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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Greece: Lesvos

Spring Migration Through the Aegean

Cumulative Checklist

with Killian Mullarney as leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of eleven which this species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2012 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2012 tour.
  • Column D = H = Heard only, (H) = Most Heard but some seen, N = Nest
A B C D
2 Mute Swan Cygnus olor
11 Ruddy Shelduck 8 80 Tadorna ferruginea
11 Shelduck 6 30 Tadorna tadorna
1 Gadwall Anas strepera
3 Teal Anas crecca
6 Mallard 4 4 Anas platyrhynchos
2 Pintail Anas acuta
9 Garganey 2 3 Anas querquedula
5 Shoveler Anas clypeata
2 Pochard 3 1 Aythya ferina
11 Chukar 2 2 Alectoris chukar
9 Quail Coturnix coturnix
1 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
11 (Scopoli's) Cory's Shearwater 1 8 Calonectris (diomedea) diomedea
11 Yelkouan Shearwater 3 150 Puffinus yelkouan
1 Pygmy Cormorant 1 1 Phalacrocorax pygmeus
9 Cormorant 4 6 Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis
11 Shag 4 6 Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
1 White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
1 Dalmatian Pelican 1 1 Pelecanus crispus
5 Common Bittern Botaurus stellaris
10 Little Bittern 2 1 Ixobrychus minutus
11 Night Heron 1 3 Nycticorax nycticorax
11 Squacco Heron 7 10 Ardeola ralloides
1 Cattle Egret 1 1 Bubulcus ibis
11 Little Egret 8 50 Egretta garzetta
11 Great White Egret 7 12 Egretta alba
11 Grey Heron 8 10 Ardea cinerea
11 Purple Heron 3 2 Ardea purpurea
11 Black Stork 7 6 Ciconia nigra
11 White Stork 2 2 Ciconia ciconia
10 Glossy Ibis 4 60 Plegadis falcinellus
5 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
11 Greater Flamingo 6 200 Phoenicopterus roseus
11 Little Grebe 4 4 Tachybaptus ruficollis
4 Black-necked Grebe 1 2 Podiceps nigricollis
5 Great Crested Grebe 1 2 Podiceps cristatus
3 Honey Buzzard 1 1 Pernis apivorus
2 Black Kite Milvus migrans
11 Short-toed Eagle 8 5 Circaetus gallicus
11 Marsh Harrier 5 2 Circus aeruginosus
5 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
6 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
9 Montagu's Harrier 1 1 Circus pygargus
5 Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentilis
8 Sparrowhawk 3 2 Accipiter nisus
1 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
11 Common Buzzard 8 8 Buteo buteo
11 Long-legged Buzzard 4 2 N Buteo rufinus
3 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
11 Lesser Kestrel 1 8 Falco naumanni
11 Common Kestrel 7 15 Falco tinnunculus
11 Red-footed Falcon 2 11 Falco vespertinus
8 Hobby Falco subbuteo
5 Eleonora's Falcon 1 1 Falco eleonorae
11 Peregrine 1 1 Falco peregrinus
9 Water Rail 1 3 H Rallus aquaticus
5 Spotted Crake 2 1 Porzana porzana
11 Little Crake 5 3 Porzana parva
3 Baillon's Crake 1 1 Porzana pusilla
11 Moorhen 8 20 Gallinula chloropus
10 Coot 7 3 Fulica atra
2 Oystercatcher 3 1 Haematopus ostralegus
11 Black-winged Stilt 6 25 Himantopus himantopus
11 Avocet 5 400 Recirvorostra avosetta
11 Stone Curlew 4 6 Burhinus oedicnemus
11 Collared Pratincole 1 24 Glareola pratincola
11 Little Ringed Plover 6 4 Charadrius dubius
4 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
11 Kentish Plover 3 10 Charadrius alexandrinus
11 Grey Plover 2 10 Pluvialis squatarola
4 Lapwing 2 1 Vanellus vanellus
3 Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
6 Sanderling Calidris alba
11 Little Stint 5 30 Calidris minuta
10 Temminck’s Stint 3 8 Calidris temmincki
11 Curlew Sandpiper 3 12 Calidris ferruginea
5 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
11 Ruff 6 600 Philomachus pugnax
8 Common Snipe 2 1 Gallinago gallinago
3 Great Snipe Gallinago media
7 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
1 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
9 Curlew 4 3 Numenius arquata
10 Spotted Redshank 1 1 Tringa erythropus
10 Common Redshank 2 2 Tringa totanus
10 Marsh Sandpiper 4 4 Tringa stagnatilis
11 Greenshank 5 10 Tringa nebularia
8 Green Sandpiper 2 1 Tringa ochropus
11 Wood Sandpiper 8 50 Tringa glareola
11 Common Sandpiper 4 4 Actitis hypoleucos
2 Turnstone Arenaria interpres
10 Mediterranean Gull 2 3 Larus melanocephalus
3 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
7 Black-headed Gull 2 1 Chroicocephalus ridibundusep
7 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus geneiro
9 Audouin's Gull 1 1 Larus audouinii
3 Baltic Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus fuscus
11 Yellow-legged Gull 8 Larus michahellis
8 Gull-billed Tern 2 25 Gelochelidon nilotica
4 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
7 Sandwich Tern 2 1 Sterna sandvicensis
11 Common Tern 6 80 Sterna hirundo
11 Little Tern 4 20 Sternula albifrons
11 Whiskered Tern 1 30 Chlidonias hybrida
7 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
11 White-winged Black Tern 1 25 Chlidonias leucopterus
11 Rock Dove 2 4 Columba livia
2 Woodpigeon 1 2 Columba palumbus
11 Collared Dove 8 '0s Streptopelia decaocto
11 Turtle Dove 7 10 Streptopelia turtur
11 Cuckoo 6 4 (H) Cuculus canorus
7 Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 1 Clamator glandarius
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
10 Scops Owl 4 2 Otus scops
2 Long-eared Owl Asio otus
11 Little Owl 5 2 Anthene noctua
1 Nightjar 1 1 Caprimulgus europaeus
11 Swift 8 40 Apus apus
7 Pallid Swift 2 60 Apus pallidus
10 Alpine Swift 3 10 Apus melba
1 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
11 European Bee-eater 3 250 Merops apiaster
4 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
7 Roller Coracias garrulus
11 Hoopoe 5 6 Upupa epops
1 Wryneck Jynx torquilla
11 Middle Spotted Woodpecker 5 2 (H) Dendrocopos medius
11 Short-toed Lark 5 2 Calandrella brachydactyla
11 Crested Lark 8 Galerida cristata
11 Woodlark 5 2 Lullula arborea
11 Sand Martin 5 300 Riparia riparia
9 Crag Martin 3 4 Hirundo rupestris
11 Swallow 8 300 Hirundo rustica
11 Red-rumped Swallow 8 40 Cecropis daurica
11 House Martin 8 150 Delichon urbicum
1 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
10 Tawny Pipit 1 2 Anthus campestris
10 Tree Pipit 4 20 (H) Anthus trivialis
11 Red-throated Pipit 1 1 Anthus cervinus
11 Yellow Wagtail 7 60 Motacilla flava
10 “Blue-headed” Yellow Wagtail 4 2 Motacilla flava flava
5 “Grey-headed” Yellow Wagtail 3 1 Motacilla flava thunbergei
10 “Black-headed” Yellow Wagtail 7 10 Motacilla flava feldegg
5 “Black-headed” (superciliaris type) Motacilla feldegg x flava hybrid
3 “Sykes" Yellow Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla flava beema
7 Citrine Wagtail 2 2 Motacilla citreola
1 Grey Wagtail 1 2 Motacilla cinerea
9 White Wagtail 2 2 Motacilla alba alba
9 Wren 2 3 H Troglodytes troglodytes
3 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes syriacus
2 Robin 1 4 Erithacus rubecula
3 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
10 Nightingale 8 20 (H) Luscinia megarhynchos
1 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
1 White-throated Robin Irania guttularis
8 Common Redstart 1 1 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
11 Whinchat 8 50 Saxicola rubetra
10 Stonechat 5 8 Saxicola torquata
11 Isabelline Wheatear 3 5 Oenanthe isabellina
11 Northern Wheatear 3 8 Oenanthe oenanthe
11 (Eastern) Black-eared Wheatear 7 30 Oenanthe (hisp.) melanoleuca
11 Blue Rock Thrush 5 6 Monticola solitarius
11 Blackbird 8 Turdus merula
1 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
4 Mistle Thrush 1 3 N Turdus viscivorus
11 Cetti's Warbler 8 15 (H) Cettia cetti
4 Zitting Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola juncidis
2 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
3 Savi’s Warbler 5 2 Locustella luscinoides
11 Sedge Warbler 4 6 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
11 Reed Warbler 5 3 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
11 Great Reed Warbler 6 3 Acrocephalus arundinaceus
11 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 5 10 Iduna pallida
6 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
4 Icterine Warbler 2 1 Hippolais icterina
11 Subalpine Warbler 5 12 Sylvia cantillans albistriata
5 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
11 Ruppell's Warbler 1 3 Sylvia rueppelli
11 Eastern Orphean Warbler 6 6 Sylvia hortensis crassirostris
2 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
10 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
11 Common Whitethroat 3 3 Sylvia communis
4 Garden Warbler 2 1 Sylvia borin
10 Blackcap 3 1 Sylvia atricapilla
7 Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus orientalis
11 Wood Warbler 2 12 Phylloscopus sibilatrix
7 Chiffchaff 1 1 H Phylloscopus collybita abietinus
6 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
11 Spotted Flycatcher 4 12 Muscicapa striata
2 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
2 Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
10 Collared Flycatcher 3 8 Ficedula albicollis
11 Pied Flycatcher 3 10 Ficedula hypoleuca
9 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus tephronotus
11 Sombre Tit 3 8 Parus lugubris
1 Coal Tit Parus ater
11 Blue Tit 8 10 Cyanistes caeruleus
11 Great Tit 8 12 Parus major
11 Kruper's Nuthatch 1 2 N Sitta krueperi
7 European Nuthatch 2 1 Sitta europaea
11 Western Rock Nuthatch 5 4 Sitta neumayer
11 Short-toed Treecreeper 2 1 H Certhia brachydactyla
2 Penduline Tit 1 2 N Remiz pendulinus
11 Golden Oriole 6 25 Oriolus oriolus
11 Red-backed Shrike 2 1 Lanius collurio
9 Lesser Grey Shrike 1 1 Lanius minor
11 Woodchat Shrike 8 20 Lanius senator
11 Masked Shrike 6 3 Lanius nubicus
11 Jay 8 10 Garrulus glandarius
11 Jackdaw 4 10 Corvus monedula soemmerringii
11 Hooded Crow 8 0s Corvus cornix
9 Raven 8 4 Corvus corax
4 Starling Sturnus vulgaris
11 House Sparrow 8 Passer domesticus
11 Spanish Sparrow 8 Passer hispaniolensis
11 Rock Sparrow 2 1 Petronia petronia
11 Chaffinch 8 30 (H) Fringilla coelebs
11 Serin 2 20 (H) Serinus serinus
11 Greenfinch 4 8 Carduelis chloris
11 Goldfinch 8 40 Carduelis carduelis
11 Linnet 4 10 Carduelis cannabina
1 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
11 Cirl Bunting 7 12 Emberiza cirlus
11 Cinereous Bunting 3 8 Emberiza cineracea
8 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
11 Cretzschmar's Bunting 7 40 Emberiza caesia
1 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
11 Black-headed Bunting 3 2 Emberiza melanocephala
11 Corn Bunting 8 Emberiza calandra

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