ITALY BIRDING TRIP REPORT
TRIP REPORT
ITALY
| Start: | 09/20/2015 |
| End: | 09/30/2015 |
| Duration: | 11 days |
| #Species: | 159 |
| #Endemics: | 0 |
| #Heard Only: | 3 |
2015 Sicily Scouting Trip
CHECKLIST OF BIRDS SEEN ON TOUR
List of bird species seen or heard during the tour. The table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country.* See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.
h = heard only; g = seen by guide only
| |||
| 1 | Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | CTL,LW,SW |
| 2 | (Garganey) | Spatula querquedula | CTL,SW,TS |
| 3 | Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | CTL,LW,SW,VW |
| 4 | Gadwall | Mareca strepera | CTL |
| 5 | /Eurasian Wigeon/ | Mareca penelope | CTL,TS |
| 6 | Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | CTL,LW,SM,SW,VW |
| 7 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | CTL,VW |
| 8 | /Green-winged Teal/ | Anas crecca | CTL,LW,SW,TS,VW |
| 9 | (Marbled Duck) | Marmaronetta angustirostris | VW |
| 10 | /Common Pochard/ | Aythya ferina | CTL,SW,TS |
| 11 | Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | CTL,TS |
| |||
| 12 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Many |
| 13 | Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | Many |
| 14 | (European Turtle-Dove) | Streptopelia turtur | TS |
| 15 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Many |
| |||
| 16 | (Pallid Swift) | Apus pallidus | SW |
| |||
| 17 | Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | LW |
| 18 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | CTL,SW |
| 19 | Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | CTL,LG,LW,SW,VW |
| 20 | Western Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | LG |
| |||
| 21 | (Black-winged Stilt) | Himantopus himantopus | CTL,LW,SW,TS,VW |
| 22 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | CTL,LW,TS,VW |
| |||
| 23 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | TS |
| 24 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula | CTL,LW,SW |
| 25 | (Little Ringed Plover) | Thinornis dubius | CTL,LW,SW |
| 26 | [Greater Sand-Plover] | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | SW |
| 27 | Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | CTL,LW |
| |||
| 28 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | CTL,TS |
| 29 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | CTL |
| 30 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | LW |
| 31 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | TS |
| 32 | /Terek Sandpiper/ | Xenus cinereus | TS |
| 33 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | CTL,TS |
| 34 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | MM |
| 35 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | CTL,VW |
| 36 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | CTL,LW,SW,VW |
| 37 | Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | CTL,LW,SW,TS,VW |
| 38 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus | CTL,LW,SW,TS,VW |
| 39 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | CTL,LW,SW,TS,VW |
| 40 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | MCMS |
| 41 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | CTL,LW,TS |
| 42 | |Curlew Sandpiper| | Calidris ferruginea | CTL,TS |
| 43 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii | LW |
| 44 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina | CTL,LW,SW,VW |
| 45 | Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | TS |
| 46 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | CTL,LW,SW,TS,VW |
| |||
| 47 | /Slender-billed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus genei | CTL,LW,SW,TS,VW |
| 48 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Many |
| 49 | /Audouin's Gull/ | Ichthyaetus audouinii | SW |
| 50 | /Mediterranean Gull/ | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | SW |
| 51 | Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Many |
| 52 | /Lesser Black-backed Gull/ | Larus fuscus | SW |
| 53 | {Gull-billed Tern} | Gelochelidon nilotica | FI,LW |
| 54 | /Caspian Tern/ | Hydroprogne caspia | LW,SW,VW |
| 55 | /Whiskered Tern/ | Chlidonias hybrida | LW |
| 56 | /Sandwich Tern/ | Thalasseus sandvicensis | CTL,LG,VW |
| |||
| 57 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | CTL,LW,SW,TS,VW |
| |||
| 58 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | CTL,LW,SW,TS,VW |
| 59 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | CTL,TS |
| 60 | /Eared Grebe/ | Podiceps nigricollis | CTL,LW,SW,VW |
| |||
| 61 | |Black Stork| | Ciconia nigra | CRD,LW |
| 62 | (White Stork) | Ciconia ciconia | CRD,LW |
| |||
| 63 | /Great Cormorant/ | Phalacrocorax carbo | CTL,SW,VW |
| |||
| 64 | Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | CTL,LW,SW,TS,VW |
| |||
| 65 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Many |
| 66 | Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | LW |
| 67 | (Squacco Heron) | Ardeola ralloides | LG |
| 68 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis | CTL,SW |
| 69 | /Great Egret/ | Ardea alba | CTL,LW,SW,TS,VW |
| 70 | /Gray Heron/ | Ardea cinerea | Many |
| |||
| 71 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | LW |
| |||
| 72 | (Egyptian Vulture) | Neophron percnopterus | CRD |
| 73 | Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | MM |
| 74 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | FI |
| 75 | Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | MMg |
| 76 | Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | MCMS |
| 77 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | CRD,ME,RA,TS |
| 78 | Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Many |
| 79 | Red Kite | Milvus milvus | CRD |
| 80 | (Black Kite) | Milvus migrans | CRD |
| 81 | Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | CRD,LG,MCMS,ME,MM |
| |||
| 82 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | CRD |
| |||
| 83 | Little Owl | Athene noctua | CTL,ME |
| |||
| 84 | (Eurasian Hoopoe) | Upupa epops | LW |
| |||
| 85 | (European Bee-eater) | Merops apiaster | CRD,FI,TS |
| |||
| 86 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Many |
| |||
| 87 | (Eurasian Wryneck) | Jynx torquilla | FI |
| 88 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | MEh,MMh,RAh |
| |||
| 89 | Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | RA |
| 90 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Many |
| 91 | |Red-footed Falcon| | Falco vespertinus | RA |
| 92 | (Eurasian Hobby) | Falco subbuteo | RA |
| 93 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | MM |
| 94 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | ME,MM,RA,SW |
| |||
| 95 | Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | ME,MM,RA,VW |
| 96 | Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | Many |
| 97 | Eurasian Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | Many |
| 98 | Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | Many |
| 99 | Common Raven | Corvus corax | Many |
| |||
| 100 | Coal Tit | Periparus ater | ME,MMh |
| 101 | Great Tit | Parus major | Many |
| 102 | Eurasian Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | AV,ME,MM,SM |
| |||
| 103 | Eurasian Penduline-Tit | Remiz pendulinus | VWh |
| |||
| 104 | {Wood Lark} | Lullula arborea | ME,MM |
| 105 | Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | FI,MCMSh |
| 106 | Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | Many |
| 107 | [Thekla's Lark] | Galerida theklae | FI |
| |||
| 108 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | CTL,LG,LW |
| |||
| 109 | Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | FI |
| 110 | |Sedge Warbler| | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | LWh |
| 111 | (Common Reed Warbler) | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | FI,SW |
| |||
| 112 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | LG,SW |
| 113 | Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | MCMS,ME,MM,RA |
| 114 | (Barn Swallow) | Hirundo rustica | Many |
| 115 | (Western House-Martin) | Delichon urbicum | LG,MM,SW |
| 116 | (European Red-rumped Swallow) | Cecropis rufula | CRD,LG |
| |||
| 117 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | FI,MCMS |
| 118 | Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | AV,ME |
| |||
| 119 | Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | Many |
| |||
| 120 | Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | MM |
| |||
| 121 | (Eurasian Blackcap) | Sylvia atricapilla | MMh,RAg,VWh |
| 122 | |Garden Warbler| | Sylvia borin | FI |
| 123 | Sardinian Warbler | Curruca melanocephala | Many |
| 124 | (Eastern Subalpine Warbler) | Curruca cantillans | FI,MCMS,SM |
| 125 | (Greater Whitethroat) | Curruca communis | FI |
| |||
| 126 | Common Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | AV,ME,MM,SM |
| |||
| 127 | Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | ME,MM |
| |||
| 128 | Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | AV,MM,SM |
| |||
| 129 | Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | AV,SM,SW |
| |||
| 130 | Spotless Starling | Sturnus unicolor | Many |
| |||
| 131 | Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | MEg,MMg |
| 132 | Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | ME,MM,RA |
| |||
| 133 | (Spotted Flycatcher) | Muscicapa striata | FI |
| 134 | European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | AV,ME,MM |
| 135 | |European Pied Flycatcher| | Ficedula hypoleuca | FI |
| 136 | (Common Redstart) | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | FI,MM |
| 137 | Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | ME,MM |
| 138 | Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | FI,MCMS,ME,MM |
| 139 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra | FI,MCMS,MM,SM |
| 140 | European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | AV,MCMS,MM,SM,VW |
| 141 | (Northern Wheatear) | Oenanthe oenanthe | FI,LW,MCMS,SM |
| 142 | |Eastern Black-eared Wheatear| | Oenanthe melanoleuca | FI,MCMS,MM |
| |||
| 143 | Italian Sparrow | Passer italiae | Many |
| 144 | Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | CRD,FI |
| 145 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | CRD,FI,MCMS,ME |
| 146 | Rock Sparrow | Gymnornis petronia | FI |
| |||
| 147 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | ME,MM |
| 148 | (Western Yellow Wagtail) | Motacilla flava | CRD,FI,LW,TS |
| 149 | (Tawny Pipit) | Anthus campestris | FI |
| 150 | |Tree Pipit| | Anthus trivialis | MEg |
| |||
| 151 | Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | AV,MM,RA,SM,SW |
| 152 | Eurasian Linnet | Linaria cannabina | FI,MCMS,ME,MM,SM |
| 153 | Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | ME |
| 154 | European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Many |
| 155 | European Serin | Serinus serinus | CRD,ME |
| |||
| 156 | Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | MCMS,RA,SM |
| 157 | Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | FI,ME,MM |
| 158 | Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | LW,MCMS,MM |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
BIRDING LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 69 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 13 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 3 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 79 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 33 |
| [] | Accidental | 51 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.