Lanzarote and Fuerteventura Holiday Summary
I can’t really say that we were particularly organised for birding and we were certainly not organised enough but with the help of Carmen from “LanzaroteActiveClub” and a brief read of “Gosney” we were not completely without resources. We did manage to see most of our target birds and mixed a relaxing holiday with a little bit of birding that gave us thirty-eight birds, twelve of which were “lifers” and several of which were insular races, such as the Ravens and the Buzzards.
Bird Sightings : Lanzarote and Fuerteventura Bird List
| Species | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| African Blue Tit | Cyanistes teneriffae |
| Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta |
| Barbary Falcon | Falco pelegrinoides |
| Berthelot’s Pipit (berthelotii) | Anthus berthelotii berthelotii |
| Black-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles orientalis |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus |
| Great Tit | Parus major |
| Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| Houbara Bustard | Chlamydotis undulata |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina |
| Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| Lesser Short-toed Lark | Calandrella rufescens |
| Linnet | Carduelis cannabina |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata |
| Raven | Corvus corax |
| Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea |
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis |
| Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla |
| Southern Grey Shrike | Lanius meridionalis |
| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis |
| Spectacled Warbler | Sylvia conspicillata |
| Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus |
| Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus |
| Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis |