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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 nine which this species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 tour.
  • Column D = H = Heard only, (H) = Most Heard but some seen
A B C D
1 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
8 Little Grebe 4 8 Tachybaptus ruficollis
3 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
3 Great Crested Grebe 1 1 Podiceps cristatus
9 (Scopoli's) Cory's Shearwater 3 40 Calonectris (diomedea) diomedea
9 Yelkouan Shearwater 4 300 Puffinus yelkouan
7 Cormorant 5 10 Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis
8 Shag 5 6 Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
1 White Pelican 1 1 Pelecanus onocrotalus
4 Common Bittern Botaurus stellaris
8 Little Bittern 7 10 Ixobrychus minutus
8 Night Heron 2 10 Nycticorax nycticorax
9 Squacco Heron 7 15 Ardeola ralloides
9 Little Egret 8 75 Egretta garzetta
9 Great White Egret 8 25 Egretta alba
9 Grey Heron 8 12 Ardea cinerea
9 Purple Heron 6 2 Ardea purpurea
9 Black Stork 7 6 Ciconia nigra
9 White Stork 5 2 Ciconia ciconia
8 Glossy Ibis 8 40 Plegadis falcinellus
4 Spoonbill 2 6 Platalea leucorodia
9 Greater Flamingo 8 650 Phoenicopterus roseus
2 Mute Swan 3 1 Cygnus olor
9 Ruddy Shelduck 8 27 Tadorna ferruginea
9 Shelduck 6 6 Tadorna tadorna
1 Gadwall Anas strepera
3 Teal Anas crecca
4 Mallard 1 1 Anas platyrhynchos
2 Pintail Anas acuta
8 Garganey 5 5 Anas querquedula
4 Shoveler 2 6 Anas clypeata
1 Pochard Aythya ferina
2 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
1 Black Kite Milvus migrans
9 Short-toed Eagle 6 5 Circaetus gallicus
9 Marsh Harrier 7 10 Circus aeruginosus
4 Hen Harrier 1 1 Circus cyaneus
6 Pallid Harrier 1 1 Circus macrourus
7 Montagu's Harrier 3 1 Circus pygargus
4 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
7 Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter nisus
1 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
9 Common Buzzard 4 3 Buteo buteo
9 Long-legged Buzzard 5 5 Buteo rufinus
3 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
9 Lesser Kestrel 2 10 Falco naumanni
9 Common Kestrel 2 2 Falco tinnunculus
9 Red-footed Falcon 5 20 Falco vespertinus
7 Hobby 1 1 Falco subbuteo
4 Eleonora's Falcon 1 1 Falco eleonorae
9 Peregrine 3 2 Falco peregrinus
9 Chukar 3 2 Alectoris chukar
8 Quail Coturnix coturnix
7 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
4 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
9 Little Crake 4 6 Porzana parva
2 Baillon's Crake 1 1 Porzana pusilla
9 Moorhen 8 12 Gallinula chloropus
8 Coot 1 1 Fulica atra
1 Oystercatcher 1 1 Haematopus ostralegus
9 Black-winged Stilt 8 40 Himantopus himantopus
9 Avocet 8 400 Recirvorostra avosetta
9 Stone Curlew 1 3 Burhinus oedicnemus
9 Collared Pratincole 1 1 Glareola pratincola
9 Little Ringed Plover 7 5 Charadrius dubius
3 Ringed Plover 1 1 Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
9 Kentish Plover 5 10 Charadrius alexandrinus
9 Grey Plover 1 4 Pluvialis squatarola
3 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
2 Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
5 Sanderling Calidris alba
9 Little Stint 5 6 Calidris minuta
8 Temminck's Stint 2 8 Calidris temmincki
9 Curlew Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris ferruginea
4 Dunlin Calidris alpina
9 Ruff 7 300 Philomachus pugnax
6 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
3 Great Snipe Gallinago media
6 Black-tailed Godwit 2 1 Limosa limosa
1 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 1 Limosa lapponica
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
7 Curlew 1 1 Numenius arquata
8 Spotted Redshank 4 4 Tringa erythropus
5 Common Redshank Tringa totanus
8 Marsh Sandpiper 2 2 Tringa stagnatilis
9 Greenshank 5 27 Tringa nebularia
6 Green Sandpiper 3 3 Tringa ochropus
9 Wood Sandpiper 8 150 Tringa glareola
9 Common Sandpiper 5 3 Actitis hypoleucos
2 Turnstone Arenaria interpres
8 Mediterranean Gull 4 5 Larus melanocephalus
3 Little Gull 1 200 Larus minutus
5 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
6 Slender-billed Gull 1 3 Larus genei
7 Audouin's Gull 1 7 Larus audouinii
3 Baltic Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus (fuscus) fuscus
8 Yellow-legged Gull 8 500 Larus michahellis
6 Gull-billed Tern 1 9 Gelochelidon nilotica
4 Caspian Tern 1 1 Sterna caspia
6 Sandwich Tern 2 2 Sterna sandvicensis
9 Common Tern 7 50 Sterna hirundo
9 Little Tern 5 40 Sternula albifrons
9 Whiskered Tern 5 110 Chlidonias hybrida
7 Black Tern 2 5 Chlidonias niger
9 White-winged Black Tern 6 120 Chlidonias leucopterus
9 Feral (Rock) Dove 6 33 Columba livia
1 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
8 Collared Dove 9 '0s Streptopelia decaocto
9 Turtle Dove 7 25 Streptopelia turtur
9 Cuckoo 3 3 Cuculus canorus
5 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
8 Scops Owl 2 1 Otus scops
2 Long-eared Owl Asio otus
9 Little Owl 3 2 Athene noctua
9 Swift 7 150 Apus apus
5 Pallid Swift 2 20 Apus pallidus
8 Alpine Swift Apus melba
1 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
9 European Bee-eater 1 6 Merops apiaster
3 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
7 Roller 3 6 Coracias garrulus
9 Hoopoe 1 2 Upupa epops
9 Middle Spotted Woodpecker 3 1 (H) Dendrocopos medius
9 Short-toed Lark 2 10 Calandrella brachydactyla
9 Crested Lark 9 0s Galerida cristata
9 Woodlark 4 4 Lullula arborea
9 Sand Martin 3 20 Riparia riparia
7 Crag Martin 2 4 Hirundo rupestris
9 Swallow 8 500 Hirundo rustica
8 Red-rumped Swallow 8 30 Cecropis daurica
9 House Martin 7 00s Delichon urbicum
1 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
8 Tawny Pipit 4 6 Anthus campestris
8 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
9 Red-throated Pipit 2 15 Anthus cervinus
9 'Blue-headed' Yellow Wagtail 1 20 Motacilla flava flava
5 'Grey-headed' Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava thunbergei
9 'Black-headed' Yellow Wagtail 7 80 Motacilla flava feldegg
4 'Black-headed' (superciliaris type) Motacilla feldegg x flava hybrid
2 'Sykes' Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava beema
6 Citrine Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla citreola
8 White Wagtail 4 2 Motacilla alba alba
8 Wren 4 2 H Troglodytes troglodytes
3 Rufous Bush Robin 2 1 Cercotrichas galactotes syriacus
1 Robin Erithacus rubecula
2 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
9 Nightingale 7 30 (H) Luscinia megarhynchos
1 White-throated Robin Irania guttularis
6 Common Redstart 1 1 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
9 Whinchat 6 15 Saxicola rubetra
8 Stonechat 3 6 Saxicola torquata
9 Isabelline Wheatear 2 5 Oenanthe isabellina
9 Northern Wheatear 4 3 Oenanthe oenanthe
9 (Eastern) Black-eared Wheatear 7 50 Oenanthe (hisp.) melanoleuca
9 Blue Rock Thrush 2 2 Monticola solitarius
9 Blackbird 7 25 Turdus merula
1 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
3 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
9 Cetti's Warbler 7 20 (H) Cettia cetti
2 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis
2 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
2 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinoides
9 Sedge Warbler 3 4 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
9 Reed Warbler 3 8 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
9 Great Reed Warbler 5 6 (H) Acrocephalus arundinaceus
9 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 6 10 Hippolais pallida
6 Olive-tree Warbler 1 1 Hippolais olivetorum
2 Icterine Warbler 1 1 Hippolais icterina
9 Subalpine Warbler 5 6 Sylvia cantillans
5 Sardinian Warbler 1 2 Sylvia melanocephala
9 Ruppell's Warbler 1 3 Sylvia rueppelli
9 Eastern Orphean Warbler 3 1 Sylvia hortensis crassirostris
1 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
9 Lesser Whitethroat 1 1 Sylvia curruca
9 Common Whitethroat 3 2 Sylvia communis
2 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
8 Blackcap 1 3 Sylvia atricapilla
5 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler 1 2 Phylloscopus (bonelli) orientalis
9 Wood Warbler 3 25 Phylloscopus sibilatrix
5 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
5 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
9 Spotted Flycatcher 3 4 Muscicapa striata
2 Red-breasted Flycatcher 1 1 Ficedula parva
1 Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
8 Collared Flycatcher 3 10 Ficedula albicollis
9 Pied Flycatcher 3 12 Ficedula hypoleuca
8 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus tephronotus
9 Sombre Tit 3 3 Parus lugubris
1 Coal Tit Parus ater
9 Blue Tit 7 0s Cyanistes caeruleus
9 Great Tit 7 0s Parus major
9 Kruper's Nuthatch 2 2 Sitta krueperi
6 European Nuthatch 1 1 Sitta europaea
9 Western Rock Nuthatch 5 3 Sitta neumayer
9 Short-toed Treecreeper 3 5 (H) Certhia brachydactyla
1 Penduline Tit 1 1 N Remiz pendulinus
9 Golden Oriole 4 50 Oriolus oriolus
9 Red-backed Shrike 4 50 Lanius collurio
8 Lesser Grey Shrike 5 3 Lanius minor
9 Woodchat Shrike 6 10 Lanius senator
9 Masked Shrike 6 8 Lanius nubicus
9 Jay 6 12 Garrulus glandarius
9 Jackdaw 3 30 Corvus monedula soemmerringii
9 Hooded Crow 8 35 Corvus cornix
7 Raven 5 3 Corvus corax
3 Starling Sturnus vulgaris
9 House Sparrow 8 00s Passer domesticus
9 Spanish Sparrow 8 00s Passer hispaniolensis
9 Rock Sparrow 1 1 Petronia petronia
9 Chaffinch 7 20 (H) Fringilla coelebs
9 Serin 1 12 Serinus serinus
9 Greenfinch 5 10 Carduelis chloris
9 Goldfinch 7 60 Carduelis carduelis
9 Linnet 5 6 Carduelis cannabina
1 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
9 Cirl Bunting 6 6 Emberiza cirlus
9 Cinereous Bunting 3 8 Emberiza cineracea
7 Ortolan Bunting 1 2 Emberiza hortulana
9 Cretzschmar's Bunting 5 20 Emberiza caesia
1 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
9 Black-headed Bunting 7 12 Emberiza melanocephala
9 Corn Bunting 8 0s Emberiza calandra