France Species List - Camargue and Cevenne 7th-17th June 2006 

 

Name	Species	Camargue	Cevenne
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	*
Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	*
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	*
Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	*
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	*
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	*
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	*
Great White Egret	Ardea alba	*
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	*
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	*
White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	*
Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	*
Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	*
Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	*
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	*
Red-crested Pochard	Netta rufina	*
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	*
Red Kite	Milvus milvus	*
Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus		*
Black Vulture	Aegypius monachus		*
Griffon Vulture	Gyps fulvus		*
Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus		*
Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	*
Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus		*
Honey-buzzard	Pernis apivorus		*
Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	*
Short-toed Eagle	Circaetus gallicus		*
Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	*	*
Peregrine	Falco peregrinus		*
Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	*
Coot	Fulica atra	*
Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	*
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	*
Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	*
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	*
Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	*
Mediterranean Gull	Larus melanocephalus	*
Black-headed Gull	Larus ridibundus	*
Yellow-legged Gull	Larus cachinnans	*
Gull-billed Tern	Sterna nilotica	*
Sandwich Tern	Sterna sandvicensis	*
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	*
Little Tern	Sterna albifrons	*
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	*
Wood Pigeon	Columba palumbus		*
Stock Dove	Columba oenas	*
Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	*	*
Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	*	*
Tawny Owl	Strix aluco		*
Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus		Heard
Alpine Swift	Tachymarptis melba		*
Swift	Apus apus	*	*
Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	*
Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	*
Roller	Coracias garrulus	*
Hoopoe	Upupa epops	*
Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis		*
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major		*
Skylark	Alauda arvensis	*	*
Woodlark	Lullula arborea		*
Crag Martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris		*
Sand Martin	Riparia riparia	*
Swallow	Hirundo rustica rustica	*	*
House Martin	Delichon urbica	*	*
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis		*
Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis	*	*
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba alba		*
Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea		*
Yellow-wagtail	Motacilla flava	*
Dipper	Cinclus cinclus		*
Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes	*	*
Dunnock	Prunella modularis	*	*
Robin	Erithacus rubecula	*	*
Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	*	*
Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	*	*
Stonechat	Saxicola rubicola		*
Blackbird	Turdus merula	*	*
Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	*	*
Mistle Thrush	Turdus viscivorus		*
Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	*
Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta	*
Spectacled Warbler	Sylvia conspicillata	*
Common Whitethroat	Sylvia communis	*
Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla		*
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus		*
Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita		*
Goldcrest	Regulus regulus		*
Firecrest	Regulus ignicapillus		*
Crested Tit	Lophophanes cristatus		*
Blue Tit	Cyanistes caeruleus	*	*
Great Tit	Parus major	*	*
Coal Tit	Periparus ater		*
Long-tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus		*
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	*	*
Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	*	*
Jay	Garrulus glandarius		*
Magpie	Pica pica	*	*
Chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax		*
Jackdaw	Corvus monedula		*
Raven	Corvus corax		*
Carrion Crow	Corvus corone	*	*
Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	*	*
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	*	*
Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	*	*
Serin	Serinus serinus	*	*
Greenfinch	Carduelis chloris		*
Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	*	*
Linnet	Acanthis cannabina		*
Corn Bunting	Emberiza calandra	*
Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella		*
Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus		*




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