48-57 cm, sexes similar. Brownish with a long curved beak. Present throughout the year but does not nest. Forms flocks during high tide on sandbars and sandy dunes and then...

10-11.5 cm, sexes similar. Grey head with a black eye streak. “Theoretically” present throughout the year in reed beds and riparian woods, now very rare as breeding species,...

80-93 cm, white plumage and flat beak, wide at the tip. Present throughout the year, with lowest numbers in autumn. Very localised in in the restored areas of Isola della Cona, in...

25-29 cm, sexes similar. A very colourful bird, it has a distinctive flight suited to capturing large insects in flight. It perches on leafless branches, telephone wires etc....

24-28 cm, sexes similar. Well-camouflaged, recalling a carpet of dead leaves. Of crepuscular and nocturnal habits, it can be observed in flight while hunting large insects. Its...

68-78 cm, sexes similar. It has a short tuft that appears in adults in winter and early spring. Present throughout the year, it becomes rare in winter and early spring when most...

120-145 cm, adults with a typical red-pink plumage while the young are grey. Present throughout the year but with very numbers ranging from a few individuals to several hundred;...

46-56 cm, with characteristic white speculum. Mainly a wintering species, but some pairs nest here. It frequents freshwater wetlands, the mouth of the Stella and the valle...

37-41 cm. The male has a characteristic white stripe from the eye to the nape. A migratory species, it is present from March to September. It especially frequents wetlands with...