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)