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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Greece: Lesvos

Spring Migration Through the Aegean

Cumulative Checklist

with Killian Mullarney and Ian Lewington as leaders

  • Column A = Number of tours out of ten which 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) = Most Heard but some seen
2 Mute Swan Cygnus olor
10 Ruddy Shelduck 8 32 Tadorna ferruginea
10 Shelduck 4 28 Tadorna tadorna
1 Gadwall Anas strepera
3 Teal Anas crecca
5 Mallard 1 2 Anas platyrhynchos
2 Pintail Anas acuta
8 Garganey Anas querquedula
5 Shoveler 2 2 Anas clypeata
1 Pochard Aythya ferina
10 Chukar 1 1 Alectoris chukar
9 Quail 1 1 H Coturnix coturnix
1 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
10 (Scopoli's) Cory's Shearwater 1 8 Calonectris (diomedea) diomedea
10 Yelkouan Shearwater 5 400 Puffinus yelkouan
8 Cormorant 4 5 Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis
10 Shag 3 2 Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
1 White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
5 Common Bittern 1 1 Botaurus stellaris
9 Little Bittern 8 4 Ixobrychus minutus
10 Night Heron 6 3 Nycticorax nycticorax
10 Squacco Heron 8 12 Ardeola ralloides
1 Cattle Egret 1 1 Bubulcus ibis
10 Little Egret 8 30 Egretta garzetta
10 Great White Egret 7 10 Egretta alba
10 Grey Heron 8 10 Ardea cinerea
10 Purple Heron 7 6 Ardea purpurea
10 Black Stork 6 7 Ciconia nigra
10 White Stork 4 3 Ciconia ciconia
9 Glossy Ibis 7 150 Plegadis falcinellus
5 Spoonbill 1 1 Platalea leucorodia
10 Greater Flamingo 7 350 Phoenicopterus roseus
10 Little Grebe 5 10 Tachybaptus ruficollis
3 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
4 Great Crested Grebe 1 3 Podiceps cristatus
2 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
2 Black Kite 1 1 Milvus migrans
10 Short-toed Eagle 6 5 Circaetus gallicus
10 Marsh Harrier 8 3 Circus aeruginosus
5 Hen Harrier 6 2 Circus cyaneus
6 Pallid Harrier 1 1 Circus macrourus
8 Montagu's Harrier 1 1 Circus pygargus
4 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
7 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
1 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
10 Common Buzzard 8 6 Buteo buteo
10 Long-legged Buzzard 7 3 Buteo rufinus
3 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
10 Lesser Kestrel 5 34 Falco naumanni
10 Common Kestrel 5 7 Falco tinnunculus
10 Red-footed Falcon 7 7 Falco vespertinus
8 Hobby 2 2 Falco subbuteo
4 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
10 Peregrine 2 2 Falco peregrinus
8 Water Rail 1 1 Rallus aquaticus
4 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
10 Little Crake 4 14 Porzana parva
2 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
10 Moorhen 8 25 Gallinula chloropus
9 Coot 8 7 Fulica atra
1 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
10 Black-winged Stilt 7 40 Himantopus himantopus
10 Avocet 7 120 Recirvorostra avosetta
10 Stone Curlew 6 4 Burhinus oedicnemus
10 Collared Pratincole 4 27 Glareola pratincola
10 Little Ringed Plover 8 8 Charadrius dubius
4 Ringed Plover 2 5 Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
10 Kentish Plover 5 10 Charadrius alexandrinus
10 Grey Plover 1 5 Pluvialis squatarola
3 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
3 Spur-winged Plover 1 1 Vanellus spinosus
6 Sanderling 1 4 Calidris alba
10 Little Stint 6 200 Calidris minuta
9 Temminck’s Stint 2 3 Calidris temmincki
10 Curlew Sandpiper 2 7 Calidris ferruginea
5 Dunlin 3 60 Calidris alpina alpina
10 Ruff 7 100 Philomachus pugnax
7 Common Snipe 3 1 Gallinago gallinago
3 Great Snipe Gallinago media
7 Black-tailed Godwit 4 6 Limosa limosa
1 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
8 Curlew 2 2 Numenius arquata
9 Spotted Redshank 1 1 Tringa erythropus
9 Common Redshank 1 1 Tringa totanus
9 Marsh Sandpiper 5 4 Tringa stagnatilis
10 Greenshank 5 8 Tringa nebularia
7 Green Sandpiper 1 2 Tringa ochropus
10 Wood Sandpiper 8 60 Tringa glareola
10 Common Sandpiper 7 10 Actitis hypoleucos
2 Turnstone Arenaria interpres
9 Mediterranean Gull 3 1 Larus melanocephalus
3 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
6 Black-headed Gull 2 8 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
7 Slender-Billed Gull 3 3 Chroicocephalus genei
8 Audouin's Gull 1 2 Larus audouinii
3 Baltic Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus fuscus
10 Yellow-legged Gull 8 500 Larus michahellis
7 Gull-billed Tern 7 12 Gelochelidon nilotica
4 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
6 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
10 Common Tern 8 50 Sterna hirundo
10 Little Tern 4 12 Sternula albifrons
10 Whiskered Tern 7 15 Chlidonias hybrida
7 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
10 White-winged Black Tern 3 20 Chlidonias leucopterus
10 Rock Dove 3 8 Columba livia
1 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
10 Collared Dove 8 '0s Streptopelia decaocto
10 Turtle Dove 7 17 Streptopelia turtur
10 Cuckoo 6 2 Cuculus canorus
6 Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 1 Clamator glandarius
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
9 Scops Owl 3 2 Otus scops
2 Long-eared Owl Asio otus
10 Little Owl 4 3 Athene noctua
1 Nightjar 1 1 Caprimulgus europaeus
10 Swift 7 200 Apus apus
6 Pallid Swift 1 2 Apus pallidus
9 Alpine Swift 4 4 Apus melba
1 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
10 European Bee-eater 1 1 Merops apiaster
4 Kingfisher 1 1 Alcedo atthis
7 Roller Coracias garrulus
10 Hoopoe 5 8 Upupa epops
1 Wryneck 2 1 Jynx torquilla
10 Middle Spotted Woodpecker 4 8 (H) Dendrocopos medius
10 Short-toed Lark 3 35 Calandrella brachydactyla
10 Crested Lark 8 0s Galerida cristata
10 Woodlark 5 3 Lullula arborea
10 Sand Martin 3 00s Riparia riparia
8 Crag Martin 5 3 Hirundo rupestris
10 Swallow 8 500 Hirundo rustica
10 Red-rumped Swallow 8 20 Cecropis daurica
10 House Martin 8 00s Delichon urbicum
1 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
9 Tawny Pipit 5 7 Anthus campestris
9 Tree Pipit 6 10 Anthus trivialis
10 Red-throated Pipit 4 6 Anthus cervinus
10 Yellow Wagtail 8 70 Motacilla flava
10 “Blue-headed” Yellow Wagtail 6 15 Motacilla flava flava
5 “Grey-headed” Yellow Wagtail 2 1 Motacilla flava thunbergei
10 “Black-headed” Yellow Wagtail 6 30 Motacilla flava feldegg
5 “Black-headed” (superciliaris type) 1 1 Motacilla feldegg x flava hybrid
3 “Sykes’ Yellow Wagtail 2 2 Motacilla flava beema
7 Citrine Wagtail 2 1 Motacilla citreola
9 White Wagtail 3 2 Motacilla alba alba
9 Wren 4 4 H Troglodytes troglodytes
3 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes syriacus
2 Robin 1 4 Erithacus rubecula
3 Thrush Nightingale 1 1 Luscinia luscinia
9 Nightingale 7 30 (H) Luscinia megarhynchos
1 Bluethroat 1 1 Luscinia svecica
1 White-throated Robin Irania guttularis
7 Common Redstart 4 2 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
10 Whinchat 8 100 Saxicola rubetra
9 Stonechat 6 8 Saxicola torquata
10 Isabelline Wheatear 4 10 Oenanthe isabellina
10 Northern Wheatear 6 6 Oenanthe oenanthe
10 (Eastern) Black-eared Wheatear 7 25 Oenanthe (hisp.) melanoleuca
10 Blue Rock Thrush 5 3 Monticola solitarius
10 Blackbird 8 20 Turdus merula
1 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
3 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
10 Cetti's Warbler 8 30 (H) Cettia cetti
3 Fan-tailed Warbler 1 1 Cisticola juncidis
2 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
3 Savi’s Warbler 5 2 Locustella luscinoides
10 Sedge Warbler 8 30 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
10 Reed Warbler 7 30 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
10 Great Reed Warbler 8 10 Acrocephalus arundinaceus
10 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 7 8 Iduna pallida
6 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
3 Icterine Warbler 2 2 Hippolais icterina
10 Subalpine Warbler 6 25 Sylvia cantillans
5 Sardinian Warbler 1 2 Sylvia melanocephala
10 Ruppell's Warbler 1 1 Sylvia rueppelli
10 Eastern Orphean Warbler 7 6 Sylvia hortensis crassirostris
2 Barred Warbler 4 3 Sylvia nisoria
10 Lesser Whitethroat 7 20 Sylvia curruca
10 Common Whitethroat 6 40 Sylvia communis
3 Garden Warbler 1 5 Sylvia borin
9 Blackcap 7 15 Sylvia atricapilla
6 Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 2 1 Phylloscopus orientalis
10 Wood Warbler 5 8 Phylloscopus sibilatrix
6 Chiffchaff 2 3 Phylloscopus collybita abietinus
6 Willow Warbler 3 3 Phylloscopus trochilus
10 Spotted Flycatcher 6 50 Muscicapa striata
2 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
2 Semi-collared Flycatcher 1 2 Ficedula semitorquata
9 Collared Flycatcher 8 40 Ficedula albicollis
10 Pied Flycatcher 8 20 Ficedula hypoleuca
9 Long-tailed Tit 1 2 Aegithalos caudatus tephronotus
10 Sombre Tit 5 4 Parus lugubris
1 Coal Tit Parus ater
10 Blue Tit 8 15 Cyanistes caeruleus
10 Great Tit 7 12 Parus major
10 Kruper's Nuthatch 1 3 Sitta krueperi
6 European Nuthatch Sitta europaea
10 Western Rock Nuthatch 4 6 Sitta neumayer
10 Short-toed Treecreeper 1 6 (H) Certhia brachydactyla
1 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
10 Golden Oriole 5 6 Oriolus oriolus
10 Red-backed Shrike 1 1 Lanius collurio
8 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
10 Woodchat Shrike 8 30 Lanius senator
10 Masked Shrike 4 4 Lanius nubicus
10 Jay 8 8 Garrulus glandarius
10 Jackdaw 2 80 Corvus monedula soemmerringii
10 Hooded Crow 8 0s Corvus cornix
8 Raven 6 7 Corvus corax
4 Starling 1 1 Sturnus vulgaris
10 House Sparrow 8 00s Passer domesticus
10 Spanish Sparrow 8 00s Passer hispaniolensis
10 Rock Sparrow 1 2 Petronia petronia
10 Chaffinch 7 60 (H) Fringilla coelebs
10 Serin 3 8 (H) Serinus serinus
10 Greenfinch 7 6 Carduelis chloris
10 Goldfinch 8 30 Carduelis carduelis
10 Linnet 6 6 Carduelis cannabina
1 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
10 Cirl Bunting 6 8 Emberiza cirlus
10 Cinereous Bunting 3 7 Emberiza cineracea
8 Ortolan Bunting 3 5 Emberiza hortulana
10 Cretzschmar's Bunting 7 10 Emberiza caesia
1 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
10 Black-headed Bunting 2 10 Emberiza melanocephala
10 Corn Bunting 8 0s Emberiza calandra