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The birds of Skopelos Island in Greece 

In the dense forests and the fertile meadows, 66 species of wild native or migratory birds have been registered, some of those rare and threatened by extinction.

1.Alpine Swift Apus melba

2.Bee-eater Merops apiaster

3.Blackbird Turdus merula

4.Blackcap Sylvia attricapilla

5.Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocefala

6.Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius

7.Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli

8.Buzzard Buteo buteo

9.Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

10.Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collibita

11.Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citrinella

12.Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra

13.Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea

14.Cretzschmar’s Bunting Emberiza caesia

15.Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae

16.Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus

17.Garden Warbler Sylvia borin

18.Goldcrest Regulus regulus

19.Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus

20.Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

21.Goshawk Accipiter gentilis

22.Great Tit Parus major

23.Green finch Carduelis chloris

24.Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

25.Harrier Circus sp

26.Herring Gull Larus argentatus

27.Hobby Falco subbuteo

28.Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus

29.Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix

30.Hoopoe Upupa epops

31.House Martin Delichon urbica

32.House Sparrow Passer domesticus

33.Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

34.Linnet Acanthis cannabina

35.Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus

36.Little Owl Athene noctua

37.Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos

38.Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus

39.Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida

40.Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olibetorum

41.Partridge or Chukar Alectoris chukar

42.Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

43.Pheasant Phasianus colchicus

44.Raven Corvus corax

45.Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio

46.Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica

47.Rock Dove Columba livia

48.Rufus Bush Robin Cecrotrichus galactotes

49.Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocaphala

50.Scops Owl Otus scops

51.Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis

52.Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus

53.Short-toed Lark Calandrella cinerea

54.Spanish Sparrow Passer hispanidensis

55.Sparrow Hawk Accipiter nisus

56.Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

57.Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans

58.Swallow Hirundo rustica

59.Swift Apus apus

60.Tawny Pipit Anthus campestis

61.Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur

62.Whitethroat Sylvia communis

63.Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator

64.Wren Troglodytes troglodydes

65.Yellow Hammer Emberiza citrinella

66.Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

 

Herring Gull
Herring Gull
Baby Herring Gull
Gallinago gallinago
Male Black Bird
Shrike
Scops Owl
Rock Dove
Pheasant

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