Canárias 2015


A two-week very enjoyable family trip to the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote). Saw 70 species (including non-self sustained introductions), of which 11 lifers. Could have been 12 had I looked for Rock Sparrow at Teno Alto (Tenerife), or even 13 had I found Barbary Falcon in any of these three islands. Also dipped out Western Barn Owl in Lanzarote. Migratory Eleonora’s Falcon not yet back from Madagascar. 

Good photos of Houbara, Fuerteventura Chat, Raven, Blue Chaffinch, Canary Islands Chiffchaff, Berthelot’s Pipit, Cory’s Shearwater, Spectacled Warbler, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Kestrel, Ruddy Shelduck, Egyptian Vulture, White-tailed Laurel Pigeon (in flight), Stone-curlew, etc. Not so good photos of Bolle’s Pigeon, Cream-coloured Courser, Plain Swift, etc.



Passer hispaniolensis


Saxicola dacotiae


Calonectris borealis


Anthus berthelotii


Corvus corax


Fringilla teydea


Lanius meridionalis


Dendrocopos major


Larus michahellis


Chlamydotis undulata


Regulus regulus


Neophron percnopterus


Fringilla coelebs



Buteo buteo


Streptopelia decaocto


Calandrella rufescens


Falco tinnunculus


Serinus canaria


Columba junoniae


Columba bollii


Burhinus oedicnemus


Myiopsitta monachus


Sylvia conspicillata


Phylloscopus canariensis


Erithacus rubecula


Calidris ferruginea


Cyanistes teneriffae


Tadorna ferruginea


Carduelis cannabina


Sylvia melanocephala


Apus unicolor


Actitis hypoleucos


Turdus merula


Alectoris barbara


Platalea leucorodia


Egretta garzetta


Cursorius cursor


Recurvirostra avosetta


Charadrius dubius


Thalasseus sandvicensis


Emberiza calandra


Ardea purpurea


Upupa epops


Spilopelia senegalensis


Bucanetes githagineus


Sylvia atricapilla


Anser indicus


Lamprotornis caudatus


Threskiornis aethiopicus


Streptopelia turtur


Motacilla cinerea


Pterocles orientalis

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