Birds of Skopelos
Skopelos Island, North Sporades, Magnesia, Greece


In the dense forests and the fertile meadows of Skopelos Island, 67 species of wild native or migratory birds have been registered, some of those rare and threatened by extinction.

IK = Insufficiently Known, V = Vulnerable

(Turdus philomelos)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Male Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

House Martin (Delichon urbica)

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Female Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Rock Dove (Columba livia)

Tree Swallow

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

 

1. Alpine Swift Apus melba
Details 2. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
3. Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Details 4. Blackbird Turdus merula
5. Blackcap Sylvia attricapilla
6. Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocefala
7. Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
8. Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
9. Buzzard Buteo buteo
10. Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
11. Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collib
12. Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citrinella
13. Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
14. Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
15. Cretzschmar’s Bunting Emberiza caesia
16. Eleonora’s Falcon  Falco eleonorae IK
17. Firecrest  Regulus ignicapillus
18. Garden Warbler  Sylvia borin
19. Goldcrest Regulus regulus
20. Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
21. Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
22. Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
23. Great Tit Parus major
24. Green finch Carduelis chloris
25. Grey Heron  Ardea cinerea
26. Harrier Circus sp
Details 27. Herring Gull  Larus argentatus
28. Hobby  Falco subbuteo
29. Honey Buzzard  Pernis apivorus
30. Hooded Crow  Corvus corone cornix
31. Hoopoe  Upupa epops
Details 32. House Martin  Delichon urbica
Details 33. House Sparrow  Passer domesticus
34. Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
35. Linnet  Acanthis cannabina
36. Little Bittern  Ixobrychus minutus
37. Little Owl  Athene noctua
38. Nightingale  Luscinia megarhynchos
39. Nightjar  Caprimulgus europaeus
40. Olivaceous Warbler  Hippolais pallida
41. Olive-tree Warbler  Hippolais olibetorum
42. Partridge or Chukar

Alectoris chukar

Details 43. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus I K
44. Pheasant Phasianus colchicus V
45. Raven Corvus corax
46. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
47. Red-rumped Swallow  Hirundo daurica
Details 48. Rock Dove  Columba livia
49. Rufus Bush Robin  Cecrotrichus galactotes
Details 50. Sardinian Warbler  Sylvia melanocaphala
51. Scops Owl  Otus scops
52. Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis V
53. Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
54. Short-toed Lark Calandrella cinerea
55. Spanish Sparrow  Passer hispanidensis
56.

Sparrow Hawk 

Accipiter nisus
57. Spotted Flycatcher  Muscicapa striata
58. Subalpine Warbler  Sylvia cantillans
59. Swallow  Hirundo rustica
60. Swift  Apus apus
61. Tawny Pipit  Anthus campestis
62. Turtle Dove  Streptopelia turtur
63. Whitethroat Sylvia communis
64. Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
65. Wren Troglodytes troglodydes
66. Yellow Hammer Emberiza citrinella
67. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 

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