RESIDENT BIRDS OF MENORCA
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COMMON NAME |
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SCIENTIFIC NAME |
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REPORTED SIGHTING |
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Barn Owl |
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TYTO ALBA |
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Binisaida |
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Blackbird |
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TURDUS MERULA |
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common |
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Blackcap |
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SYLVIA
ATRICAPILLA |
Santa Galdana
Gorge |
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Black-winged
Stilt |
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HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS |
Addaya & Albufera |
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Blue Rock Thrush |
MONTICOLA SOLITARIUS |
common on coastal cliffs |
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Booted Eagle |
HIERAETUS PENNATUS |
Cap de Favaritx & Santa Galdana, and
elsewhere |
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Cetti's Warbler |
CETTIA CETTI |
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Son Bou reed beds & Santa Galdana Gorge |
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Chaffinch |
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FRINGILLA COELEBS |
common in
woodland |
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Corn Bunting |
MILLARIA CALANDRA |
common |
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Cory’s Shearwater |
CALONECTRIS DIOMEDIA |
North & South coasts |
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Dartford Warbler |
SYLVIA UNDATA |
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Egyptian Vulture |
NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS |
Son Bou & Santa
Galdana gorge, Fornells |
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Fan-tailed
Warbler |
CISTICOLA JUNCIDIS |
Very common in reeds at Son Bou |
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Firecrest |
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REGULUS
IGNICAPILLUS |
Santa Galdana |
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Golden Eagle |
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AQUILA CHRYSAETOS |
San Cristobal |
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Goldfinch |
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CARDUELIS CARDUELIS |
common |
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Great Tit |
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PARUS MAJOR |
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common in wooded
areas |
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Greenfinch |
CARDUELIS CHLORIS |
common |
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Hoopoe |
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UPUPA EPOPS |
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common |
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House Sparrow |
PASSER DOMESTICUS |
common |
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Kentish Plover |
CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS |
Son Bou, Ses Salines
& Cala Tirant |
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Kestrel |
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FALCO TINNUNCULUS |
Fairly common |
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Linnet |
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CARDUELIS
CANNABINA |
common |
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Little Grebe |
TACHYBAPTUS RUFICOLLIS |
Albufera, Cala Tirant marshes & Son Bou |
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Little Owl |
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ATHENE NOCTUA |
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Long-eared Owl |
ASIO OTUS |
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Mallard |
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ANNAS
PLATYRHYNCHOS |
common |
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Moorhen |
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GALLINULA
CHLOROPUS |
Tirant marshes,
Son Bou & Albufera |
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Moustached
Warbler |
ACROCEPHALUS MELANOPOGON Son Bou |
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Osprey |
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PANDION HALIATUS |
Albufera, Santo Thomas, Son Bou |
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Peregrine |
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FALCO PEREGRINUS |
Monte Toro, Favaritx & Santa Galdana |
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Quail |
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COTURNIX COTURNIX |
Binisaida and
arable land |
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Raven |
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CORVUS CORAX |
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Son Bou, Santa Galdana, Ses Salines & Es Grau |
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Red Kite |
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MILVUS MILVUS |
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Near Alaior |
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Red-legged
Partridge |
ALECTORIS RUFA |
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Cap de Cavalleria & on farmland
elsewhere |
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Rock Dove |
COLUMBA LIVIA |
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common |
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Sardinian Warbler |
SYLVIA MELANOOCEPHALA |
common |
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Scops Owl |
OTUS SCOPS |
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Binisaida, Santa Galdana & Es Grau |
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Shag |
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PHALACROCORAX
ARISTOTELIS Anywhere around
the coast, very common |
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Stone Curlew |
BURHINUS OEDICNEMUS |
Cap de Cavalleria, Fornells & Addaya |
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Stonechat |
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SAXICOLA TORQUATA |
common |
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Theckla Lark |
GALERIDA THEKLAE |
common |
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Water Rail |
RALLUS AQUATICUS |
Son Bou & Albufera |
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Wood Pigeon |
COLUMBA PALUMBUS |
Son Bou and elsewhere in wooded areas |
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Yellow-legged
Gull |
LARUS CACHINNANS |
Son Bou & Mahon Harbour |
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VISITING & MIGRATING BIRDS IN
MENORCA
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COMMON NAME |
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SCIENTIFIC NAME |
REPORTED SIGHTING |
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Alpine Accentor |
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PRUNELLA COLLARIS |
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Alpine Swift |
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APUS MELBA |
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Cala Galdana
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Arctic Skua |
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STERCORARIUS
PARASITICUS |
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Audouin's Gull |
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LARUS AUDOUINII |
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Mahon outer harbour & Cap de Cavalleria |
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Avocet |
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RECURVIROSTRA
AVOSETTA |
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Black Kite |
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MILVUS MIGRANS |
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Cala Tirant & near Santa Galdana |
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Baillon's Crake |
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PORZANA PUSILLA |
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Balearic
Shearwater |
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PUFFINUS YELKOUAN |
Cap de Cavalleria & Cap de Favaritx |
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Bar-tailed Godwit |
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LIMOSA LAPPONICA |
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Bee-eater |
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MEROPS APIASTER |
Santa Galdana
Gorge and Son Bou |
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Bittern |
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BOTAURUS
STELLERIS |
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Black Redstart |
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PHOENICURUS
OCHRUROS |
Near Fornells |
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Black Stork |
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CICONIA NIGRA |
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Black Tern |
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CHLIDONIAS NIGER |
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Mahon Harbour |
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Black Vulture |
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AEGYPIUS MONACHUS |
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Black-eared
Wheatear |
OENANTHE
HISPANICA |
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Black-headed Gull |
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LARUS RIDIBUNDUS |
Addaya |
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Black-necked
Grebe |
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PODICEPS
NIGRICOLLIS |
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Black-tailed
Godwit |
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LIMOSA LIMOSA |
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Addaya & Fornells |
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Black-winged
Stilt |
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HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS |
Addaya & Albufera |
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Bluethroat |
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LUSCINIA SVECICA |
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Bonelli's Warbler |
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PHYLLOSCOPUS
BONELLI |
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Brambling |
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FRINGILLA
MONTIFRINGILLA |
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Cattle Egret |
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BUBULCUS IBIS |
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Tirant Marsh, Son
Bou reed beds & Albufera |
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Chiffchaff |
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PHYLLOSCOPUS
COLLYBITA |
Tirant |
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Collared Dove |
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STREPTOPELIA
DECAOTO |
Ciutadella &
Mahon |
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Collared Pratincole |
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GLAREOLA
PRATINCOLA |
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Common Buzzard |
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BUTEO BUTEO |
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Common Gull |
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LARUS CANUS |
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Common Sandpiper |
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ACTITIS
HYPOLEUCOS |
Son Bou, Cala Tirant, Addaya &
Fornells |
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Common Tern |
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STERNA HIRUNDO |
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Coot |
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FULICA ATRA |
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Tirant, Son Bou, Albufera & Addaya |
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Cormorant |
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PHALACROCORAX
CARBO |
Albufera |
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Corn Crake |
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CREX CREX |
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Crag Martin |
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PTYONOPROGNE
RUPESTRIS |
Son Bou |
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Crane |
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GRUS GRUS |
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Crossbill |
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LOXIA CURVIROSTRA |
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Cuckoo |
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CUCULUS CANORUS |
Torre Llafuda, Binisaida & Santa Galdana |
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Curlew |
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NUMENIUS ARQUATA |
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Curlew Sandpiper |
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CALIDRIS
FERRUGINEA |
Ses Salines, Addaya & Fornells |
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Dunlin |
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CALIDRIS ALPINA |
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Addaya & Fornells |
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Dunnock |
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PRUNELLA
MODULARIS |
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Eleonora's Falcon |
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FALCO ELEONORAE |
Cap de Cavalleria |
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Ferruginous Duck |
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AYTHIA NYROCA |
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Fieldfare |
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TURDUS PILARIS |
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Flamingo |
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PHOENICOPTERUS RUBER |
Ses Salines |
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Gadwall |
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ANAS STREPERA |
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Gannet |
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MORUS BASSANUS |
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Garden Warbler |
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SYLVIA BORIN |
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Garganey |
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ANAS QUERQUEDULA |
Tirant marshes,Son Bou, Addaia, Mercadal |
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Goldcrest |
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REGULUS REGULUS |
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Golden Oriole |
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ORIOLUS ORIOLUS |
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Albufera |
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Golden Plover |
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PLUVIALIS
APRICARIA |
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Grasshopper
Warbler |
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LOCUSTELLA NAEVIA |
Cala Tirant |
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Great Crested
Grebe |
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PODICEPS
CRISTATUS |
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Great Grey Shrike |
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LANIUS EXCUBITOR |
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Great Reed
Warbler |
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ACROCEPHALUS
ARUNDINACEUS Son Bou
& Cala Tirant |
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Great Skua |
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CATHARACTA SKUA |
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Great Spotted
Cuckoo |
CLAMATOR
GLANDARIUS |
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Great White Heron |
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EGRETTA ALBA |
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Green Sandpiper |
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TRINGA OCHROPUS |
Addaya & Fornells |
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Greenshank |
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TRINGA NEBULARIA |
Addaya & Fornells |
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Grey Heron |
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ARDEA CINERA |
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Tirant, Son Bou & Albufera |
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Grey Plover |
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PLUVIALIS
SQUATAROLA |
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Grey Wagtail |
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