Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
An elegant, long-legged, black and white wader with a long, upcurved bill. Plumage mainly white, with black wing-tips, coverts, crown and hind-neck. Pretty unmistakable. Confusion with Crab Plover or Juvenile Shelduck possible at very long range. Flight pattern even and mostly without glides.
Sound:Not very vocal away from breeding ground. Most common contact call a soft, short "kluitt" reminiscent of Ringed Plover, but harder and less varied. Also sometimes followed by repeated chattering: "kluitt-trt-trt-trt-trt-trt-trt".
Contact call:
Distribution:
Xeno-canto: map
Ecology:Birdlife ecology
Links:
Observation.org Latest observations
Image search Flickr NB! May give other species
CCMale; brown body, light grey wings with black tips, and brown coverts. Unmarked light grey tail. Female; dark brown with light brown wing-coverts, crown and throat. Tail warm brown and unmarked. Juveniles dark, chocolate-brown, with light buff crown and throat. Young males may show characters of both sexes. Tail fairly long and unforked. Glides with wings raised in shallow V.
Sound:Call: A sharp "kwii-uuu" of about a seconds length, rapidly ascending in pitch, and ending on a falling tone.
Contact call:
Distribution:
Wikipedia: map (se also Xeno-canto below)
Ecology:Birdlife ecology
Links:
Observation.org Latest observations
Image search Flickr NB! May give other species
CCSounds:Recorded by Jarek Matusiak,http://www.xeno-canto.org ,CC license