Bird Photographs

Bird photographs taken on the tours in Herzegovina and Croatia (2014-2019) - 190 species

WILDFOWL - GEESE

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna

WILDFOWL - DABBLING DUCKS

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos

Garganey
Spatula querquedula

WILDFOWL - DIVING DUCKS

Ferruginous Duck
Aythya nyroca

Goosander
Mergus merganser

Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufina

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula

PARTRIDGES

Rock Partridge
Alectoris graeca

Grey Partridge
Perdix perdix

GREBES

Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus

CORMORANTS

Pygmy Cormorant
Microcarbo pygmaeus

European Shag
Gulosus aristotelis

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo

HERONS, STORKS ET AL.

Little Egret
Egretta garzetta

Western Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis

Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides

Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus

Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea

Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea

Black Stork
Ciconia nigra

Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutus

Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia

Great Egret
Ardea alba

BIRDS OF PREY - EAGLES AND OSPREY

Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos

Short-toed Snake Eagle
Circaetus gallicus

White-tailed Eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla

Western Osprey
Pandion haliaetus

BIRDS OF PREY - KITES

Black Kite
Milvus migrans

BIRDS OF PREY - HARRIERS

Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneus

Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus

Western Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus

BIRDS OF PREY - BUZZARDS

Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo

Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo rufinus

European Honey Buzzard
Pernis apivorus

BIRDS OF PREY - HAWKS

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus

Levant Sparrowhawk
Accipiter brevipes

BIRDS OF PREY - FALCONS

Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus

Eurasian Hobby
Falco subbuteo

Red-footed Falcon
Falco vespertinus

RAILS & CRAKES

Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus

Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra

CRANES

Common Crane
Grus grus

WADERS

Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius

Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus

Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula

Little Stint
Calidris minuta

Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea

Sanderling
Calidris alba

Snipe
Gallinago gallinago

Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola

Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata

Eurasian Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus

Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa

Ruff
Philomachus pugnax

Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola

Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta

Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus

Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia

Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola

Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos

Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus

Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus

Common Redshank
Tringa totanus

Dunlin
Calidris alpina

GULLS

Slender-billed Gull
Croicocephalus genei

Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellis

Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

Black-headed Gull
Croicocephalus ridibundus

Common Gull
Larus canus

Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouinii

TERNS

Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia

Common Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica

Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis

Common Tern
Sterna hirundo

TERNS - MARSH TERNS

Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida

White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus

PIGEONS & DOVES

Rock Dove
Columba livia

European Turtle Dove
Streptopelia turtur

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaocto

CUCKOOS

Common Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus

OWLS

Little Owl
Athene noctua

SWIFTS

Common Swift
Apus apus

Pallid Swift
Apus pallidus

BEE-EATERS ET AL.

European Bee-eater
Merops apiaster

Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops

WOODPECKERS

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major

Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocoptes medius

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minor

Syrian Woodpecker
Dendrocopos syriacus

White-backed Woodpecker
Dendrocopos leucotos

European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridis

Black Woodpecker
Dryocopus martius

Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla

LARKS

Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensis

Crested Lark
Galerida cristata

Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactyla

Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris

Woodlark
Lullula arborea

SWALLOWS & MARTINS

Sand Martin
Riparia riparia

Common House Martin
Delichon urbicum

Red-rumped Swallow
Cecropis daurica

Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica

Eurasian Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestris

PIPITS & WAGTAILS

Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis

Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris

Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis

Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea

Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava

White Wagtail
Motacilla alba

DIPPERS

White-throated Dipper
Cinclus cinclus

ACCENTORS

Dunnock
Prunella modularis

THRUSHES AND CHATS - THRUSHES

Blue Rock Thrush
Monticola solitarius

Common Rock Thrush
Monticola saxatilis

Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos

Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros

Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra

Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatus

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus

European Robin
Erithacus rubecula

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos

THRUSHES AND CHATS - WHEATEARS

Black-eared Wheatear
Oenanthe hispanica

Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe

WARBLERS - HIPPOLAIS WARBLERS

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Iduna pallida

Melodious Warbler
Hippolais polyglotta

WARBLERS - LEAF WARBLERS

Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita

Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus

WARBLERS - SYLVIA WARBLERS

Eastern Orphean Warbler
Sylvia crassirostris

Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Sylvia cantillans

Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca

Barred Warbler
Sylvia nisoria

Common Whitethroat
Sylvia communis

Eurasian Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla

WARBLERS - ACROCEPHALUS WARBLERS

Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cetti

Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogon

Eurasian Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus

WARBLERS - CRESTS

Common Firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla

FLYCATCHERS

Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata

Collared Flycatcher
Ficedula albicollis

European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca

TITS

Coal Tit
Periparus ater

European Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatus

Sombre Tit
Poecile lugubris

Great Tit
Parus major

Willow Tit
Poecile montanus

Eurasian Penduline Tit
Remiz pendulinus

Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatus

Eurasian Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus

NUTHATCHES & TREECREEPERS

Western Rock Nuthatch
Sitta neumayer

Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaea

Eurasian Treecreeper
Certhia familiaris

Wallcreeper
Tichodroma muraria

SHRIKES

Lesser Grey Shrike
Lanius minor

Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senator

Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurio

CROWS

Northern Raven
Corvus corax

Western Jackdaw
Corvus monedula

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius

Spotted Nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes

Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus

Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica

Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix

STARLINGS & ORIOLES

Rosy Starling
Pastor roseus

Eurasian Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolus

SPARROWS

House Sparrow
Passer domesticus

Spanish Sparrow
Passer hispaniolensis

FINCHES

Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs

Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra

European Serin
Serinus serinus

Common Linnet
Carduelis cannabina

European Greenfinch
Chloris chloris

Eurasian Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula

European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis

BUNTINGS

Rock Bunting
Emberiza cia

Ortolan Bunting
Emberiza hortulana

Black-headed Bunting
Emberiza melanocephala

Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandra

Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinella

Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlus

Common Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus