Bird-watching in Italy

December 4th, 2009

From the farmhouses one can see: buzzards, hawks, doves, swallows, wood pigeons, montagu’s harriers, kestrels, tawny owls, chiffchaff, stonechats, goldfinches, greenfinches, serins, redwings, hoopoes, warblers, blackcaps, golden orioles and firecrests.

Illustrations:

Buteo buteo
Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo


Sylvia atricapilla
Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla


Phylloscopus collybita
Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita


Regulus ignicapillus
Firecrest - Regulus ignicapillus


Oriolus oriolus
Golden Oriole - Oriolus oriolus


Circus pygargus
Montagu’s Harrier - Circus pygargus


Sylvia cantillans
Warbler - Sylvia cantillans


Source: Birding in Tuscany

Illustrations: Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas (1905)

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