Other birds in and around Amsterdam



Green Heron Green Heron

Pictures of a Green Heron present for several weeks in Amsterdam. If accepted, this will be the first for The Netherlands, but both the identification and the bird's juvenile plumage are much discussed!

Night Herons Night Herons

Birds from the free-flying colony of Night Herons in Artis Zoo.

Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits Baikal Teal

Unringed drake at IJdoorn, Durgerdam.

Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits

Two Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits at an inundated meadow south of Amsterdam.

WaxwingsPeregrines at the Hemweg, Amsterdam - Immature Waxwings

A group of nearly 60 birds in Amsterdam Slotervaart. One bird from this group was killed by a cat and is now in the Zoological Museum Amsterdam. Two months before, a Japanese Waxwing had flown against a window in Amsterdam-Noord. See this page for pictures of both species of waxwing in the ZMA.

Blackbird Blackbird

Partially leucistic female Blackbird.

Chiffchaff Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff with an aberrant song. Includes audio!

Hybrid Willow Warbler x Chiffchaff Hybrid Willow Warbler x Chiffchaff

Bird with a song combining Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff. Includes audio!

Iberian Chiffchaff Iberian Chiffchaff

Pictures of the long staying bird in the Vliegenbos. Includes audio!

Iberian Chiffchaff Iberian Chiffchaff

In 2007 the third individual for the region was discovered. Includes audio of song and calls.