Passerines

A collection of species I have photographed

birds

Bushshrikes & Allies

Batises

Chinspot Batis

(Batis molitor)

Boubous & Gonoleks

Southern Boubou

(Laniarius ferrugineus)

Bushshrikes

Gorgeous Bushshrike

(Telophorus viridis)

Grey-headed Bushshrike

(Malaconotus blanchoti)

Helmetshrikes

White-crested Helmetshrike

(Prionops plumatus)

Puffbacks

Black-backed Puffback

(Dryoscopus cubla)

Woodshrikes

Common Woodshrike

(Tephrodornis pondicerianus)

Cuckooshrikes

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

(Lalage melaschistos)

Large Cuckooshrike

(Coracina macei)

Small Minivet

(Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)

Kinglets

Goldcrest

(Regulus regulus)

Monarchs

African Paradise-Flycatcher

(Terpsiphone viridis)

Black-naped Monarch

(Hypothymis azurea)

Old World Flycatchers & Allies

Chats & Robins

African Stonechat

(Saxicola torquatus)

Bearded Scrub-Robin

(Cercotrichas quadrivirgata)

Bluethroat

(Luscinia svecica)

Brown Rock Chat

(Oenanthe fusca)

Common Redstart

(Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

European Robin

(Erithacus rubecula)

Indian Robin

(Copsychus fulicatus)

Mocking Cliff-Chat

(Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris)

Northern Wheatear

(Oenanthe oenanthe)

Oriental Magpie-Robin

(Copsychus saularis)

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

(Cercotrichas leucophrys)

Red-capped Robin-Chat

(Cossypha natalensis)

Siberian Stonechat

(Saxicola maurus)

Thrush Nightingale

(Luscinia luscinia)

Whinchat

(Saxicola rubetra)

White-rumped Shama

(Copsychus malabaricus)

White-throated Robin-Chat

(Dessonornis humeralis)

Old World Flycatchers

Ashy Flycatcher

(Fraseria caerulescens)

European Pied Flycatcher

(Ficedula hypoleuca)

Pale Flycatcher

(Agricola pallidus)

Southern Black Flycatcher

(Melaenornis pammelaina)

Spotted Flycatcher

(Muscicapa striata)

Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher

(Cyornis tickelliae)

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

(Buphagus erythrorynchus)

Starlings

Brahminy Starling

(Sturnia pagodarum)

Cape Starling

(Lamprotornis nitens)

Common Myna

(Acridotheres tristis)

Common Starling

(Sturnus vulgaris)

Indian Pied Starling

(Gracupica contra)

Red-winged Starling

(Onychognathus morio)

Violet-backed Starling

(Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)

Thrushes

Eurasian Blackbird

(Turdus merula)

Fieldfare

(Turdus pilaris)

Kurrichane Thrush

(Turdus libonyana)

Redwing

(Turdus iliacus)

Song Thrush

(Turdus philomelos)

Western Bluebird

(Sialia mexicana)

Old World Orioles & Allies

Old World Orioles

Black-hooded Oriole

(Oriolus xanthornus)

Old World Warblers & Allies

Bulbuls

Common Bulbul

(Pycnonotus barbatus)

Common Bulbul @ Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa. Photo: Håvard Rosenlund

Red-vented Bulbul

(Pycnonotus cafer)

Sombre Greenbul

(Andropadus importunus)

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

(Chlorocichla flaviventris)

Bushtits

Long-tailed Tit

(Aegithalos caudatus)

Cisticolas & Allies

Green-backed Camaroptera

(Camaroptera brachyura)

Zitting Cisticola

(Cisticola juncidis)

Grassbirds & Allies

Common Grasshopper Warbler

(Locustella naevia)

Ground Babblers

Puff-throated Babbler

(Pellorneum ruficeps)

Larks

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark

(Eremopterix griseus)

Eurasian Skylark

(Alauda arvensis)

Oriental Skylark

(Alauda gulgula)

Rufous-tailed Lark

(Ammomanes phoenicura)

Sabota Lark

(Calendulauda sabota)

Laughingthrushes

Jungle Babbler

(Argya striata)

Large Grey Babbler

(Argya malcolmi)

Leaf Warblers

Common Chiffchaff

(Phylloscopus collybita)

Greenish Warbler

(Phylloscopus trochiloides)

Willow Warbler

(Phylloscopus trochilus)

Parrotbills & Allies

Yellow-eyed Babbler

(Chrysomma sinense)

Reed Warblers & Allies

Common Reed Warbler

(Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

Icterine Warbler

(Hippolais icterina)

Marsh Warbler

(Acrocephalus palustris)

Reedlings

Bearded Reedling

(Panurus biarmicus)

Tree Babblers

Tawny-bellied Babbler

(Dumetia hyperythra)

Typical Warblers

Common Whitethroat

(Curruca communis)

Eurasian Blackcap

(Sylvia atricapilla)

Garden Warbler

(Sylvia borin)

Lesser Whitethroat

(Curruca curruca)

White-eyes

Cape White-eye

(Zosterops virens)

Indian White-eye

(Zosterops palpebrosus)

Shrikes

Brown Shrike

(Lanius cristatus)

Long-tailed Shrike

(Lanius schach)

Sparrows, Finches & Allies

Accentors

Dunnock

(Prunella modularis)

Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

(Emberiza flaviventris)

Reed Bunting

(Emberiza schoeniclus)

Yellowhammer

(Emberiza citrinella)

Estrildid Finches

African Firefinch

(Lagonosticta rubricata)

Black-tailed Waxbill

(Estrilda perreini)

Blue Waxbill

(Uraeginthus angolensis)

Bronze Mannikin

(Spermestes cucullata)

Common Waxbill

(Estrilda astrild)

Indian Silverbill

(Euodice malabarica)

Jameson’s Firefinch

(Lagonosticta rhodopareia)

Pink-throated Twinspot

(Hypargos margaritatus)

New World Blackbirds

Great-tailed Grackle

(Quiscalus mexicanus)

Old World Sparrows

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

(Passer montanus)

House Sparrow

(Passer domesticus)

Yellow-throated Sparrow

(Gymnoris xanthocollis)

True Finches

Brambling

(Fringilla montifringilla)

Common Chaffinch

(Fringilla coelebs)

Common Linnet

(Linaria cannabina)

Common Redpoll

(Acanthis flammea)

Eurasian Bullfinch

(Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Eurasian Siskin

(Spinus spinus)

European Goldfinch

(Carduelis carduelis)

European Greenfinch

(Chloris chloris)

House Finch

(Haemorhous mexicanus)

Lesser Redpoll

(Acanthis cabaret)

Red Crossbill

(Loxia curvirostra)

Yellow-fronted Canary

(Crithagra mozambica)

Weavers

African Golden Weaver

(Ploceus subaureus)

Dark-backed Weaver

(Ploceus bicolor)

Southern Red Bishop

(Euplectes orix)

Thick-billed Weaver

(Amblyospiza albifrons)

Village Weaver

(Ploceus cucullatus)

Whydahs & Indigobirds

Long-tailed Paradise Whydah

(Vidua paradisaea)

Sunbirds & Flowerpeckers

Flowerpeckers

Thick-billed Flowerpecker

(Dicaeum agile)

Sunbirds

Purple Sunbird

(Cinnyris asiaticus)

Purple-banded Sunbird

(Cinnyris bifasciatus)

Swallows & Martins

Barn Swallow

(Hirundo rustica)

Lesser Striped Swallow

(Cecropis abyssinica)

Red-rumped Swallow

(Cecropis daurica)

Wire-tailed Swallow

(Hirundo smithii)

Tits

Coal Tit

(Periparus ater)

Crested Tit

(Lophophanes cristatus)

Euraisan Blue Tit

(Cyanistes caeruleus)

Great Tit

(Parus major)

Willow Tit

(Poecile montanus)

Waxwings & Allies

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

(Bombycilla garrulus)

Wrens & Allies

Nuthatches

Eurasian Nuthatch

(Sitta europaea)

Treecreepers

Eurasian Treecreeper

(Certhia familiaris)

Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) @ Nittedal, Norway. Photo: Håvard Rosenlund

Wrens

Cactus Wren

(Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)

Eurasian Wren

(Troglodytes troglodytes)