BIRDLIST Transylvania Birding Tour Page 1 of 5 A list of possible birds on this tour follows. To give some idea of the probability of a particular species being seen at least once during this tour, species are marked as follows: No star signifies a high probability 1 star (*) signifies a moderate probability 2 star (**) signifies a low probability Eurasian Capercaillie Hazel Grouse Grey Partridge Common Quail Mute Swan Gadwall Mallard Garganey Common Teal Common Pochard Ferruginous Duck Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Black Stork European White Stork Eurasian Bittern Little Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron Squacco Heron Grey Heron Purple Heron Great Egret Little Egret Pygmy Cormorant Great Cormorant Common Kestrel Eurasian Hobby Peregrine Falcon Western Marsh Harrier Eurasian Sparrowhawk Levant Sparrowhawk Northern Goshawk Common Buzzard European Honey Buzzard Lesser Spotted Eagle Golden Eagle Short-toed Eagle Tetrao urogallus* Bonasa bonasia** Perdix perdix* Coturnix coturnix* Cygnus olor Anas strepera Anas platyrhynchos Anas querquedula Anas crecca* Aythya ferina Aythya nyroca Tachybaptus ruficollis Podiceps cristatus Ciconia nigra Ciconia ciconia Botaurus stellaris* Ixobrychus minutus Nycticorax nycticorax Ardeola ralloides** Ardea cinerea Ardea purpurea Ardea alba Egretta garzetta Microcarbo pygmeus* Phalacrocorax carbo Falco tinnunculus Falco subbuteo Falco peregrinus* Circus aeruginosus Accipiter nisus Accipite brevipes** Accipiter gentilis* Buteo buteo Pernis apivorus* Aquila pomarina Aquila chrysaetos Circaetus gallicus*
Page 2 of 5 Corncrake Little Crake Common Moorhen Common Coot Northern Lapwing Little Ringed Plover Ringed Plover Grey Plover Common Snipe Spotted Redshank Common Redshank Wood Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Little Stint Dunlin Ruff Black-headed Gull Mediterranean Gull Yellow-legged Gull Caspian Gull Whiskered Tern Rock Dove Stock Dove Common Wood Pigeon European Turtle Dove Eurasian Collared Dove Common Cuckoo Tawny Owl Ural Owl Eagle Owl Tengmalm s Owl Pygmy Owl Little Owl Eurasian Scops Owl Eurasian Nightjar Alpine Swift Common Swift Common Hoopoe Kingfisher European Bee-eater Eurasian Wryneck Crex crex* Porzana parva* Gallinula chloropus Fulica atra Vanellus vanellus Charadrius dubius Chradrius hiaticula* Pluvialis squatarola* Gallinago gallinago* Tringa erythropus Tringa totanus Tringa glareola Tringa ochropus* Actitis hypoleucos Calidris minuta Calidris alpina Philomachus pugnax Chroicocephalus ridibundus Larus melanocephalus** Larus michahellis Larus cachinnans* Chlidonias hybrida Columba livia Columba oenas Columba palumbus Streptopelia turtur Streptopelia decaocto Cuculus canorus Strix aluco* Strix uralensis Bubo bubo** Aegolius funereus** Glaucidium passerinum* Athene noctua Otus scops Caprimulgus europaeus** Tachymarptis melba Apus apus Upupa epops Alcedo atthis* Merops apiaster Jynx torquilla
Page 3 of 5 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker White-backed Woodpecker Middle Spotted Woodpecker Syrian Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Black Woodpecker Green Woodpecker Grey-headed Woodpecker Red-backed Shrike Lesser Grey Shrike Northern Grey Shrike Eurasian Golden Oriole Eurasian Jay Common Magpie Eurasian Nutcracker Eurasian Jackdaw Rook Hooded Crow Common Raven Marsh Tit Willow Tit Sombre Tit Coal Tit Crested Tit Great Tit Eurasian Blue Tit Eurasian Penduline-tit Crag Martin Barn Swallow Red-rumped Swallow Northern House Martin Long-tailed Tit Crested Lark Eurasian Skylark Woodlark Shore Lark Grasshopper Warbler River Warbler Savi's Warbler Great Reed Warbler Dendrocopos minor Dendrocopus leucotos* Dendrocopos medius Dendrocopos syriacus Dendrocopos major Picoides tridactylus* Dryocopus martius Picus viridis Picus canus Lanius collurio Lanius minor Lanius excubitor Oriolus oriolus Garrulus glandarius Pica pica Nucifraga caryocatactes Coloeus monedula Corvus frugilegus Corvus cornix Corvus corax Poecile palustris Poecile montana Poecile lugubris* Periparus ater Lophophanes cristatus Parus major Cyanistes caeruleus Remiz pendulinus Ptyonoprogne rupestris* Hirundo rustica Hirundo daurica Delichon urbicum Aegithalos caudatus Galerida cristata Alauda arvensis Lullula arborea Eremophila alpestris Locustella naevia* Locustella fluviatilis Locustella luscinioides Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Sedge Warbler Eurasian Reed Warbler Marsh Warbler Icterine Warbler Willow Warbler Common Chiffchaff Wood Warbler Blackcap Garden Warbler Lesser Whitethroat Common Whitethroat Bearded Reedling Firecrest Goldcrest Northern Wren Eurasian Nuthatch Wallcreeper Eurasian Treecreeper European Starling Ring Ouzel Eurasian Blackbird Fieldfare Song Thrush Mistle Thrush European Robin Thrush Nightingale Common Nightingale Black Redstart Common Redstart Whinchat European Stonechat Northern Wheatear Common Rock-thrush Spotted Flycatcher Red-breasted Flycatcher Collared Flycatcher White-throated Dipper House Sparrow Eurasian Tree Sparrow Dunnock Alpine Accentor Yellow Wagtail Grey Wagtail White Wagtail Tree Pipit Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Acrocephalus scirpaceus Acrocephalus palustris Hippolais icterina Phylloscopus trochilus Phylloscopus collybita Phylloscopus sibilatrix Sylvia atricapilla Sylvia borin* Sylvia curruca Sylvia communis Panurus biarmicus Regulus ignicapilla Regulus regulus Troglodytes troglodytes Sitta europaea Tichodroma muraria Certhia familiaris Sturnus vulgaris Turdus torquatus Turdus merula Turdus pilaris Turdus philomelos Turdus viscivorus Erithacus rubecula Luscinia luscinia Luscinia megarhynchos* Phoenicurus ochruros Phoenicurus phoenicurus Saxicola rubetra* Saxicola rubicola Oenanthe oenanthe Monticola saxatilis Muscicapa striata Ficedula parva* Ficedula albicollis Cinclus cinclus Passer domesticus Passer montanus Prunella modularis Prunella collaris* Motacilla flava Motacilla cinerea Motacilla alba Anthus trivialis Page 4 of 5
Water Pipit Chaffinch European Serin European Greenfinch European Goldfinch Siskin Common Linnet Bullfinch Common Crossbill Hawfinch Common Rosefinch Corn Bunting Yellowhammer Rock Bunting Ortolan Bunting Reed Bunting Anthus spinoletta Fringilla coelebs Serinus serinus Carduelis chloris Carduelis carduelis Carduelis spinus Carduelis cannabina Pyrrhula pyrrhula Loxia curvirostra Coccothraustes coccothraustes Carpodacus erythrinus* Emberiza calandra Emberiza citrinella Emberiza cia Emberiza hortulana Emberiza schoeniclus Page 5 of 5 SAKERTOUR The Carpathian Birding Company Tel: +36 30 9957 765 Email: sakertour.office@gmail.com