Dendrocopos leucotos
white-fronted goose	Anser albifrons
white-headed duck	Oxyura leucocephala
white-rumped swift	Apus caffer
whitethroat	Sylvia communis
white-winged black tern	Chlidonias leucopterus
whooper swan	Cygnus cygnus
wigeon	Anas penelope
willow warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus
Wilson's phalarope	Steganopus tricolor
Wilson's storm-petrel	Oceanites oceanicus
wood sandpiper	Tringa glareola
wood warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix
woodchat shrike	Lanius senator
woodcock	Scolopax rusticola
woodlark	Lullula arborea
woodpigeon	Columba palumbus
wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
wryneck	Jynx torquilla
Yelkouan shearwater	Puffinus yelkouan
yellow wagtail	Motacilla flava
yellow-breasted bunting	Emberiza aureola
yellow-browed warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus
yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella
yellow-legged gull	Larus cachinnans

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