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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Austria: Birds and Music

Cumulative Checklist

with Bryan Bland as leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of sixteen this species has been recorded
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column D = H = Heard only, (H) Heard but mostly seen, (I) = Introduced
A B C D
16 Little Grebe 2 2 Tachybaptus ruficollis
13 Great Crested Grebe 4 5 Podiceps cristatus
3 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
4 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
16 Continental Cormorant 3 10 Phalacrocorax (carbo) sinensis
2 Pygmy Cormorant 3 60 Phalacrocorax pygmeus
4 Common Bittern Botaurus stellaris
1 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
1 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
10 Little Egret 5 7 Egretta garzetta
16 Great Egret 6 20 Egretta alba
16 Grey Heron 6 8 Ardea cinerea
14 Purple Heron 1 5 Ardea purpurea
14 Black Stork 1 2 Ciconia nigra
13 White Stork 3 6 Ciconia ciconia
15 Eurasian Spoonbill 3 2 Platalea leucorodia
16 Mute Swan 3 20 Cygnus olor
1 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
16 Greylag Goose 5 000s Anser anser
1 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
9 Common Shelduck 2 2 Tadorna tadorna
2 Mandarin Duck (i) Aix galericulata
5 Wigeon Anas penelope
12 Gadwall Anas strepera
16 Common Teal 5 60 Anas crecca
16 Mallard 6 100 Anas platyrhynchos
5 Pintail 1 2 Anas acuta
5 Garganey 2 14 Anas querquedula
14 Northern Shoveler 2 10 Anas clypeata
11 Red-crested Pochard 2 250 Netta rufina
11 Common Pochard Aythya ferina
9 Ferruginous Duck 2 3 Aythya nyroca
6 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
6 White-tailed Eagle 2 7 Haliaeetus albicilla
8 Honey Buzzard 1 1 Pernis apivorus
2 Black Kite Milvus migrans
3 Red Kite 1 2 Milvus milvus
16 Marsh Harrier 6 6 Circus aeruginosus
1 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
5 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
10 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
15 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
15 Common Buzzard 6 10 Buteo buteo
1 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis (orientalis)
1 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
5 (Eastern) Imperial Eagle 1 1 Aquila heliaca
1 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
2 Booted Eagle 1 2 Hieraaetus pennatus
3 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
16 Common Kestrel 9 12 Falco tinnunculus
6 Red-footed Falcon 1 1 Falco vespertinus
13 Hobby 2 2 Falco subbuteo
9 Saker 1 1 Falco cherrug
7 Peregrine Falco peregrinus
2 Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix
13 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
16 Pheasant (i) 4 10 Phasianus colchicus
11 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
5 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
4 Little Crake Porzana parva
13 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
16 Eurasian Coot 5 100 Fulica atra
1 Common Crane Grus grus
11 Great Bustard 2 9 Otis tarda
5 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
16 Pied Avocet 3 200 Recurvirostra avosetta
16 Little Ringed Plover 2 10 Charadrius dubius
15 Common Ringed Plover 2 12 Charadrius hiaticula
10 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
1 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
5 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
16 Northern Lapwing 3 12 Vanellus vanellus
8 Red Knot 2 4 Calidris canutus
7 Sanderling 1 3 Calidris alba
15 Little Stint 2 20 Calidris minuta
8 Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
14 Curlew Sandpiper 2 15 Calidris ferruginea
16 Dunlin 2 30 Calidris alpina
15 Ruff 2 60 Philomachus pugnax
16 Common Snipe 4 20 Gallinago gallinago
9 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
1 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
15 Eurasian Curlew 2 6 Numenius arquata
1 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
15 Spotted Redshank 2 30 Tringa erythropus
10 Redshank 1 1 Tringa totanus
2 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
12 Common Greenshank 3 4 Tringa nebularia
8 Green Sandpiper 2 4 Tringa ochropus
15 Wood Sandpiper 2 15 Tringa glareola
11 Common Sandpiper 4 3 Actitis hypoleucos
6 Turnstone Arenaria interpres
4 Red-necked Phalarope 3 1 Phalaropus lobatus
8 Little Gull 1 2 Larus minutus
16 Black-headed Gull 5 50 Larus ridibundus
5 Common Gull 1 2 Larus canus
16 Yellow-legged Gull 5 80 Larus (cachinnans) michahellis
2 Caspian Gull 1 1 Larus (cachinnans) cachinnans
3 Baltic Gull 1 3 Larus fuscus fuscus
1 Caspian Tern 1 1 Sterna caspia
3 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
1 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
4 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
5 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
3 Whiskered Tern Childonias hybrida
16 Feral Pigeon (i) 12 40 Columba livia
13 Stock Dove Columba oenas
16 Common Woodpigeon 8 10 Columba palumbus
16 Collared Dove 12 50 Streptopelia decaocto
14 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
3 Cuckoo Cuclus canorus
1 Tawny Owl Strix aluco
5 Common Swift Apus apus
12 Common Kingfisher 3 1 Alcedo atthis
6 Bee-eater 1 38 Merops apiaster
1 Hoopoe Upupa epops
16 Grey-headed Woodpecker 1 1 Picus canus
16 Green Woodpecker 2 1 Picus viridis
15 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
16 Great Spotted Woodpecker 6 1 Dendrocopos major
16 Syrian Woodpecker 1 2 Dendrocopos syriacus
16 Middle Spotted Woodpecker 1 1 Dendrocopos medius
13 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 3 1 (H) Dendrocopos minor
5 Crested Lark 1 2 Galerida cristata
14 Common Skylark 1 1 Alauda arvensis
16 Sand Martin 1 2 Riparia riparia
1 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
16 Barn Swallow 5 30 Hirundo rustica
16 House Martin 5 10 Delichon urbica
3 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
5 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
11 Water Pipit 1 1 Anthus spinoletta
14 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
9 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
16 White Wagtail 5 30 Motacilla alba
7 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
11 Dunnock 1 4 Prunella modularis
1 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
16 European Robin 3 4 Erithacus rubecula
1 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
3 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
16 Black Redstart 5 10 Phoenicurus ochruros
8 Common Redstart 3 1 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
14 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
12 Stonechat Saxicola torquata
10 Northern Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe oenanthe
1 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
16 Common Blackbird 5 4 Turdus merula
14 Song Thrush 2 4 Turdus philomelos
12 Mistle Thrush 2 14 Turdus viscivorus
9 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
11 Sedge Warbler 1 2 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
1 Savis' Warbler Locustella luscinioides
3 Marsh Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus palustris
14 Reed Warbler 1 2 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
9 Great Reed Warbler 1 2 Acrocephalus arundinaceus
1 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
1 Barred Warbler Sylvia nusoria
11 Lesser Whitethroat 2 1 Sylvia curruca
7 Whitethroat Sylvia communis
5 Garden Warbler 1 1 Sylvia borin
16 Blackcap 2 2 Sylvia atricapilla
7 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
15 Chiffchaff 4 4 Phylloscopus collybita
12 Willow Warbler 4 1 Phylloscopus trochilus
14 Goldcrest 1 1 Regulus regulus
12 Firecrest 1 1 Regulus ignicapillus
16 Spotted Flycatcher 2 2 Muscicapa striata
1 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
13 Collared Flycatcher 2 1 Ficedula albicollis
12 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
11 Bearded Tit 1 1 H Panurus biarmicus
12 Long-tailed Tit 1 12 Aegithalos caudatus
15 Marsh Tit 2 6 Parus palustris
12 Willow Tit 1 1 Parus montanus
16 Crested Tit 1 2 Parus cristatus
16 Coal Tit 2 3 Parus ater
16 Blue Tit 7 6 Parus caeruleus
16 Great Tit 7 4 Parus major
16 Eurasian Nuthatch 5 4 Sitta europaea
13 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
15 Short-toed Treecreeper 2 1 Certhia brachydactyla
11 Penduline Tit 1 34 Remiz pendulinus
3 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
15 Red-backed Shrike 3 1 Lanius collurio
3 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
16 Common Starling 6 000s Sturnus vulgaris
16 Eurasian Jay 1 2 Garrulus glandarius
16 Common Magpie 4 1 Pica pica
16 Spotted Nutcracker 1 1 Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes
11 Alpine Chough 1 2 Pyrrhocorax graculus
16 Western Jackdaw 5 50 Corvus monedula
16 Rook 4 50 Corvus frugilegus
5 Carrion Crow Corvus corone
16 Hooded Crow 9 10 Corvus cornix
15 Common Raven 2 4 Corvus corax
16 House Sparrow 9 50 Passer domesticus
16 Tree Sparrow 2 30 Passer montanus
16 Common Chaffinch 5 20 Fringilla coelebs
8 European Serin Serinus serinus
15 European Greenfinch 2 9 Carduelis chloris
16 European Goldfinch 3 10 Carduelis carduelis
4 Siskin Carduelis spinus
12 Linnet Carduelis cannabina
4 Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret
11 Common Crossbill 1 1 Loxia curvirostra
12 Eurasian Bullfinch 1 10 Pyrrhula pyrrhula
16 Hawfinch 2 30 Coccothraustes coccothraustes
15 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
3 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
1 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
10 Reed Bunting 1 2 Emberiza shoeniclus
3 Corn Bunting 1 2 Militaria calandra

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