A shy bird of evergreen forests with dense undergrowth, seldom seen and with extremely high-pitched calls which are hard to hear.

A hill and mountain bird of forest and forest edges. Quite shy and with a strange “bubbling” call that may remind you of a dove if you listen carefully.

A shy and rare bird of old growth forest, one of the largest birds in Europe. It displays in leks with a characteristic “cork popping” sound.

A not so common bird of the mountains where it inhabits sunny slopes rich with boulders, rocky outcrops and loose scree below cliffs. Very hard to spot due to its cryptic colouration, it is often first detected from its staccato stridulating call:

An introduced species of forest edge and fringe of agricultural lands, now well established in Europe. It has a distinctive harsh “crow” call.