Tenerife Birding Trip Report (18th April - 22nd April 2017) - Species List and Locations

Day 1 – Mount Teide (18^th April 2017)

Plain Swift – 18^th April – TF51 + Calle Mazape intersection in Arona (Around 30 seen on route to Mount Teide).

Tenerife Blue Chaffinch – 18^th April – Las Lajas picnic site (6 birds seen in total, with 4 males and 2 females. Birds were feeding on the picnic tables).

Atlantic Canary – 18^th April – Las Lajas picnic site (Small flock feeding underneath the picnic tables).

Canary Islands Chiffchaff – 18^th April – TF51 La Escalona (2 birds calling in fig trees by the side of the road and showing well).

Tenerife Blue Chaffinch

Day 2 – Mirador de La Grimona (19^th April 2017)

Laurel Pigeon – 19^th April – Mirador de La Grimona Viewpoint (Around 10 seen flying across the mountain, with some perching in trees).

Bolle’s Pigeon – 19^th April – Mirador de La Grimona Viewpoint (2 seen perched in the trees).

Laurel Pigeon

Day 3 – Charco Verde (20^th April 2017)

Barbary Falcon – 20^th April – Charco Verde (2 hunting along cliffs and showing well).

Barbary Falcon

Notable Species:

Nanday Parakeet – Birds seen flying around the hotel (Hotel Olé Tropical Tenerife) and again at Golf Las Américas.

Berthelot’s Pipit – Birds seen in rocky areas around Mount Teide and at Charco del Viento.

Sardinian Warbler – A small handful of birds seen in coastal scrub areas and on the mountainside.

Spectacled Warbler – One individual seen in scrub on the mountainside descending from Vilaflor.

African Blue Tit – A small handful of birds seen at Las Lajas picnic site and heard calling elsewhere on the island.

Southern Grey Shrike – A small number of birds seen perched at the side of the road and on Mount Teide.

Spanish Sparrow – Relatively common in the urban areas around Playa de las Américas.

Berthelot's Pipit

Notable Canary Islands subspecies:

Common Buzzard – Frequent across the island

Common Kestrel – Abundant across the island

Great Spotted Woodpecker – Several observed at Las Lajas picnic site

Robin – A small number seen throughout the trip

Grey Wagtail – Observed in Playa de las Américas and Golf Las Américas

Canary Islands Kinglet (Goldcrest) – One seen at Las Lajas picnic site

Common Chaffinch – One seen on road on the descent to Mirador de La Grimona
Common Raven - One seen flying over at Las Lajas Picnic site

Canary Islands Kinglet

Additional Species

Cory’s Shearwater

Little Egret

Yellow-legged Gull

Common Tern

Feral/Rock Dove

Eurasian Collared Dove

House Martin

Blackbird

Blackcap

Wood Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Goldfinch

Heard only:

Quail

34 Trip Total

7 Trip lifers

Butterfly List

Canary Blue – Las Lajas Picnic site

African Grass Blue – Costa Adeje

Bath White – La Escalona

Canary Red Admiral – Mount Teide Visitor Centre

Green-striped White – Mount Teide Visitor Centre

Monarch – Playa de las Américas

Canary Blue

Reptile List

West Canaries Lizard

West Canaries Lizard