Sunrise Birding LLC ITALY: Birds & Wine SPECIES LIST June 29 July 6, 2015 Leaders: Luca Boscain, Gina Nichol, Steve Bird & local guides H = Heard Only # SPECIES Scientific Name Number of days out of 8 recorded 1. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 4 2. Garganey Anas querquedula 3 3. Common Teal Anas crecca 2 4. Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 1 5. Common Pochard Aythya ferina 1 6. Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 1 7. Tufted duck Aythya fuligula 1 8. Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 1 9. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 3 10. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 2 11. White Stork Ciconia ciconia 2 12. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 6 13. Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris 1 14. Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 1 15. Gray Heron Ardea cinerea 6 16. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 3 17. Little Egret Egretta garzetta 6 18. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 6 19. Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 3 20. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 4 21. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 1 22. African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 2 23. European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 5 24. Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus 1 25. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 1 26. Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 1 27. Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 1 28. Black Kite Milvus migrans 4 29. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 8 30. Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 3 31. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 3 32. Eurasian Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 1 33. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 3 34. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 3 35. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 2 36. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 2 37. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 2 1
38. Ruff Calidris pugnax 2 39. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus 1 40. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 2 41. Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 4 42. Little Tern Sternula albifrons 1 43. Black Tern Chlidonias niger 1 44. Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 1 45. Common Tern Sterna hirundo 3 46. Rock Pigeon Columba livia 8 47. Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus 6 48. European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur 4 49. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 5 50. Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 5 51. Little Owl Athene noctua 3 52. Common Swift Apus apus 8 53. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 1 H 54. European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 4 55. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 4 56. Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 4 H 57. Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni 1 58. Common/Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 6 59. Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 1 60. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 5 61. Lesser Gray Shrike Lanius minor 1 62. Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 3 63. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 7 64. Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 6 65. Eurasian Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes 2 66. Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 1 67. Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus 3 68. Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula 1 69. Carrion Crow Corvus corone 5 70. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 6 71. Common Raven Corvus corax 1 72. Common Skylark Alauda arvensis 1 73. Wood Lark Lullula arborea 1 74. Bank Swallow/Sand Martin Riparia riparia 1 75. Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 2 76. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 6 77. Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum 6 78. MarshTit Poecile palustris 1 79. Willow Tit Poecile montanus 2 80. Coal Tit Periparus ater 3 81. Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 4 82. Great Tit Parus major 6 83. Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 3 84. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 2 85. Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 1 H 86. Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 3 2
87. Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 6 H 88. White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 3 89. Goldcrest Regulus regulus 3 90. Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 1 91. Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 3 92. Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 2 H 93. Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 1 94. Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 1 H 95. Great Reed-Warbler A.arundinaceus 1 96. Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 7 97. Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 2 98. Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 1 99. Moltoni s Warbler Sylvia cantillans moltonii 1 H 100. Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 2 101. European Robin Erithacus rubecula 2 102. Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 2 103. Common Redstart P.phoenicurus 4 104. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 5 105. Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 4 106. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 1 107. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 1 108. Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 1 109. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 8 110. Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 4 111. Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 3 112. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 6 113. Dunnock Prunella modularis 2 114. Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 2 115. Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 5 116. White Wagtail Motacilla alba 6 117. Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 2 118. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 2 119. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 1 120. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 2 121. Rock Bunting Emberiza cia 1 122. Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 1 123. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 7 124. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 1 125. Common/Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 2 126. Common/Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea 4 127. Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 2 128. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 4 129. Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina 2 130. Citril Finch Serinus citrinella 1 131. European Serin Serinus serinus 4 132. House Sparrow Passer domesticus 1 133. Italian Sparrow Passer italiae 6 134. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 2 3
MAMMALS & OTHER European Hare Mountain Hare Eastern Cottontail Alpine Chamois Alpine Marmot Coypu Mountain Frog Common Wall Lizard Western Green Lizard Red eared slider Lepus europaeus Lepus timidus Sylvilagus floridanus Rupicapra rupicapra Marmota marmota Myocaster coypus Rana temporaria Podarcis muralis Lacerta bilineata Trachemys scripta BUTTERFLIES - 52 species and 1 moth Swallowtail Scarce Swallowtail Mountain Apollo Black-veined White Large White Small White Green-veined White Eastern Bath White Orange Tip Mountain Clouded Yellow Clouded Yellow Brimstone Wood White Small Copper Large Copper Purple-edged Copper Purple-shot Copper Short-tailed Blue Holly Blue Little /Small Blue Brown Argus Common Blue Eros Blue Peacock Butterfly Small Tortoiseshell Red Admiral Painted Lady Comma Butterfly Silver-washed Fritillary Niobe Fritillary Spotted Fritillary Heath Fritillary Pearl-bordered Fritillary False Heath Fritillary Grisons Fritillary Papilio machaon Iphicliides podalirius Parnassius apollo Aporia crataegi Pieris brassicae Artogeia rapae Artogeia napi Pontia edusa Anthocharis cardamines Colias phicomone Colias crocea Gonepteryx rhamni Leptidea sinapis Lycaena phlaeas Lycaena dispar Lycaena hippothoe Lycaena alciphron Everes argiades Celastrina argiolus Cupido minimus Aricia agestis Polyommatus icarus Polyommatus eros Inachis io Aglais urticae Vanessa atalanta Vanessa cardui Polygonia c-album Argynnis paphia Argynnis niobe Melitaea didyma Mellicta athalia Boloria euphrosyne Melitaea diamina Melitaea varia 4
Marbled White Great Sooty Satyr Great Banded Grayling Meadow Brown Small Heath Alpine Heath Speckled Wood Wall Brown Southern Grizzled Skipper Carline Skipper Tufted Marbled Skipper Dingy Skipper Mallow Skipper Essex Skipper Small Skipper Silver-spotted Skipper Large Skipper Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet DRAGONFLIES Blue Emperor Lesser Emperor Black-tailed Skimmer White-tailed Skimmer Ruddy Darter Red-veined Darter Broad Scarlet Common Bluet Common Bluetail Small Redeye Damselfly Dainty Damselfly Banded Demoiselle Beautiful Demoiselle Blue Featherleg OTHER Heath Spotted Orchid Black Vanilla Orchid Melanargia galathea Satyrus ferula Kanetisa circe Maniola jurtina Coenonympha pamphilus Coenonympha gardetta Pararge aegeria Lasiommata megera Pyrgus malvoides Pyrgus carlinae Carcharodus flocciferus Erynnis tages Carcharodus alceae Thymelicus lineola Thymelicus sylvestris Hesperia comma Ochlodes venatus Zygaena lonicerae Anax imperator Anax parthenope Orthetrum cancellatum Orthetrum albistylum Sympetrum sanguineum Sympetrum fonscolombii Crocothemis erythraea Enallagma cyathigerum Ischnura elegans Erythromma viridulum Coenagrion scitulum Calopteryx splendens Calopteryx virgo Platycnemis pennipes Dactylorhiza maculata Nigritella nigra rhellicani Sunrise Birding, LLC PO Box 274, Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA +203 453-6724 http:// gina@sunrisebirding.com 5