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Resident Birds of Terceira Island: Passeriformes

A big thank goes to Nora Haack, a visiting PhD student from Leipzig who has my same passion about birds and with whom I went birdwatching and took most of these photos!


Family Sylviidae


Goldcrest Regulus regulus inermis Murphy & Chapin, 1929


Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla gularis Alexander, 1898



Family Sturnidae


Common starling Sturnus vulgaris granti Hartert, 1903



Family Turdidae


Blackbird Turdus merula azorensis Hartert, 1905



Family Muscicapidae


Robin Erithacus rubecula rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)



Family Passeridae


House sparrow Passer domesticus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)



Family Estrildidae


Common waxbill Estrilda astrild (Linnaeus, 1758)



(ashamed for the bad photos - soon updated...)


Family Motacillidae


Gray wagtail Motacilla cinerea patriciae Vaurie, 1957



Family Fringillidae


Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis parva Tschusi, 1901


Greenfinch Chloris chloris aurantiiventris (Cabanis, 1851)





Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs moreletti Pucheran, 1859



Atlantic canary Serinus canaria (Linnaeus, 1758)


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