Red Knot

Red Knot

The Red Knot  (Calidris canutus) is a migratory bird that is wintering on the muddy banks of the Atlantic and Pacific, as far south as Argentina and South Africa.

Grey Wagtail

Grey wagtail

The Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) breeds in much of the temperate regions of Europe and Asia and parts of northern Africa. .

Long-tailed Skua

Long-tailed Skua

The Longtailed Skua  (Stercorarius longicaudus) has a circumpolar breeding distribution around the tundra and mountain areas in the northern parts of Scandinavia, Russia, North America and Greenland.

Common Buzzard

Common Buzzard

The Buzzard (Buteo buteo) is wide spread in the Palaearctic, ranging from the Azores in the west to Japan in the East. 

Dalmatian Pelican

Dalmatian Pelican painting

The Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) is a massive member of the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe to India and China in swamps and shallow lakes. This huge bird is the largest of the pelicans and one of the largest living bird species.

Purple-crested turaco

The purple-crested turaco (Tauraco porphyreolophus) is found in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Purple-crested turaco

National Bird of the Kingdom of Swaziland

Taiwan blue magpie

The Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called the Taiwan magpie or Formosan blue magpie is an endemic species living in the mountains of Taiwan.

Taiwan blue magpie

National bird of Taiwan.

Spanish imperial eagle

The Spanish imperial eagle, Iberian imperial eagle or Adalbert's eagle (Aquila adalberti) is a threatened species of eagle that only occurs in central and south-west Spain, adjacent areas of Portugal and possibly northern Morocco.

Spanish imperial eagle

Spain's national bird