Bird Songs & Calls of Britain & Europe Vol 1: Divers to raptors
J C Roché et al
Songs and calls of 101 regular breeding and migrant species of Britain and Western Europe in systematic order.
Divers, grebes, petrels to herons to geese, ducks to raptors.
Each species is indexed by track number or time and is not interrupted by announcements.
Manx Shearwater and Yelkouan Shearwater are on one track as are Eastern and Spanish Imperial Eagles.
The CD case has a handy guide on the back for quick and easy reference. An explanatory booklet lists the birds by their common and scientific names and provides details of the type and duration of the sounds. 74 min.
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Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata |
Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica |
Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis |
Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea |
Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus |
European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus |
Leach's Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
European Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis |
Pygmy Cormorant | Phalacrocorax pygmeus |
Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus |
Great Bittern | Botaurus stellaris |
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia |
Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus |
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus |
White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala |
Bean Goose | Anser fabalis |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser |
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis |
Brent Goose | Branta bernicla |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna |
Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope |
Gadwall | Anas strepera |
Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
Garganey | Anas querquedula |
Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
Marbled Duck | Marmaronetta angustirostris |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila |
Common Eider | Somateria mollissima |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis |
Black Scoter | Melanitta nigra |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator |
Goosander | Mergus merganser |
Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
European Honey-Buzzard | Pernis apivorus |
Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
Red Kite | Milvus milvus |
White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla |
Monk Vulture | Aegypius monachus |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Griffon-Vulture | Gyps fulvus |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus |
Lammergeier | Gypaetus barbatus |
Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus |
Eurasian Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus |
Levant Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brevipes |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus |
Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus |
Spanish Imperial Eagle | Aquila adalberti |
Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos |
Bonelli's Eagle | Hieraaetus fasciatus |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus |
Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni |
Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus |
Merlin | Falco columbarius |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo |
Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae |
Lanner | Falco biarmicus |
Saker | Falco cherrug |
Gyr Falcon | Falco rusticolus |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
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