TUSCANY: 27/4 - 4/5/98 by A. Marcone Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus OR Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea AL Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan AL Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo OR Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna OR Mallard Anas platyrhynchos OR, AL Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber OR about 300, DB about 200 Little Egret Egretta garzetta OR, AL, DB Gray Heron Ardea cinerea OR, DB Great Egret Ardea alba OR, DB Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis AL Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides OR Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus OR Black Kite Milvus migrans HI Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus DB Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus MA, OR, DB Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus HI Buzzard Buteo buteo AL Kestrel Falco tinnunculus OR, AL Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus RO Pheasant Phasianus colchicus OR Coot Fulica atra OR, DB Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus AL Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus DB Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos OR, AL Sanderling Calidris alba SE Little Stint Calidris minuta OR Dunlin Calidris alpina OR, AL Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus OR, AL Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus OR, SE Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus OR, DB Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta DB Gray Plover Pluvialis squatarola OR Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii SE Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans common everywhere but SI Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus OR, AL, DB Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus OR, DB White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus OR, DB Black Tern Chlidonias niger OR Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis OR, AL Rock Dove Columba livia feral Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur OR Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto common everywhere Cuckoo Cuculus canorus SI Barn Owl Tyto alba HI European Scops-Owl Otus scops HI Common Swift Apus apus common everywhere European Bee-eater Merops apiaster OR, AL European Roller Coracias garrulus HI, AL Hoopoe Upupa epops OR Green Woodpecker Picus viridis SI, OR Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius common everywhere Magpie Pica pica very common everywhere Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula AL, HI Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix very common everywhere Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio OR, AL, HI Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator OR, HI Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula common everywhere Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris SI, AL Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata OR Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos OR Whinchat Saxicola rubetra OR Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata very common OR, HI, DB Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe OR Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea SI Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus SI Sand Martin Riparia riparia OR Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica common everywhere House Martin Delichon urbica AL, OR (fewer than expected) Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis OR, DB Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti MA Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon MA Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus MA Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus OR Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala common Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans SE Great Tit Parus major SI Blue Tit Parus caeruleus SI Crested Lark Galerida cristata OR, AL, HI Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis AL Italian Sparrow Passer domesticus italiae common everywhere Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus OR White Wagtail Motacilla alba SI Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava DB Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris AL Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs HI European Serin Serinus serinus SI European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris SI European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis common everywhere Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus SI, HI Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra common everywhere |