🦉 The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Jynx iynx, iyngis (Greek, Lat.) wryneck ; Iynga in ancient Greek. mythology, a beautiful nymph, the daughter of the god of the forest Pan and

🦉 The great tit (Parus major) Parus (lat.) Tit major (lat.) large Everyone knows this bird! Bright yellow belly, black "cap" and white cheeks. Even those who don't know much about birds will

🦉 The white wagtail (Motacilla alba) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) alba (lat.) white These fragile

In Spring I enjoy watching birds at the River Shore of the Danube or the Inn River and when the water levels of the danube after the Power Plant near Linz are low I really love to visit this spot for some

🦉 The lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) curruca - is an unidentified bird name mentioned in poems by the ancient Roman poet Juvenal This little grey bird is easy to miss, it is very inconspicuous.

🦉 The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) Ardea (lat.) heron cinerea lat.: cineris ash, cinereus, cineraceus ash gray This bird cannot be confused with anything else; it is tall, has long legs, and an angular

🦉 The citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) citreola lat .: citrus, citreus

🦉 Baraba Steppe Gull (Larus barabensis) Larus laros (Greek), larus (Latin) seagull; sea ​​bird barabensis - Barabinskaya steppe This seagull is not immediately distinguishable from its relatives. It is

🦉 Common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting schoeniclus skhoinos (Greek) reed; bulrush; -cola (Latin) inhabitant; skhoiniklos (Greek) small coastal bird mentioned

Latin NameObservation dateLocation Oriental Magpie-RobinJuly 25, 2025Udhunia, Bangladesh In today's post, I am sharing two moments of our national bird, the Doel. In one picture, it is standing on a wooden

🦉 The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) Bombycilla bombux (Greek) silk, cilla (Latin) tail garrulus lat .: garrire to chatter, babble, chirp, garrulus chatty, chirping, noisy; ax prone to These nice

🦉 The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) Turdus (lat) - Thrush pilaris the etymology is mysterious, although it is now believed that pilaris in later Latin means simply thrush (Jobling, 2017). However, since

🦉 The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Actitis (Greek) - inhabitant of the coast hypoleucos (Greek): - whitish This species of sandpipers is probably the most numerous, and is found often and everywhere.

I visited a Mudd ole near Wels together with Stefan because some other photographers have spotted the Squacco heron there and yes we had luck and also found it there. It was still there when we came there

🦉 The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Mergus merganser) Mergus (Greek) unidentified waterfowl mentioned in the texts of Pliny, Horace, and other ancient Roman authors merganser Greek:

The Common sandpipers are one of the more common water birds here in Austria. I already found them on several spots either at the water power plants of the danube when the water levels are low, at several

🦉 The Eurasian nuthatch or wood nuthatch (Sitta europaea asiatica) Sitta sittē (Greek) mentioned by Aristotle and other ancient Greek. by the authors of the bird, something similar to the woodpecker europaea

🦉 The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Dendrocopos Greek: dendron tree, coptō to hit, beat major (lat.) big This woodpecker is easily recognized by its black and white plumage and red undertail,

🦉 The common chaffinch or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) fringilla (lat.) - finch; fi nco (Old German), fi nc (Old English) coelebs coelebs (lat.) - single, idle, unmarried These birds are among

🦉 The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Pyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - red These cute plump birds are like a bright red spot against the winter snow. More precisely, only