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Bird Songs & Calls of Britain & Europe Vol 2: Gamebirds to sandgrouse
J C Roché et al
Songs and calls of 100 regular breeding and migrant species of Britain and Western Europe in systematic order. Gamebirds, rails to bustards, waders to gulls, terns, pigeons to sandgrouse.
Each species is indexed by track number or time and is not interrupted by announcements. Herring Gull and Yellow-legged Gull are on one track.
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. 77 min.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus |
| Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus mutus |
| Black Grouse | Tetrao tetrix |
| Western Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus |
| Hazel Grouse | Bonasa bonasia |
| Rock Partridge | Alectoris graeca |
| Chukar | Alectoris chukar |
| Barbary Partridge | Alectoris barbara |
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa |
| Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix |
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| Andalusian Hemipode | Turnix sylvatica |
| Common Crane | Grus grus |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex |
| Little Crake | Porzana parva |
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax |
| Great Bustard | Otis tarda |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta |
| Stone-Curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| European Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| Little Plover | Charadrius dubius |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| Audouin's Gull | Larus audouinii |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus |
| Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus |
| Slender-billed Gull | Larus genei |
| Little Gull | Larus minutus |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons |
| Little Auk | Alle alle |
| Razorbill | Alca torda |
| Brunnich's Guillemot | Uria lomvia |
| Common Guillemot | Uria aalge |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle |
| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica |
| Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata |
| Black-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles orientalis |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Stock Pigeon | Columba oenas |
| Common Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
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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