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Extremadura, Spain - 4th-11th May 2005
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Trujillo & surrounding plains (Part 2) Colourful birds of the plains included Bee-eater and Hoopoe... |
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European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
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Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
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Red-legged Partridge (Alcetoris rufa)
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| ...but most of the birds fell into the LBB (little brown birds) category.
Corn Bunting and Crested Lark were particularly common. |
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Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
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Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
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Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
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Transparent Burnet (Zygaena purpuralis)
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Holm Oak (Quercus ilex)
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