Espèces aviaires des Iles Vestmann

Texte de Nicole Bouglouan

Sources :

Avibase (Denis Lepage)

Islande Explora

Iceland review - Feeding Habits of Westman Islands’ Mysterious Nocturnal Birds Tracked

Visit Westman Islands

Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia

Booking Westman Islands

Visit South Iceland

History of the Westman Islands

The Westman Islands: lava and puffins

The Westman Islands

Iceland's Westman Islands are a bird watcher's paradise

Westman Islands Saga

All About Birds - On The Puffin Cliffs Of Iceland’s Westman Islands

Puffins in Westman Islands

Liste des espèces:

Accenteur mouchet – Prunella modularis – Dunnock

Aigrette garzette – Egretta garzetta – Little Egret

Alouette calandrelle - Calandrella brachydactyla - Greater Short-toed Lark

Alouette des champs – Alauda arvensis – Sky Lark

Arlequin plongeur - Histrionicus histrionicus - Harlequin Duck

Barge à queue noire - Limosa limosa – Black-tailed Godwit

Bécasseau à croupion blanc - Calidris fuscicollis - White-rumped Sandpiper

Bécasseau maubèche – Calidris canutus – Red Knot

Bécasseau roussâtre - Tryngites subruficollis - Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Bécasseau sanderling – Calidris alba – Sanderling

Bécasseau semipalmé – Calidris pusilla - Semipalmated Sandpiper

Bécasseau tacheté – Calidris melanotos – Pectoral Sandpiper

Bécasseau variable - Calidris alpina - Dunlin

Bécasseau violet – Calidris maritima – Purple Sandpiper

Bécasse des bois - Scolopax rusticola - Eurasian Woodcock

Bécassine des marais – Gallinago gallinago – Common Snipe

Bergeronnette citrine – Motacilla citreola – Citrine Wagtail

Bergeronnette des ruisseaux - Motacilla cinerea - Grey Wagtail

Bergeronnette grise – Motacilla alba – White Wagtail

Bernache cravant – Branta bernicla – Brant Goose

Bernache du Canada - Branta canadensis - Canada Goose

Bernache nonnette – Branta leucopsis – Barnacle Goose

Bruant à couronne blanche – Zonotrichia leucophrys – White-crowned Sparrow

Bruant lapon ou Plectrophane lapon – Calcarius lapponicus – Lapland Longspur

Bruant nain – Emberiza pusilla – Little Bunting

Busard d’Amérique – Circus cyaneus hudsonius – Northern Harrier

Busard St Martin – Circus cyaneus cyaneus – Hen Harrier

Canard à front blanc - Mareca americana - American Wigeon

Canard carolin – Aix sponsa – Wood Duck

Canard chipeau - Mareca strepera - Gadwall

Canard colvert – Anas platyrhynchos – Mallard

Canard siffleur - Mareca penelope – Eurasian Wigeon

Canard souchet - Anas clypeata - Northern Shoveler

Chardonneret élégant - Carduelis carduelis – European Goldfinch

Chevalier criard - Tringa melanoleuca - Greater Yellowlegs

Chevalier gambette – Tringa totanus – Common Redshank

Combattant varié - Philomachus pugnax - Ruff

Cormoran huppé – Phalacrocorax aristotelis – European Shag

Courlis cendré – Numenius arquata - Eurasian Curlew

Courlis corlieu – Numenius phaeopus - Whimbrel

Cygne chanteur – Cygnus cygnus – Whooper Swan

Eider à duvet – Somateria mollissima – Common Eider

Eider à tête grise – Somateria spectabilis - King Eider

Etourneau roselin – Sturnus roseus – Rosy Starling

Etourneau sansonnet – Sturnus vulgaris – Common Starling

Faucon crècerelle – Falco tinnunculus – Common Kestrel

Faucon émerillon – Falco columbarius – Merlin

Faucon gerfaut – Falco rusticolus – Gyrfalcon

Fauvette à tête noire – Sylvia atricapilla – Blackcap

Fauvette des jardins - Sylvia borin - Garden Warbler

Fauvette grisette – Sylvia communis - Common Whitethroat

Fauvette babillarde - Curruca curruca - Lesser Whitethroat

Fauvette épervière - Curruca nisoria - Barred Warbler

Fou de Bassan – Morus bassanus – Northern Gannet

Foulque macroule – Fulica atra – Common Coot

Fuligule milouinan - Aythya marila - Greater Scaup

Fuligule morillon – Aythya fuligula – Tufted Duck

Fulmar boréal – Fulmarus glacialis – Northern Fulmar

Garrot à œil d’or – Bucephala clangula – Common Goldeneye

Gobemouche gris – Muscicapa striata – Spotted Flycatcher

Gobemouche noir – Ficedula hypoleuca – European Pied Flycatcher

Goéland à bec cerclé - Larus delawarensis – Ring-billed Gull

Goéland arctique - Larus glaucoides – Iceland Gull

Goéland argenté – Larus argentatus – Herring Gull

Goéland bourgmestre - Larus hyperboreus - Glaucous Gull

Goéland brun – Larus fuscus – Lesser Black-backed Gull

Goéland cendré – Larus canus - Mew Gull or Common Gull

Goéland leucophée – Larus michahellis – Yellow-legged Gull

Goéland marin – Larus marinus – Great Black-backed Gull

Gorgebleue à miroir – Luscinia svecica – Bluethroat

Grand corbeau – Corvus corax – Common Raven

Grand cormoran – Phalacrocorax carbo – Great Cormorant

Grand labbe – Stercorarius skua - Great Skua

Gravelot semipalmé – Charadrius semipalmatus – Semipalmated Plover

Grèbe esclavon – Podiceps auritus – Horned Grebe

Grèbe jougris - Podiceps grisegena - Red-necked Grebe

Grive à dos olive – Catharus ustulatus – Swainson’s Thrush

Grive litorne - Turdus pilaris - Fieldfare

Grive mauvis – Turdus iliacus - Redwing

Grive musicienne – Turdus philomelos – Songthrush

Grive solitaire - Catharus guttatus - Hermit Thrush

Grosbec casse-noyaux – Coccothraustes coccothraustes – Hawfinch

Guifette leucoptère - Chlidonias leucopterus - White-winged Tern

Guillemot à miroir - Cepphus grylle – Black Guillemot

Guillemot de Brünnich - Uria lomvia - Thick-billed Murre

Guillemot de Troïl – Uria aalge – Common Murre

Harelde boréale - Clangula hyemalis - Long-tailed Duck

Harle huppé – Mergus serrator – Red-breasted Merganser

Héron cendré – Ardea cinerea – Grey Heron

Hibou des marais – Asio flammeus – Short-eared Owl

Hibou moyen-duc – Asio otus - Long-eared Owl

Hirondelle de fenêtre – Delichon urbicum - Common House Martin

Hirondelle de rivage – Riparia riparia – Sand Martin

Hirondelle rustique – Hirundo rustica – Barn Swallow

Huitrier pie – Haematopus ostralegus – Eurasian Oystercatcher

Jaseur boréal – Bombycilla garrulus - Bohemian Waxwing

Jaseur d’Amérique - Bombycilla cedrorum – Cedar Waxwing

Labbe à longue queue – Stercorarius longicaudus - Long-tailed Jaeger

Labbe parasite – Stercorarius parasiticus - Parasitic Jaeger or Arctic Skua

Labbe pomarin – Stercorarius pomarinus – Pomarine Skua or Jaeger

Lagopède alpin – Lagopus muta – Rock Ptarmigan

Macareux moine – Fratercula arctica – Atlantic Puffin

Macreuse à ailes blanches - Melanitta deglandi - White-winged Scoter

Macreuse à front blanc – Melanitta perspicillata – Surf Scoter

Macreuse brune - Melanitta fusca - Velvet Scoter

Macreuse noire – Melanitta nigra – Common Scoter

Martinet à ventre blanc - Tachymarptis melba - Alpine Swift

Martinet noir - Apus apus - Common Swift

Maubèche ou Bartramie des champs - Bartramia longicauda - Upland Sandpiper

Mergule nain – Alle alle – Little Auk or Dovekie

Merle à plastron – Turdus torquatus – Ring Ouzel

Merle d’Amérique - Turdus migratorius – American Robin

Merle noir - Turdus merula - Common Blackbird

Mouette atricille – Leucophaeus atricilla – Laughing Gull

Mouette blanche - Pagophila eburnea - Ivory Gull

Mouette de Franklin - Leucophaeus pipixcan - Franklin’s Gull

Mouette de Sabine – Xema sabini – Sabine’s Gull

Mouette rieuse – Chroicocephalus ridibundus - Black-headed Gull

Mouette tridactyle – Rissa tridactyla – Black-legged Kittiwake

Océanite cul-blanc – Oceanodroma leucorhoa - Leach’s Storm-Petrel

Océanite de Wilson – Oceanites oceanicus – Wilson’s Storm-Petrel

Océanite tempête - Hydrobates pelagicus – European Storm-petrel

Oie à bec court – Anser brachyrhynchus - Pink-footed Goose

Oie cendrée – Anser anser – Greylag Goose

Oie rieuse – Anser albifrons - Greater White-fronted Goose

Paruline à collier - Setophaga americana - Northern Parula

Paruline à croupion jaune – Setophaga coronata – Yellow-rumped Warbler

Paruline bleue - Setophaga caerulescens - Black-throated Blue Warbler

Paruline masquée – Geothlypis trichas – Common Yellowthroat

Paruline noir et blanc – Mniotilta varia – Black-and-white Warbler

Paruline rayée - Setophaga striata – Blackpoll Warbler

Petit Pingouin (Pingouin torda) – Alca torda - Razorbill

Phalarope à bec étroit - Phalaropus lobatus - Red-necked Phalarope

Phalarope à bec large – Phalaropus fulicarius - Red Phalarope

Pie-grièche à tête rousse - Lanius senator - Woodchat Shrike

Pie-grièche écorcheur – Lanius collurio – Red-backed Shrike

Pigeon biset - Columba livia - Rock Dove or Rock Pigeon

Pigeon ramier – Columba palumbus – Common Wood Pigeon

Pinson des arbres - Fringilla coelebs – Chaffinch

Pinson du Nord - Fringilla montifringilla - Brambling

Pipit farlousane – Anthus rubescens - Buff-bellied Pipit

Pipit farlouse – Anthus pratensis - Meadow Pipit

Pipit maritime - Anthus petrosus - Eurasian Rock Pipit

Plectrophane des neiges ou Bruant des neiges - Plectrophenax nivalis – Snow Bunting

Plongeon à bec blanc – Gavia adamsii - Yellow-billed Loon ou White-billed Diver

Plongeon catmarin – Gavia stellata - Red-throated Diver (Loon)

Plongeon imbrin – Gavia immer – Great Northern Diver ou Common Loon

Pluvier bronzé – Pluvialis dominica – American Golden Plover

Pluvier doré - Pluvialis apricaria - European Golden Plover

Pluvier grand-gravelot - Charadrius hiaticula - Common Ringed Plover

Pluvier guignard - Charadrius morinellus - Eurasian Dotterel

Pouillot à grands sourcils – Phylloscopus inornatus - Yellow-browed Warbler

Pouillot fitis - Phylloscopus trochilus - Willow Warbler

Pouillot véloce – Phylloscopus collybita – Common Chiffchaff

Puffin des Anglais - Puffinus puffinus - Manx Shearwater

Puffin fuligineux – Puffinus griseus - Sooty Shearwater

Puffin majeur - Puffinus gravis - Great Shearwater

Râle d’eau – Rallus aquaticus – Water Rail

Roitelet à couronne rubis – Regulus calendula – Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Roitelet huppé – Regulus regulus - Goldcrest

Roselin cramoisi - Carpodacus erythrynus - Common Rosefinch

Rouge-gorge familier - Erithacus rubecula - European Robin

Rougequeue à front blanc – Phoenicurus phoenicurus – Common Redstart

Rouge-queue noir – Phoenicurus ochruros – Black Redstart

Rousserolle des buissons - Acrocephalus dumetorum - Blyth’s Reed Warbler

Sarcelle à ailes bleues – Anas discors – Blue-winged Teal

Sarcelle d’été - Anas querquedula - Garganey

Sarcelle d’hiver - Anas crecca - Eurasian Teal

Sittelle à poitrine rousse – Sitta canadensis – Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sizerin blanchâtre - Acanthis hornemanni - Arctic Redpoll or Hoary Redpoll

Sizerin flammé - Acanthis flammea - Common Redpoll

Sterne arctique - Sterna paradisaea - Arctic Tern

Tadorne de Belon - Tadorna tadorna - Common Shelduck

Tangara écarlate – Piranga olivacea – Scarlet Tanager

Tarier des prés - Saxicola rubetra - Whinchat

Tarier pâtre – Saxicola rubicola – European Stonechat

Tarin des aulnes – Spinus spinus – Eurasian Siskin

Tournepierre à collier – Arenaria interpres – Ruddy Turnstone

Traquet motteux - Oenanthe oenanthe – Northern Wheatear

Troglodyte mignon – Troglodytes troglodytes – Eurasian Wren

Vanneau huppé – Vanellus vanellus – Northern lapwing

Vireo à oeil rouge – Vireo olivaceus – Red-eyed Vireo