Birding à la Française - Birds, Wine and Cheese in France Prospective Bird List Column A: 1=70-90% chance of finding this species Column B: 2=30-70% chance of finding this species Column C: 3=10-30% chance of finding this species A B C Little Grebe 1 Tachybaptus ruficollis Great Crested Grebe 1 Podiceps cristatus Black-necked Grebe 2 Podiceps nigricollis Scopoli's Shearwater 2 Calonectris diomedea Yelkouan Shearwater 2 Puffinus yelkouan Great Cormorant 1 Phalacrocorax carbo European Shag 2 Phalacrocorax aristotelis Gray Heron 1 Ardea cinerea Purple Heron 1 Ardea purpurea Great Egret 1 Egretta alba Little Egret 1 Egretta garzetta Cattle Egret 1 Bubulcus ibis Squacco Heron 1 Ardeola ralloides Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Nycticorax nycticorax Little Bittern 2 Ixobrychus minutus Great Bittern 3 Botaurus stellaris White Stork 1 Ciconia ciconia Glossy Ibis 1 Plegadis falcinellus Eurasian Spoonbill 1 Platalea leucorodia Greater Flamingo 1 Phoenicopterus roseus Mute Swan 1 Cygnus olor Graylag Goose 1 Anser anser Common Shelduck 1 Tadorna tadorna Gadwall 1 Mareca strepera Common Teal 3 Anas crecca Mallard 1 Anas platyrhynchos Northern Pintail 3 Anas acuta Northern Shoveler 2 Spatula clypeata Garganey 2 Spatula querquedula Red-crested Pochard 1 Netta rufina Osprey 1 Pandion haliaetus
France Prospective Bird List 2 Western Honey-Buzzard 1 Pernis apivorus Red Kite 1 Milvus milvus Black Kite 1 Milvus migrans Lammergeier 3 Gypaetus barbatus Egyptian Vulture 3 Neophron percnopterus Eurasian Griffon 1 Gyps fulvus Eurasian Black Vulture 3 Aegypius monachus Short-toed Snake-Eagle 1 Circaetus gallicus Eurasian Marsh Harrier 1 Circus aeruginosus Hen Harrier 2 Circus cyaneus Montagu's Harrier 1 Circus pygargus Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 Accipiter nisus Northern Goshawk 3 Accipiter gentilis Common Buzzard 1 Buteo buteo Golden Eagle 1 Aquila chrysaetos Bonelli's Eagle 2 Hieraaetus fasciatus Lesser Kestrel 1 Falco naumanni Eurasian Kestrel 1 Falco tinnunculus Eurasian Hobby 1 Falco subbuteo Peregrine Falcon 1 Falco peregrinus Black Grouse 2 Tetrao tetrix Hazel Grouse 3 Tetrastes bonasia Red-legged Partridge 1 Alectoris rufa Common Quail 2 Coturnix coturnix Common Pheasant 1 Phasianus colchicus Water Rail 1 Rallus aquaticus Eurasian Moorhen 1 Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Coot 1 Fulica atra Little Bustard 1 Tetrax tetrax Eurasian Oystercatcher 2 Haematopus ostralegus Black-winged Stilt 1 Himantopus himantopus Pied Avocet 1 Recurvirostra avosetta Eurasian Thick-knee 1 Burhinus oedicnemus Collared Pratincole 1 Glareola pratincola Northern Lapwing 1 Vanellus vanellus Eurasian Golden Plover 3 Pluvialis apricaria Black-bellied Plover 1 Pluvialis squatarola Common Ringed Plover 2 Charadrius hiaticula Little Ringed Plover 3 Charadrius dubius Kentish Plover 1 Charadrius alexandrinus Eurasian Woodcock 3 Scolopax rusticola
France Prospective Bird List 3 Common Snipe 2 Gallinago gallinago Black-tailed Godwit 3 Limosa limosa Bar-tailed Godwit 2 Limosa lapponica Whimbrel 2 Numenius phaeopus Eurasian Curlew 2 Numenius arquata Spotted Redshank 2 Tringa erythropus Common Redshank 1 Tringa totanus Common Greenshank 1 Tringa nebularia Green Sandpiper 1 Tringa ochropus Wood Sandpiper 1 Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper 1 Actitis hypoleucos Ruddy Turnstone 3 Arenaria interpres Red Knot 2 Calidris canutus Sanderling 1 Calidris alba Little Stint 1 Calidris minuta Curlew Sandpiper 1 Calidris ferruginea Dunlin 1 Calidris alpina Ruff 2 Philomachus pugnax Audouin's Gull 2 Larus audouinii Yellow-legged Gull 1 Larus michahellis Black-headed Gull 1 Chroicocephalus ridibundus Slender-billed Gull 1 Chroicocephalus genei Mediterranean Gull 1 Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Little Gull 2 Hydrocoloeus minutus Gull-billed Tern 1 Gelochelidon nilotica Caspian Tern 2 Hydroprogne caspia Sandwich Tern 1 Thalasseus sandvicensis Common Tern 1 Sterna hirundo Little Tern 1 Sternula albifrons Whiskered Tern 1 Chlidonias hybrida White-winged Black Tern 3 Chlidonias leucopterus Black Tern 1 Chlidonias niger Pin-tailed Sandgrouse 3 Pterocles alchata Rock Pigeon 2 Columba livia Stock Pigeon 3 Columba oenas Common Wood-Pigeon 1 Columba palumbus European Turtle-Dove 1 Streptopelia turtur Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Cuckoo 3 Clamator glandarius Common Cuckoo 1 Cuculus canorus Barn Owl 2 Tyto alba
France Prospective Bird List 4 Eurasian Scops-Owl 1 Otus scops Eurasian Eagle-Owl 2 Bubo bubo Tawny Owl 2 Strix aluco Eurasian Pygmy-Owl 2 Glaucidium passerinum Little Owl 1 Athene noctua Boreal Owl 3 Aegolius funereus Eurasian Nightjar 1 Caprimulgus europaeus Alpine Swift 1 Apus melba Common Swift 1 Apus apus Pallid Swift 1 Apus pallidus Common Kingfisher 1 Alcedo atthis European Bee-eater 1 Merops apiaster European Roller 1 Coracias garrulus Eurasian Hoopoe 1 Upupa epops Eurasian Wryneck 3 Jynx torquilla Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 Dendrocopos minor Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Dendrocopos major Black Woodpecker 1 Dryocopus martius Eurasian Green Woodpecker 1 Picus viridis Calandra Lark 1 Melanocorypha calandra Greater Short-toed Lark 1 Calandrella brachydactyla Crested Lark 1 Galerida cristata Eurasian Skylark 1 Alauda arvensis Wood Lark 1 Lullula arborea Bank Swallow 1 Riparia riparia Barn Swallow 1 Hirundo rustica Eurasian Crag-Martin 1 Ptyonoprogne rupestris Common House-Martin 1 Delichon urbica Red-rumped Swallow 2 Hirundo daurica Tawny Pipit 1 Anthus campestris Tree Pipit 1 Anthus trivialis Water Pipit 2 Anthus spinoletta White Wagtail 1 Motacilla alba Southern Yellow (Gray-headed) Wagtail 1 Motacilla flava [cinereocapilla group] Gray Wagtail 1 Motacilla cinerea White-throated Dipper 1 Cinclus cinclus Eurasian Wren 1 Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock 1 Prunella modularis Mistle Thrush 1 Turdus viscivorus Song Thrush 1 Turdus philomelos Fieldfare 2 Turdus pilaris
France Prospective Bird List 5 Blackbird 1 Turdus merula Ring Ouzel 1 Turdus torquatus Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush 2 Monticola saxatilis Blue Rock-Thrush 1 Monticola solitarius Common Nightingale 1 Luscinia megarhynchos European Robin 1 Erithacus rubecula Black Redstart 1 Phoenicurus ochruros Common Redstart 1 Phoenicurus phoenicurus Whinchat 2 Saxicola rubetra European Stonechat 1 Saxicola torquata Northern Wheatear 1 Oenanthe oenanthe Black-eared Wheatear 3 Oenanthe hispanica Spotted Flycatcher 1 Muscicapa striata Mediterranean Flycatcher 1 Muscicapa (s.) tyrrhenica European Pied Flycatcher 2 Ficedula hypoleuca Firecrest 1 Regulus ignicapilla Goldcrest 1 Regulus regulus Zitting Cisticola 1 Cisticola juncidis Cetti's Warbler 1 Cettia cetti Common Grasshopper-Warbler 3 Locustella naevia Savi's Warbler 3 Loscustella luscinioides Moustached Warbler 2 Acrocephalus melanopogon Eurasian Reed Warbler 1 Acrocephalus scirpaceus Great Reed Warbler 1 Acrocephalus arundinaceus Melodious Warbler 1 Hippolais polyglotta Willow Warbler 2 Phylloscopus trochilus Common Chiffchaff 1 Phylloscopus collybita Western Bonelli's Warbler 1 Phylloscopus bonelli Eurasian Blackcap 1 Sylvia atricapilla Garden Warbler 2 Sylvia borin Lesser Whitethroat 2 Sylvia curruca Western Orphean Warbler 1 Sylvia hortensis Greater Whitethroat 1 Sylvia communis Dartford Warbler 1 Sylvia undata Marmora's Warbler 2 Sylvia sarda Spectacled Warbler 1 Sylvia conspicillata Subalpine Warbler 1 Sylvia cantillans Moltoni's Warbler 1 Sylvia subalpina Sardinian Warbler 1 Sylvia melanocephala Bearded Reedling 2 Panurus biarmicus Marsh Tit 2 Poecile palustris
France Prospective Bird List 6 Willow Tit 2 Poecile montanus Coal Tit 1 Periparus ater Crested Tit 1 Lophophanes cristatus Great Tit 1 Parus major Eurasian Blue Tit 1 Cyanistes caeruleus Northern Long-tailed Tit 1 Aegithalos caudatus Eurasian Nuthatch 1 Sitta europaea Corsican Nuthatch 1 Sitta whiteheadi Wallcreeper 3 Tichodroma muraria Eurasian Treecreeper 1 Certhia familiaris Short-toed Treecreeper 1 Certhia brachydactyla Eurasian Golden Oriole 1 Oriolus oriolus Red-backed Shrike 1 Lanius collurio Southern Gray Shrike 1 Lanius meridionalis Woodchat Shrike 1 Lanius senator Eurasian Jay 1 Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Magpie 1 Pica pica Eurasian Nutcracker 2 Nucifraga caryocatactes Yellow-billed Chough 1 Pyrrhocorax graculus Eurasian Jackdaw 1 Corvus monedula Rook 1 Corvus frugilegus Carrion Crow 1 Corvus corone Hooded Crow 1 Corvus cornix Common Raven 1 Corvus corax European Starling 1 Sturnus vulgaris Spotless Starling 1 Sturnus unicolor House Sparrow 1 Passer domesticus Italian Sparrow 1 Passer italiae Eurasian Tree Sparrow 1 Passer montanus Rock Sparrow 2 Petronia petronia Common Chaffinch 1 Fringilla coelebs European Serin 1 Serinus serinus European Greenfinch 1 Carduelis chloris Eurasian Siskin 2 Carduelis spinus European Goldfinch 1 Carduelis carduelis Citril Finch 1 Carduelis citrinella Corsican Finch 1 Carduelis corsicana Eurasian Linnet 1 Carduelis cannabina Red Crossbill 2 Loxia curvirostra Corsican (Red) Crossbill 1 Loxia curvirostra corsicana Eurasian Bullfinch 2 Pyrrhula pyrrhula
France Prospective Bird List 7 Hawfinch 2 Coccothraustes coccothraustes Corn Bunting 1 Miliaria calandra Yellowhammer 1 Emberiza citrinella Rock Bunting 1 Emberiza cia Ortolan Bunting 2 Emberiza hortulana Cirl Bunting 1 Emberiza cirlus Southern Reed Bunting 1 Emberiza schoeniclus witherbyi