Valle del Guadalhorce: Species

Valle del Guadalhorce

Species of interest

Of the approximately 151 birds that can be observed in the region of Valle del Guadalhorce 26 have been selected as the most attractive both for birders, ornithologists experts, as for the general public.

SPECIES: common name / scientific name .

PHENOLOGY: N=Summer breeder, S=Sedentary breeder, P=Present during the migratory or occasional steps, I=wintering.

GRADE OF THREATEN: M = Threatened at world level, EU = Threatened at European level, E=Threatened at Spanish level, A = Threatened at Andalusian level.

GRADE OF VISIBILITY: - = Low, or = Medium, + = Good.

SPECIE	PHENOLOGY	GRADE OF THREATEN	GRADE OF VISIBILITY
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	S	EU	+
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	S I	A/E/EU	+
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	N P	EU	+
Black -winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	P	A/E/EU	-
Egiptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	N	A/E/EU	O
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	S		+
Black Vulture Aegypius monachus	P	A/E/EU/M	-
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	S	A/E/EU	O
Bonelli´s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus	S	A/E/EU	O
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	I	A/E	O
Eagle Owl Bubo bubo	S		-
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis	N		-
Bee-eater Merops apiaster	N	EU	+
Roller Coracias garrulus	N P	A/E/EU	+
Thekla Lark Galerida theklae	S	EU	+
Rufous Bush Robin cercotrichas galactotes	N	A/E/EU	O
Black-eared Wheater Oenanthe hispanica	N	E/EU	+
Black Wheater Oenanthe leucura	S	A/EU	+
Rock Trush Monticola saxatilis	N	A/EU	O
Blue Rock Trush Monticola solitarius	S	EU	+
Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida	N	E/EU	-
Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis	N	EU	-
Bonelli´s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli	N	EU	O
Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	S	E/EU	+
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor	S		+
Rock Bunting Emberiza cia	S	EU	+

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