Mountain birds Visual ID Cheatsheet
Tips to identify these birds.
Information isn't adequate to describe these birds:
Dunnock, Blue rock-thrush, Red crossbill, Willow tit, Grey wagtail, Meadow pipit, Red-billed chough, Wallcreeper, Alpine accentor, White-winged snowfinch, Rock bunting, Eurasian bullfinch, Tree pipit, Alpine chough, Water pipit, Northern wheatear, Western bonelli's warbler, Spotted flycatcher, Ring ouzel, Rock ptarmigan, Common rock thrush
These can't be distinguished based on the identifying characteristics entered so far
Dunnock / Heckenbraunelle (Prunella modularis)
Wikpedia photo because mine is poor. Source: WIKIPEDIA Dunnock oder Heckenbraunelle aus Wikipedia weil nur gehört.jpg Profile |
Blue rock-thrush / Blaumerle (Monticola solitarius)
MerlinBirdID schlaegt Blaumerle vor, koennte aber genauso gut in Kaltbrunnerriet ein Amsel sein. 2022-06-04 12.05.18 Kaltbrunner-Riet Profile |
Red crossbill / Fichtenkreuzschnabel (Loxia curvirostra)
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Wikimedia Red Crossbills (Male). Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikimedia Red_Crossbills_(Male).jpg 
Red crossbill. 2023-10-03 14.21.30 New England Profile |
Willow tit / Weidenmeise (Poecile montanus)
Willow tit. 2020-04-25 08.51.40 Luppmen Profile |
Grey wagtail / Gebirgsstelze (Motacilla cinerea)
Gebirgsstelze am Wissbach. 2024-04-27 09.16.16 Schachen, Tobel Wissbach till Degersheim Profile |
Meadow pipit / Wiesenpieper (Anthus pratensis)
Wikipedia: Meadow pipit Source: OTHER 1200px-Wiesenpieper_Meadow_pipit.jpg Profile |
Red-billed chough / Alpenkrähe (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Wikipedia: Red-billed chough Source: OTHER Pyrrhocorax_pyrrhocorax_-standing-8.jpg Profile |
Wallcreeper / Mauerläufer (Tichodroma muraria)
Wikipedia: Wallcreeper Source: OTHER 1200px-Wallcreeper_%28Tichodroma_muraria%29_female_Piatra_Craiului.jpg Profile |
Alpine accentor / Alpenbraunelle (Prunella collaris)
Wikipedia: Alpine accentor Source: OTHER Alpine_accentor_saganta.jpg Profile |
White-winged snowfinch / Schneesperling (Montifringilla nivalis)
Wikipedia: White-winged snowfinch Source: OTHER 1200px-Snowfinch.jpg Profile |
Rock bunting / Zippammer (Emberiza cia)
Wikipedia: Rock bunting Source: OTHER 1200px-Rock_Bunting_%28Cochem%29.jpg Profile |
Eurasian bullfinch / Gimpel (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Gimpel gesehen das erste Mal, Ammler Höhenweg. 2021-08-02 15.55.56 Profile |
Tree pipit / Baumpieper (Anthus trivialis)
Wikipedia baumpieper Anthus trivialis. Von Vogelartinfo - Eigenes Werk, GFDL 1.2, Link Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikipedia baumpieper Anthus_trivialis.jpg Profile |
Alpine chough / Alpendohle (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
To identify probably alpendohle. 2022-05-22 12.42.04 Leuk and surroundings 
Auf dem Dach unter Vrenelisgärtli 2021-01-01 09.43.48 Profile |
Water pipit / Bergpieper (Anthus spinoletta)
Bergpieper glaube ich. 2023-05-27 09.38.16 Amden Hinder Hoechi Profile |
Northern wheatear / Steinschmätzer (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Male northern wheatear, photo by Andreas Trepte - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5 Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikimedia Steinschmaetzer_Northern_wheatear_male.jpg 
Here a rare picture, by Frederic Peisy from oiseaux.net, showing the famous black T-pattern on its tail and the grey-black wing pattern I used to identify them on Muottas Muragl. Source: OTHER oiseaux.net - Northern wheater typical black T-pattern on tail.jpg Profile |
Western bonelli's warbler / Berglaubsänger (Phylloscopus bonelli)
Wikipedia Berglaubsaenger Phylloscopus bonelli. From Sébastien Bertru - https://www.flickr.com/photos/aigledayres/5911604938/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikipedia Berglaubsaenger Phylloscopus_bonelli.jpg Profile |
Spotted flycatcher / Grauschnäpper (Muscicapa striata)
In a pinch barbed wire will do instead of a tree branch. Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikipedia-300px-SpottedFlycatcheronfence.jpg Profile |
Ring ouzel / Ringdrossel (Turdus torquatus)
Ringdrossel. 2023-05-27 11.28.22 Amden Hinder Hoechi Profile |
Rock ptarmigan / Alpenschneehuhn (Lagopus muta)
Wikipedia: Rock ptarmigan Source: OTHER 1200px-Rock_Ptarmigan_%28Lagopus_Muta%29.jpg Profile |
Common rock thrush / Steinrötel (Monticola saxatilis)
Steinroetel. 2022-05-21 15.36.14 Profile |