Digital Heritage
Community
People + Birds Around the WorldCategory
Educational materials, Europe, Biology / ecology, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Observed changes, Bird song & calls, Preferred habitats, Personal narratives, Names, HistoricalSummary
Twenty-four bird species that have become rare or extinct in the last 100 years, most in the last 40 years.Animals
Luscinia megarhynchos (Common Nightingale), Caprimulgus europaeus (European Nightjar), Acrocephalus palustris (Marsh Warbler), Streptopelia turtur (European Turtle-dove), Poecile montanus (Willow Tit), Anthus trivialis (Tree Pipit), Dryobates minor (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker), Jynx torquilla (Eurasian Wryneck), Lullula arborea (Woodlark), Crex crex (Corncrake), Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Wood Warbler), Emberiza calandra (Corn Bunting), Emberiza citrinella (Yellowhammer), Emberiza cirlus (Cirl Bunting), Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Common Redstart), Coturnix coturnix (Common Quail), Perdix perdix (Grey Partridge), Passer montanus (Eurasian Tree Sparrow), Motacilla flava (Western Yellow Wagtail), Lanius collurio (Red-backed Shrike), Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher), Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Hawfinch), Burhinus oedicnemus (Eurasian Thick-knee), Saxicola rubetra (Whinchat)
