long-eared owl (Asio otus), Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), European roller (Coracias garrulus), common hoopoe (Upupa epops), European kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida) Description
4. Asio otus L. = long-eared owl (Asio otus)
6. Caprimulgus europaeus L. = Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
7. Coracias garrulus L. = European roller (Coracias garrulus)
8. Upupa epops L. = common hoopoe (Upupa epops)
9. Alcedo ispida L. = European kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida)
Date [n.d.]
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Full title Schreibers kleiner Atlas der einheimischen Vögel.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schreibers_kleiner_Atlas_der_einheimischen_V%C3%B6gel_(Pl._2)_(6076321171).jpg
The long-eared owl (Asio otus, previously Strix otus) is a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America.
The European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and temperate Asia.
The European roller (Coracias garrulus) is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East, Central Asia and Morocco.
The hoopoe or common hoopoe (Upupa epops) is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive "crown" of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae.
The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. European Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis ispida, breeds from Ireland, Spain and southern Norway to Romania and western Russia and winters south to Iraq and southern Portugal.
