SELECTED BIRD LIST OF ARAGON & EBRO DELTA

These are some of the more interesting species of birds that you could expect to see
( R= resident, S=summer, W=winter , P=passage)

SPECIES
Scientific name
 R

S

W

P

Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus  

X

   
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris X      
Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax  

X

   
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus   X    
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides  

X

   
Great White Egret Egretta alba     X  
Little Egret Egretta garzetta X      
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea  

X

   
White Stork Ciconia ciconia X      
Black Stork Ciconia nigra    

X

 
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia       X
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber X      
           
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna       X
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina X      
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca       X
           
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus X      
Black Kite Milvus migrans  

X

   
Red Kite Milvus milvus X      
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus  

X

   
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus X      
Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus X      
Bonelli´s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus X      
Montagu´s Harrier Circus pygargus   X    
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus  

X

   
Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus  

X

   
Osprey Pandion haliaetus       X
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni  

X

   
           
Western Capercaille Tetrao urogallus X      
Crane Grus grus       X
Red-legged Partidge Alectoris rufa X      
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax X      
Great Bustard Otis tarda X      
           
Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus X      
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  

X

   
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta  

X

   
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola  

X

   
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus X      
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus    

X

 
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea    

X

 
Little Stint Calidris minuta     X  
Marsh Sanpiper Tringa stagnatalis     X  
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii    

X

 
           
Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans X      
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus X      
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei X      
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii X      
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica  

X

   
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia     X  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus  

X

   
Mediterranean Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan X      
           
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis X      
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata X      
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius  

X

   
           
Eagle Owl Bubo bubo X      
Scops Owl Otus scops  

X

   
Tengmalm´s Owl Aegolius funereus X      
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis  

X

   
           
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus   X    
Alpine Swift Apus apus   X    
           
Roller Croacias garrulus   X    
Hoopoe Upupa epops X      
Bee-eater Merops apiaster  

X

   
           
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius X      
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos X      
           
Dupont´s Lark Chersophilus duponti X      
Crested Lark Galerida cristata X      
Thekla Lark Galerida theklae X      
Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla  

X

   
Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens X      
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra X      
Crag Martin Hirundo rupestris X      
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica   X    
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura X      
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis   X    
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius X      
Ring Owzel Turdus torquatus   X    
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris   X    
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta X      
           
Cetti´s Warbler Cettia cetti X      
Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis X      
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus  

X

   
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon X      
Savi´s Warbler Locustella luscinoides   X    
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris X      
Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans   X    
Orphen Warbler Sylvia hortensis   X    
Olivaceus Warbler Hippolais pallida   X    
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta  

X

   
Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata X      
Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata   X    
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala X      
Bonelli's Warbler Philloscopus bonelli   X    
Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus X      
           
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria X      
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus   X    
Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus X      
           
Red Rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica   X    
Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla X      
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor   X    
Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis X      
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator  

X

   
           
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor X      
Alpine Chough Phyrrhocorax graculus X      
Red-billed Chough Phyrrhocorax phyrrhocorax X      
           
Snow Finch Montifringilla nivalis X      
Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia X      
Citril Finch Serinus citrinella X      
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus X      
Rock Bunting Emberiza cia X      
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana   X    
Corn Bunting Milaria calandra X      

Selected list of EXTREMADURA & ANDALUCIA , not included in Aragón and Ebro Delta

SPECIES
Scientific name
 R

S

W

P

Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis      
X
Marbled Duck Marmoretta angustrirostris X      
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala X      
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti X      
Black Vulture Aegypius monachus X      
White rumped Swift Apus caffer   X    
Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes   X    
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica X      
Azure winged Magpie Cyanopica cyana X      
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus X      
Willow or Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis X      

 
Bonelli´s Eagle / Hieraaetus fasciatus
Avocet / Recurvirostra avosseta
Hoopoe / Upupa epops

Selected Bird list of Morocco not included in the Spanish lists

SPECIES
Scientific name
 R

S

W

P

Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita X      
Long-legged Buzard Buteo rufinus cirtensis X      
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax belisarius X      
Eleonora´s Falcon Falco eleonorae   X    
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus erlangeri X      
Barbary Falcon Falco peregrinus peregrinoides X      
Double-spurred Francolin Francolinis bicalcaratus ayesha X      
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana   X    
Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata X      
Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor X      
Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis       X
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus X      
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles Coronatus X      
Lichtenstein´s Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtenstein targius X      
Laughing Dove Streptopleia senegalensis X      
Pharaoh Eagle Owl Bubo ascalaphus X      
Marsh Owl Asio capensis tingitanus X      
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptus   X    
Little Swift Apus affinis   X    
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus chrysocercus   X    
Levaillant´s Woodpecker Picus viridis vaillantii X      
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cincturus arenicolor X      
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti payni X      
Greater Hoopoe Lark Alaemon Alaudipes X      
Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey X      
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris atlas X      
Temmink´s Lark Eremophila alpestris bilopha X      
Plain Martin Riparia paludicola mauretanica X      
Pale Crag Martin Hirundo fuligula obsoleta X      
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus X      
Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta saharae X      
Desert Warbler Sylvia nana deserti X      
Tristam´s Warbler Sylvia deserticola moriccana X      
Moussier´s Redstart Phoenicurus moissieri X      
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga augra X      
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens X      
Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta X      
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti homochroma X      
Fulvous Babbler Turdoides fulvus moroccanus X      
African Bleu Tit Cyanestess altramarinus X      
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala X      
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis X      
Desert Sparrow Passer simplex X      
Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguinea aliena X      
House Bunting Emberiza striolta sahari X      

 

 

 
 
 

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