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Birds of Skopelos
Skopelos island, North Sporades, Greece

 

In the dense forests and the fertile meadows of Skopelos Island, 67 species of wild native or migratory birds have been registered, some of those rare and threatened by extinction.

   IK = Insufficiently Known, V = Vulnerable

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Swans in Skopelos harbour

Motacilla Alba

Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

Turdus philomelos

House Martin (Delichon urbica)

Rock Dove (Columba livia)

Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocaphala)

 

1. Alpine Swift Apus melba
Details 2. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
3. Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Details 4. Blackbird Turdus merula
5. Blackcap Sylvia attricapilla
6. Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocefala
7. Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
8. Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
9. Buzzard Buteo buteo
10. Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
11. Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collib
12. Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citrinella
13. Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
14. Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
15. Cretzschmar’s Bunting Emberiza caesia
  Details 16. Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae IK
17. Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus
18. Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
19. Goldcrest Regulus regulus
20. Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
21. Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
22. Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
23. Great Tit Parus major
24. Green finch Carduelis chloris
25. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
26. Harrier Circus sp
Details 27. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
28. Hobby Falco subbuteo
29. Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
30. Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix
31. Hoopoe Upupa epops
Details 32. House Martin Delichon urbica
Details 33. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
34. Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
35. Linnet Acanthis cannabina
36. Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
37. Little Owl Athene noctua
38. Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
39. Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
40. Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
41. Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olibetorum
42. Partridge or Chukar

Alectoris chukar

Details 43. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus I K
44. Pheasant Phasianus colchicus V
45. Raven Corvus corax
46. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
47. Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
Details 48. Rock Dove Columba livia
49. Rufus Bush Robin Cecrotrichus galactotes
Details 50. Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocaphala
51. Scops Owl Otus scops
Details 52. Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis V
53. Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
54. Short-toed Lark Calandrella cinerea
55. Spanish Sparrow Passer hispanidensis
56.

Sparrow Hawk

Accipiter nisus
57. Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
58. Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans
59. Swallow Hirundo rustica
60. Swift Apus apus
61. Tawny Pipit Anthus campestis
62. Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
63. Whitethroat Sylvia communis
64. Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
65. Wren Troglodytes troglodydes
66. Yellow Hammer Emberiza citrinella
67. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 
 

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