Birds seen in Tenerife

Some of the birds seen last week in Tenerife, some endemic and found nowhere else.

Hoopoe at the Palmatum in Santa Cruz, hoped to see one but not so close.






Barbary Partridge.


Tenerife Blue Tit, endemic.


Canary.


Berthelot's Pipit, up on Mt Teide, found only here and Madeira.


Whimbrel, may be resident or on passage to Europe.

 

Lovely. We sometimes see Hoopoes here.

 

@Victoria This was the first time I had seen one with it's crest up and never expected to see one feeding in front of us.

 

Aren't they just so beautiful with the crest up. Our friends had a nest/family of them at the back of their garden where they had grass in the shade ... I understand they like grassy areas which, of course you don't see a lot of here. Or maybe they are all on the golf courses ???

 

Lovely birds. A few years ago I had a Hoopoe in my garden, here in South Devon; I've also seen them in Nepal while trekking.