Birds

Ringed Plover

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) breed in northern Eurasia and northeastern Canada. Most are migratory birds and winters in southern Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, in southwest Asia and Japan.

Ringed Plover

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European Herring Gull

The European Herring gull (Larus argentatus) occurs as a breeding bird in Iceland and the British Isles, along the western coasts of Europe as far south as southern France, in Scandinavia, the Baltic countries and northwestern European Russia.

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European Quail

The Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) occurs in most of Europe's and Asia's temperate parts and less common in Scandinavia. There are also breeding populations in the tropical parts of eastern and southern Africa and Madagascar. The Palearctic populations migrate in winter to subtropical and tropical areas, but also to a few places in southern Europe, Mediterranean, and southern Tibet. The population of tropical Africa are sedentary or move north in winter just like the population in South Africa that winters in an area around Angola.

Quail

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Whimbrel

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) breed in North America, northern Europe and in Asia, mainly in Siberia.
Common breeding sites are heaths, swamps, clear cuts and steppe lands.

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Hoatzin

The hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), also known as the stinkbird, or Canje pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco Delta in South America.

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Checkered Woodpecker

The checkered woodpecker (Veniliornis mixtus) is a woodpecker found in eastern South America.

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Bar-tailed Trogon

National Bird of Malawi

The bar-tailed trogon (Apaloderma vittatum) is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

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Terek sandpiper

The Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) breeds near water in the taiga from Finland through northern Siberia to the Kolyma River, and migrate south in winter to tropical coasts in east Africa, south Asia and Australia, usually preferring muddy areas. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe.

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