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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

France: Birds and Art in Provence

Cumulative Birdlist

with Rick Wright as leader

  • Column A = number of tours on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days seen on the 2010 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count on the 2010 tour
  • Column D= H = predominantly heard rather than seen
A B C D
1 Mute Swan 3 50 Cygnus olor
1 Graylag Goose 1 Anser anser
1 Common Shelduck 2 3 Tadorna tadorna
1 Red-crested Pochard 2 15 Netta rufina
1 Gadwall 2 2 Anas strepera
1 Mallard 7 100 Anas platyrhynchos
1 Red-legged Partridge 2 6 Alectoris rufa
1 Common Pheasant 1 H Phasianus colchicus
1 Great Cormorant 3 4 Phalacrocorax carbo
1 Eurasian Bittern 1 H H Botaurus stellaris
1 Little Bittern 1 1 Ixobrychus minutus
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 6 Nycticorax nycticorax
1 Squacco Heron 2 3 Ardeola ralloides
1 Cattle Egret 4 50 Bubulcus ibis
1 Little Egret 7 55 Egretta garzetta
1 Great Egret 2 5 Ardea alba
1 Gray Heron 5 15 Ardea cinerea
1 Purple Heron 1 20 Ardea purpurea
1 White Stork 4 6 Ciconia ciconia
1 Glossy Ibis 1 6 Plegadis falcinellus
1 Greater Flamingo 3 100s Phoenicopterus roseus
1 Little Grebe 1 5 Tachybaptus ruficollis
1 Great Crested Grebe 3 15 Podiceps cristatus
1 Black Kite 7 10s Milvus migrans
1 Short-toed Snake Eagle 1 2 Circaetus gallicus
1 Western Marsh Harrier 1 4 Circus aeruginosus
1 Montagu's Harrier 1 1 Circus pygargus
1 Common Buzzard 3 3 Buteo buteo
1 Lesser Kestrel 1 3 Falco naumanni
1 Common Kestrel 4 3 Falco tinnunculus
1 Eurasian Hobby 2 2 Falco subbuteo
1 Common Moorhen 5 5 Gallinula chloropus
1 Eurasian Coot 3 10s Fulica atra
1 Eurasian Oystercatcher 1 2 Haematopus ostralegus
1 Black-winged Stilt 3 35 Himantopus himantopus
1 Eurasian Stone-curlew 1 3 Burhinus oedicnemus
1 Little Ringed Plover 1 1 Charadrius dubius
1 Kentish Plover 1 3 Charadrius alexandrinus
1 Eurasian Curlew 1 4 Numenius arquata
1 Slender-Billed Gull 1 7 Chroicocephalus genei
1 Black-headed Gull 4 100s Chroicocephalus ridibundus
1 Mediterranean Gull 3 15 Larus melanocephalus
1 Yellow-legged Gull 7 100 Larus michahellis
1 Little Tern 1 10 Sternula albifrons
1 Gull-billed Tern 1 3 Gelochelidon nilotica
1 Whiskered Tern 1 8 Chlidonias hybrida
1 Sandwich Tern 1 1 Sterna sandvicensis
1 Common Tern 3 15 Sterna hirundo
1 Rock Dove 7 x Columba livia
1 Common Wood Pigeon 7 10 Columba palumbus
1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 7 25 Streptopelia decaocta
1 European Turtle-Dove 3 2 Streptopelia turtur
1 Common Cuckoo 3 3 Cuculus canorus
1 Common Swift 7 100s Apus apus
1 Alpine Swift 1 12 Apus melba
1 Common Kingfisher 2 1 Alcedo atthis
1 European Bee-eater 3 50 Merops apiaster
1 European Roller 4 4 Coracias garrulus
1 Eurasian Hoopoe 3 2 Upupa epops
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 3 Dendrocopos major
1 Greater Short-toed Lark 1 2 Calandrella brachydactyla
1 Common Crested Lark 3 6 Galerida cristata
1 Eurasian Skylark 2 3 Alauda arvensis
1 Sand Martin 2 1 Riparia riparia
1 Eurasian Crag Martin 1 3 Ptyonoprogne rupestris
1 Barn Swallow 7 10s Hirundo rustica
1 Common House Martin 7 10s Delichon urbica
1 Tawny Pipit 3 2 Anthus campestris
1 Spanish (Yellow) Wagtail 1 2 Motacilla iberiae
1 Ashy-headed (Yellow) Wagtail 2 10 Motacilla cinereocapilla
1 White Wagtail 1 3 Motacilla alba
1 European Robin 1 H Erithacus rubecula
1 Common Nightingale 7 3 H Luscinia megarhynchos
1 Black Redstart 6 4 Phoenicurus ochruros
1 Common Redstart 2 1 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
1 European Stonechat 1 2 Saxicola rubicola
1 Common Blackbird 1 H Turdus merula
1 Cetti's Warbler 5 2 Cettia cetti
1 Zitting Cisticola 3 4 Cisticola juncidis
1 Melodious Warbler 2 2 Hippolais polyglotta
1 Eurasian Reed Warbler 2 3 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
1 Great Reed Warbler 2 4 Acrocephalus arundinaceus
1 Sardinian Warbler 1 2 Sylvia melanocephala
1 Eurasian Blackcap 7 H Sylvia atricapilla
1 Firecrest 1 H Regulus ignicapillus
1 European Blue Tit 2 10 Cyanistes caeruleus
1 Great Tit 4 15 Parus major
1 European Crested Tit 1 4 Lophophanes cristatus
1 Short-toed Treecreeper 2 2 H Certhia brachydactyla
1 Eurasian Jay 1 1 Garrulus glandarius
1 Eurasian Magpie 7 10s Pica pica
1 Western Jackdaw 7 100s Corvus monedula
1 Carrion Crow 7 20 Corvus corone
1 Northern Raven 1 1 Corvus corax
1 Common Starling 7 100s Sturnus vulgaris
1 House Sparrow 7 50 Passer domesticus
1 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 4 5 Passer montanus
1 Rock Sparrow 1 1 Petronia petronia
1 Common Chaffinch 3 4 Fringilla coelebs
1 European Greenfich 1 Carduelis chloris
1 European Greenfinch 7 5 Carduelis chloris
1 European Goldfinch 7 10s Carduelis carduelis
1 Cirl Bunting 2 H Emberiza cirlus
1 Corn Bunting 2 3 Emberiza calandra