Birding in Colour

last update : 28-08-2010

next update : 05-09-2010

355 bird species for 2007 colour-ring projects

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This list is based on Palearctic Birds, a checklist of the Birds of Europe, North Africa and Asia from Mark Beaman.

Gaviidae Loons	Podicipedidae Grebes	Diomedeidae / Sulidae Albatrosses / Giant Petrel / Northern Gannet	Procellariidae Shearwaters	Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants
Pelecanidae Pelicans	Ardeidae Egrets	Ciconiidae Storks	Threskiornithidae Ibises / Spoonbills	Phoenicopteridae Flamingos	Anatidae Swans / Geese / Ducks
Accipitridae Raptors	Pandionidae Osprey	Falconidae Falcons	Phasianidae Quails	Rallidae Rails and Coots	Gruidae Cranes
Otididae Bustards	Haematopodidae Eur. Oystercatcher	Recurvirostridae Avocets	Burhinidae Stone-curlew	Dromadidae Crab-plover	Glareolidae Pratincoles
Charadriidae Plovers	Scolopacidae Waders	Stercorariidae Skuas	Laridae Gulls	Sternidae Terns	Alcidae Auks
Columbidae Doves	Cuculidae Cuckoos	Strigidae Owls	Coraciidae Rollers	Upupidae Hoopoes	Picidae Woodpeckers
Alaudidae Larks	Hirundinidae Swallows	Motacillidae Pipits / Wagtails	Bombycillidae Bohemian Waxwing	Cinclidae Dippers	Troglodytes Wrens
Prunellidae Accentors	Turdidae Thrushes Redstarts Whinchats	Sylviidae Warblers	Muscicapidae Flycatchers	Paridae Tits	Tichodromadidae Wallcreeper
Sittidae Eur. Nuthatch	Remizidae Eur. Pend.Tit	Laniidae Shrikes	Corvidae Crows	Sturnidae Starlings	Passeridae Sparrows
	Estrildidae Waxbills	Fringillidae Finches	Emberizidae Buntings

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Loons - Gaviidae.

Great Northern Loon 1 pr. - 22.11.1997

Red-throated Loon 4pr. - 04.09.2008

Grebes - Podicipedidae.

Great Crested Grebe 2pr. - 04.02.2006

Red-necked Grebe 1pr. - 06.02.2004

Horned Grebe 1pr. – 17.02.2005

Black-necked Grebe 1pr. – 11.01.2009

Albatrosses, Petrels, Gannets – Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Sulidae.

Albatrosses 5sp./5pr. – 17.05.2008

European Storm-petrel 1pr. - 19.01.2000

Northern Fulmar 1pr. – 07.04.2005

Northern Gannet 3pr. – 17.06.2010

Cormorants - Phalacrocoracidae.

Cormorants

a link to the greatest cr-cormorant site ever, thanks to Dr. Stefano Volponi

- info. on the Belgian project in French -

Pelicans - Pelecanidae.

Dalmatian pelican

1pr. – 21.01.2007

Egrets - Ardeidae.

Great Bittern 6pr. - 29.03.2010 -	Little Bittern 1pr. – 28.08.2007	Black-crowned Night Heron 6pr. - 13.06.2010 -
Squacco Heron 2pr. - 03.10.2009 -	Cattle Egret 6pr. – 24.05.2010 -	Little Egret 12pr. – 03-10-2009
Great Egret 9pr. – 06.03.2010 -	Grey Heron 25pr. – 14.03.2010 -	Purple Heron 13pr. – 21.05.2010 -

Storks - Ciconiidae.

Black Stork 16pr. – 06.03.2010

White Stork 20pr. – 28.07.2010

Ibisses - Threskiornithidae

Glossy Ibis 6pr. –11.08.2010	Northern Bald Ibis 4pr. - 20.09.2008
Sacred Ibis 4pr. - 28.08.2007	Eurasian Spoonbill 8pr. – 11.08.2010

Flamingos - Phoenicopteridae

Greater Flamingo 7pr. – 06.03.2010 + great overview

Chilean Flamingo 1pr. - 16.05.2008

Swans - Anatidae

Mute Swan 19pr. – 29.03.2010

Bewick Swan 6pr. – 22.06.2010

Whooper Swan 9pr. – 22.06.2010

Black Swan 1pr. – 16.05.2008

Geese (Goose Bulletin issue 9 nov. 2009)

Bean Goose 19pr. – 06.03.2010	Pink-footed Goose 4pr. – 06.01.2010	Greater White-fronted Goose 11pr. - 06.01.2010	Lesser White-fronted Goose 11pr. - 11.08.2010
Greylag Goose 27pr. - 06.03.2010	Bar-headed Goose 3pr.- 06.01.2010	Snow Goose 10pr. - 16.05.2008	Emperor Goose 2pr. - 16.05.2008
Canada Goose 15pr. - 06.01.2010	Barnacle Goose 11pr. - 06.03.2010	Brent Goose 11pr. - 06.01.2010	Red-breasted Goose 2pr. - 21.11.2009
Egyptian Goose 4pr. - 30.08.2009	Ross Goose 1pr. – 16.05.2008	Goose : Domestic and Hybrid 2pr - 06.01.2010

Ducks - Anatidae

Common Shelduck 11pr. – 21.05.2010	Mandarin Duck 4pr. – 15.05.2008	Wigeon 7pr. – 05.04.2009	Gadwall 8pr. – 05.04.2009	Common Teal 6pr. – 05.04.2009
Mallard 9pr. – 06.03.2010	Northern Pintail 5pr. – 05.04.2009	Garganey 2pr. – 05.04.2009	Northern Shoveler 3pr. – 05.04.2009	Marbled Duck 1pr. – 05.02.2004
Red-crested Pochard 2pr. – 24.05.2010	Common Pochard 5pr. – 05.04.2009	Ferruginous Duck 1pr. – 05.04.2009	Tufted Duck 6pr. 05.04.2009	Greater Scaup 1pr. – 05.04.2009
Eider 3pr. – 28.09.2009	Common Goldeneye 1pr. – 20.12.2004		White-headed Duck 2pr. – 28.12.2002	Ruddy Shelduck 5pr. – 05.04.2009

Raptors - Accipitridae

European Honey Buzzard 3pr.- 04.09.2008	Crested Honey Buzzard 1pr.- 27.10.2002		Black-winged Kite 3pr. – 10.02.2008
Black Kite 8pr. - 30.08.2009 -	Red Kite 17pr. - 06.03.2010-	White-tailed Eagle 9pr. – 29.03.2010 -	Lammergeier 2pr. – 26.12.2009 -
Egyptian Vulture 11r. – 13.06.2010 -	Eurasian Griffon Vulture 18pr. – 24.07.2010 -	Rüppell's Griffon Vulture 2pr. - 25.01.2009 -	Eurasian Black Vulture 8pr. - 11.07.2009 -
Western Marsh Harrier 18pr. - 06.03.2010 -	Hen Harrier 9pr. - 26.12.2009 -	Montagu's Harrier 19prr. – 24.07.2010 -
Northern Goshawk 4pr. - 07.04.2005 -	Common Buzzard 16pr. – 19.07.2010 -	Long-legged Buzzard 2pr. – 13.06.2010	Imperial Eagle 5pr. - 21.07.2008 -

Booted Eagle 1pr. – 29.06.2008	Bonelli's Eagle 6pr. - 18.07.2008 -
Lesser Spotted Eagle 6pr. – 02.04.2009	Greater Spotted Eagle 1pr. – 19.09.2006	Short-toed Eagle 4pr – 24.05.2010

Osprey - Pandionidae

Osprey

15pr. – 11.08.2010

Falcons - Falconidae

Common Kestrel 28pr. – 13.06.2010	Red-footed Falcon 4pr. - 06.03.2010 -	Merlin 1pr. – 11.04.2005 –	Eleanora’s Falcon 1pr. – 07.02.2010
Saker Falcon 4pr. - 13.09.2009 -	Eurasian Hobby 4pr. – 07.06.2010 -	Peregrine Falcon 21pr. – 13.05.2010 -	Lesser Kestrel 4pr. – 26.12.2009 -

Partridges/ Quails - Phasianidae

Common Quail

1pr. – 11.01.2009

Rails/Coots - Rallidae

Water Rail 3pr. – 24.07.2010 -

Common Moorhen 7pr. - 14.03.2010 -

Purple Swamp-hen 2pr. - 01.01.2003 -

Eurasian Coot 12pr. – 15.11.2009

Red-knobbed Coot 2pr.- 15.11.2004 -

Cranes - Gruidae

Common Crane

5pr. - 13.06.2010 -

Bustards – Otididae

Great Bustard 2pr. – 01.04.2005 -

Little Bustard 1pr. – 09.05.2009

Oystercatchers - Haemetopodidae

Eurasian Oystercatcher

20 pr. - 28.08.2010 -

Avocets - Recurvirostridae

Pied Avocet 22pr. – 28.07.2010 -

Black-winged Stilt 4 pr. - 02.12.2008 -

Crab-plover - Dromadidae

Crab-plover

2pr – 28.03.2009

Stone-Curlew - Burhinidae

Stone Curlew

5pr. - 19.07.2010

Pratincoles – Glareolidae

Collared Pratincole

2pr. – 17.07.2010

Plovers - Charadriidae

Little Ringed Plover 8pr. - 22.063.2010 -	Common Ringed Plover 15pr. – 28.08.2010 -	Kentish Plover 14r. – 22.06.2010 -	Greater Sand Plover 1pr. - 01.01.2003 -
Eurasian Dotterel 3pr. – 30..12.2009 -	European Golden Plover 4pr. - 11.07.2010 -	Grey Plover 9pr. – 13.05.2010 -	Northern Lapwing 19pr. – 17.07.2010
Sociable Lapwing 1pr. – 08.03.2009

Waders - Scolopacidae

Great Knot 1pr. – 28.03.2009	Red Knot 6pr. – 30.12.2009 -	Sanderling 8pr. - 13.05.2010 -	Little Stint 1 pr. - DEC ‘09
Temminck's Stint 2 pr. - 19.04.2006 -	Curlew Sandpiper 5 pr. - NOV. ’09 -	Purple Sandpiper 12r. – 22.06.2010 -	Dunlin 13pr. – 30.12.2009 -
Spoon-billed Sandpiper 1pr. - 24.08.2002 –	Broad billed Sandpiper 2pr. – 30.12.2009 -	Ruff 7pr. - 11.04.2009	Black-tailed Godwit 21pr. – 30.12.2009 -
Bar-tailed Godwit 12pr. –13.05.2010 -	Common Snipe 4 pr. – DEC. ‘09 -	Great Snipe 1pr. - 24.08.2002 -	Whimbrel 6 pr. – DEC ‘09-
Eurasian Curlew 14pr. –13.05.2010 –	Spotted Redshank 3pr. – 29.03.2010 -	Common Redshank 18pr. – 13.05.2010 -	Greenshank 10pr. – 30.12.2009 -
Green Sandpiper 2pr. – 30.12.2009 -	Wood Sandpiper 4pr. – 29.03.2010 -	Terek Sandpiper 3 pr. - NOV ‘09 -	Common Sandpiper 6pr. - 05.07.2010 -
Ruddy Turnstone 15pr. – 13.05.2010 -	Grey Phalarope 1pr. – 08.12.2006

Skua's - Stercorariidae

Great Skua 9pr. - 11.08.2010 -

South Polar Skua ; Brown Skua 2pr. – 08.03.2009

Artic Skua 5pr. – 19.07.2010

Long-tailed Skua 3pr. – 13.06.2010

Gulls - Laridae

Pallas's Gull 3pr. - 26.08.2002 -	Mediterranean Gull 13pr. – 17.07.2010-	Little Gull 2pr.- 28.08.2010	Black-headed Gull 43pr. – 11.08.2010
Slender-billed Gull 4pr. - 26.07.2009 -	Audouin's Gull 7pr. – 29.03.2010 -	Ring-billed Gull 1pr. – 27.02.2006 -	Eurasian Mew Gull Common Gull 34pr. – 12.07.2010
Lesser Black-backed Gull 90pr. – 11.08.2010	Herring Gull 74pr. –11.08.2010	Yellow-legged Gull 66 pr.- 12.07.2010	Glaucous Gull 6pr. - 19.07.2010 -
Greater Black-backed Gull 40 pr. – 11.08.2010	Black-legged Kittiwake 20pr. – 19.07.2010	Kelp Gull 1pr. - 26.08.2002 -	Ivory Gull 3pr. – 14.04.2008
Glaucous-winged Gull 1pr. – 21.01.2007

Terns – Sternidae

Gull-billed Tern 5pr. - 11.08.2010 -	Caspian Tern 6pr. - 11.07.2010 -	Lesser Crested Tern 1pr. – 0603.2010	Sandwich Tern 8pr. – 11.08.2010
Elegant Tern 1pr. - 28.12.2002 -	Roseate Tern 1 pr. – DEC. ‘09	Common Tern 21pr. -11.08.2010-	Little Tern 10pr. – 11.08.2010 -
Whiskered Tern 2pr. – 21.01.2007 -	Black Tern 1pr. – 21.07.2009 –	Arctic Tern 1pr- 25.07.2009

Auks - Alcidae

Guillemot 9pr. –17.01.2009	Brünnich's Guillemot 3pr. – 17.01.2009	Razorbill 4pr. – 07.06.2006
Black Guillemot 2pr. – 11.01.2009	Atlantic Puffin 5pr. – 21.05.2010	Little Auk 2pr. – 17.01.2009

Doves – Columbidae

Eurasian Collared Dove 2pr. – 04.11.2007

European Turtle Dove 1pr. – 13.05.2010

Cuckoos – Cuculidae

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1pr. – 21.01.2007

Common Cuckoo 1pr. – 21.01.2007

Owls – Strigidae

Long- eared Owl 1pr – 10.10.2009

Ural Owl 1 pr. – 03.10.2009

Rollers - Coraciidae

European Roller

4 pr. – 28.08.2007 -

Hoopoes – Upupidae

Eurasian Hoopoe

3 pr. – 13.09.2009

Woodpeckers - Picidae

European Green Woodpecker 1pr. - 25.01.2003 -	Black Woodpecker 1pr. – 08.03.2009	Great Spotted Woodpecker 4pr. – 28.08.2010 -
Syrian Woodpecker 1pr. - 08.10.2003 -	Middle Spotted Woodpecker 2pr. - 29.03.2006 -	Three-toed Woodpecker 1pr. - 31.01.2003 -

Larks – Alaudidae

Dupont’ Lark 1pr. - 10.07.2007	Greater Short-toed Lark 1pr. - 10.07.2007	Lesser Short-toed Lark 2pr. - 10.07.2007	Crested Lark 1pr – 10.07.2007
Thekla Lark 2pr. - 10.07.2007	Wood Lark 7pr. - 28.08.2010	Eurasian Skylark 4pr. - 27.09.2009	Horned Lark 4pr. - 13.01.2005

Swallows - Hirundinidae

Barn Swallow 6pr. – 06.03.2010 -

Red-rumped Swallow 1pr. - 17.09.2002 -

Pipits and Wagtails - Motacillidae

Meadow Pipit 1pr. –23.08.2009 -	Tree Pipit 3pr. – 14.07.2010 -	Rock Pipit 7pr. – 24.07.2010 -	Water Pipit 7pr. - 24.07.2010 -
Tawny Pipit 4pr. – 28.08.2010	Berthelot’s Pipit 1pr. – 10.07.2007
Yellow Wagtail 1pr. – 23.08.2009	Citrine Wagtail 2pr. – 28.08.2010	White Wagtail 12pr. – 06.03.2010	Grey Wagtail 4pr. – 07.11.2009

Waxwings - Bombycillidae

Bohemian Waxwing

1pr. – 11.04.2005 -

Dippers - Cinclidae

White-throated Dipper

8pr. - 11.07.2010 -

Wrens - Troglodytes

(Winter) Wren

1pr. – 31.12.2006

Accentors - Prunellidae

Dunnock 1 pr. – 02.01.2007

Alpine Accentor 6pr. – 21.12.2008

Turdidae

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 2pr. - 14.04.2008 -	European Robin 5pr. – 28.08.2007 -	Common Nightingale 2pr. - 24.12.2006 -	Bluethroat 5pr.- 21.12.2008 -
Black Redstart 5pr. – 25.07.2009 -	Common Redstart 2pr. – 25.07.2009 -	Whinchat 7pr. – 09.04.2004 -	Northern Wheatear 16pr. – 13.05.2010
Isabelline Wheatear 1 pr. – 14.03.2010	Black-eared Wheatear 1 pr. – 14.03.2010
Cyprus Wheatear 1pr. - 03.01.2003 -	Finsch's Wheatear 1pr. - 03.01.2003 -	Ring Ouzel 2pr. - 13.06.2010 -	Common Stonechat 10+1pr. – 25.07.2009
Common Blackbird 11pr. – 14.07.2010 -	Song Thrush 3pr. - 17.01.2009 -	Mistle Thrush 1pr. - 17.01.09 -	Redwing 1pr. – 20.03.2007

Warblers - Sylviidae

Cetti's Warbler 4 pr. – DEC ‘09	Common Grasshopper Warbler 2 pr. – DEC ‘09	River Warbler 1 pr. – DEC ‘09	Savi’s Warbler 2 pr. – DEC ‘09	Moustached Warbler 2 pr. – DEC ‘09
Aquatic Warbler 5pr. – 25.07.2009 -	Sedge Warbler 1 pr. – DEC ‘09	Paddyfield Warbler 1pr. - 12.05.2003 -	Marsh Warbler 3pr. – 25.07.2009 -	European Reed Warbler 4 pr. – MAY ‘10
Great Reed Warbler 10pr. – 21.05.2010	Icterine Warbler 2pr. – 01.04.2007	Melodious Warbler 1pr. – 19.04.2008	Spectacled Warbler 1pr. – 23.12.2007
Sardinian Warbler 1pr. – 08.01.2004 -	Cyprus Warbler 1pr. – 08.01.2004	Barred Warbler 1pr. – 10.08.2008	Lesser Whitethroat 2pr. – 11.04.200	Common Whitethroat 2pr. – 11.04.2005
Garden Warbler 1pr. – 23.08.2009	Blackcap 6pr. - 17.10.2010	Wood Warbler 1pr. – 13.09.2009	Chiffchaff 4pr. 23.082009 -	Willow Warbler 5pr. 23.08.2009
Dartford Warbler 1pr. – 13.06.2010	Goldcrest 1pr. – 14.07.2010

Flycatchers - Muscicapidae

Spotted Flycatcher 1pr. - 01.04.2004 -

European Pied Flycatcher 4pr. (+2pr.) - 11.04.2005 -

Timalias – Timaliidae.

Bearded Reedling/Tit 5pr. - 17.02.2006 -

Long-tailed Tit 2pr. - 14.07.2010 -

Red-billed Leiothrix 1pr. - 09.10.2006 -

Tits – Paridae

Marsh Tit 5pr. - 13.09.2009 -	Willow Tit 2pr. - 13.09.2009 -	Crested Tit 1pr. - 20.02.2004 -
Coal Tit 3pr. – 14.07.2010 -	Blue Tit 7pr. - 14.07.2010 -	Great Tit 9pr. - 14.07.2010 -

Eurasian Nuthatch – Sittidae.

Eurasian Nuthatch

3pr. – 14.07.2010

Wallcreeper – Tichodromadidae.

Wallcreeper

2pr. – 19.07.2010

Penduline Tit - Remizdae

Eurasian Penduline Tit

5pr. – 21.05.2010

Shrikes - Laniidae

Red-backed Shrike 6pr. – 02.08.2009

Lesser Grey Shrike 1pr. – 20.12.2004

Great Grey Shrike 3pr. – 12.06.2007

Southern Grey Shrike 4 pr. – 13.09.2009

Woodchat Shrike 4pr. – 15.09.2010

Crows - Corvidae

Common Magpie 5pr. - 23.03.2003 -	Spotted Nutcracker 1pr. - 28.12.2002 -	Alpine Chough 3pr. - 21.12.2008 -	Red-billed Chough 1pr. – 19.07.2010	Western Jackdaw 18pr. – 28.07.2010 -
Rook 11r. – 24.07.2010 -	Carrion Crow 4pr. - 11.04.2009 -	Hooded Crow 3pr. - 13.09.2009 -	Common Raven 13pr. - 28.08.2010 -	Siberean Jay 1pr. – 07.02.2008
Fan-tailed Raven 1pr. – 13.06.2010	Brown-necked Raven 1pr. – 13.06.2010

Starling - Sturnidae

Common Starling

10pr. - 13.06.2010 -

Sparrow - Passeridae

House Sparrow 9pr. – 19.07.2010

Eurasian Tree Sparrow 8pr. – 19.07.2010

Eurasian Snowfinch 4pr. – 28.12.2009

Waxbill – Estrildidae

Common Waxbill 1pr. – 16.07.2004

Black-rumped Waxbill 1pr. – 17.02.2005

Finches - Fringillidae

Common Chaffinch 4pr. – 14.07.2010	Twite 6pr. - 07.11.2009 -	Common Rosefinch 3pr. - 01.03.2003 -	European Serin 1pr. - 19.11.2002 -	Syrian Serin 1pr. - 19.11.2002
Citril Finch 1pr. - 19.11.2002 -	European Greenfinch 7pr. – 14.07.2010-	European Goldfinch 4pr. - 14.07.2010 -	Crossbill 1pr. - 23.12.2007 -	Trumpeter Finch 1pr. – 10.07.2007
Common Linnet 5pr. – 14.07.2010	Rock Sparrow 1pr. - 19.11.2002 -	Common Bullfinch 1pr. - 31.03.2002 -	Hawfinch 1pr. – 11.04.2005 -	Blue Chaffinch 2pr. – 04.12.2008

Buntings - Emberizidae

Snow Bunting 7pr. - 14.12.2009 -	Yellowhammer 5pr. – 17.01.2009	Rock Bunting 2pr. - 01.06.2007 -	Ortolan Bunting 2 pr - 21.05.2010 -
Common Reed Bunting 9pr. - 13.06.2010 -	Black-headed Bunting 1pr.- 17.09.2002 -	Corn Bunting 2pr. - 01.04.2007 -

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