Extremadura's natural wealth ,always considered of outstanding value, is now one of the most important European and World conservation areas however, in spite of the high standard of conservation we must be aware of this fact not to put at risk this valuable piece of nature.
A number of factors make of Extremadura a region of extraordinary interest regarding flora and fauna, since its hills, plains, crops, pasture lands and rocky lands enable the existence in a significant number, of animals which are already extinct in other areas
Our rural house “Las Canteras” is situated in the dry plains where cereal crops are cultivated becoming the sheltering area for a great number of animals. From March until the summer great bustards, kestrels, storks and montagu's harrier arrive. In the winter the cranes arrive. Some prey birds such as the griffon vulture or the black vulture stay in these lands for the whole year.
Almost of the species are sensitive to the habitat and some others are in danger of extinction that is why to enjoy them being at the same time respectful with the environment is a privilege for anyone committed with the environment.
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Nature in Extremadura web site
Nature in Extremadura photoblog
Birdwatching
SPECIE NAME |
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Alpine Swift |
Apus melba |
Azure-winged Magpie |
Cyanopica cyana |
Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
Black Redstart |
Phoenicurus ochruros |
Black Stork |
Ciconia nigra |
Black Vulture |
Aegypius monachus |
Black Wheatear |
Oenanthe hispanica |
Black-bellied Sandgrouse |
Pterocles orientalis |
Blackbird |
Turdus merula |
Blackcap |
Sylvia atricapilla |
Black-eared Wheatear |
Oenanthe leucura |
Black-headed Gull |
Larus ridibundus |
Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus caeruleus |
Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
Blue Rock Thrush |
Monticola solitarius |
Blue Tit |
Parus caeruleus |
Bonelli´s Eagle |
Hieraaetus fasciatus |
Booted Eagle |
Hieraaetus pennatus |
Calandra Lark |
Melanocorypha calandra |
Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
Cetti´s Warbler |
Cettia cetti |
Collared Pratincole |
Glareola pratincola |
Common Buzzard |
Buteo buteo |
Common Chaffinch |
Fringilla coelebs |
Common Cuckoo |
Cuculus canorus |
Common kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
Common Krestel |
Falco tinnunculus |
Common Quail |
Coturnis coturnix |
Common Raven |
Corvus corax |
Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis ridibundus |
Common Stonechat |
Saxicola rorquata |
Common Swift |
Apus apus |
Common Waxbill |
Estrilda astrild |
Common Woolpigeon |
Columba palumbus |
Corn Bunting |
Miliaria calandra |
Crested Lark |
Galerida cristata |
Crested Tit |
Parus cristatus |
Dartford Warbler |
Sylvia undata |
Eagle Owl |
Bubo bubo |
Egyptian Vulture |
Neophron percnopterus |
Eurasian Collared Dove |
Streptopelia decaoto |
Eurasian Jackdaw |
Corvus monedula |
Eurasian Jay |
Garrulus glandarius |
Eurasian Spoonbill |
Platalea leucorodia |
European Bee-eater |
Merops apiaster |
European Nuthatch |
Sitta europaea |
European Roller |
Coracias garrulus |
European Serin |
Serinus serinus |
Eurpean Turtle Dove |
Streptopelia turtur |
Gadwall |
Anas strepera |
Golde Oriole |
Oriolus oriolus |
Golden Eagle |
Aquila chrysaetos |
Goldfinch |
Carduelis carduelis |
Grag Martin |
Ptyonoprogne rupestris |
Grat Bustard |
Otis tarda |
Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Great Crested Grebe |
Podiceps cristatus |
Great Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
Great Spotted Cuckoo |
Clamator glandarius |
Great spotted Woolpecker |
Dendrocopos major |
Great Tit |
Parus major |
Great White Egret |
Ardea alba |
Greenfinch |
Carduelis chloris |
Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
Grey Wagtail |
Motacilla cineria |
Griffon Vulture |
Gyps fulvus |
Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna nilotica |
Honey Buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Hoopoe |
upupa epops |
House Martin |
Delinchon urbica |
House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
Lester Krestel |
Falco naumanni |
Linnet |
Carduelis cannabina |
Little Bittern |
Ixobrychus minutus |
Little Bustard |
Tetrax tetrax |
Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
Little Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
Little Owl |
Athene noctua |
Little Ringed Plover |
Charadrius dubius |
Little Tern |
Sternula albifrons |
Long-tailed Tit |
Aegithalus caudatus |
Magpie |
Pica pica |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Marsh Harried |
Circus aeruginosus |
Melodious Warbler |
Hippolais polyglotta |
Montangu´s Harried |
Circus pygargus |
Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
Night Heron |
Nycticorax nyctixorax |
Northern Lapwing |
Vanellus vanellus |
Pallid Swift |
Apus pallidus |
Pied Flycatcher |
Fidecula hypoleuca |
Pin -tailed Sandgrouse |
Pterocles alchata |
Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
Purple Swanp-hen |
Porphyrio porphyrio |
Red- rumped Swallow |
Hirundo daurica |
Red-billed Chough |
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
Red-legged Partridge |
Alectoris rufa |
Red-necked Nightjar |
Caprimulgus ruficollis |
Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
Robin |
Erithacus rubecula |
Rock Bunting |
Emberiza cia |
Rock Sparrow |
Petronia petronia |
Rufous Nightingale |
Luscinia megarhynchos |
Sand Martin |
Riparia riparia |
Sardinian Warble |
Sylvia melanocephala |
Savis´s Warbler |
Locustella luscinioides |
Short-toed Eagle |
Circaetus gallicus |
Short-toed Lark |
Calandrella brachydactyla |
Short-toed Treecreeper |
Certhia brachydactyla |
Southern Grey Shrike |
Lanius meridionalis |
Spanish Imperial Eagle |
Aquila adalberti |
Spanish Sparrow |
Passer hispaniolensis |
Spectacled Warbler |
Sylvia conspicillata |
Spotless Starling |
Sturnus unicolor |
Spotted Flycatcher |
Muscicapa striata |
Stone-curlew |
Burhinus oedicnemus |
Subalpine Warbler |
Sylvia cantillans |
Tawny Owl |
Strix aluco |
Ted Kite |
Milvus milvus |
Thekla Lark |
Galerida theklae |
White Stork |
ciconia ciconia |
White Wagtail |
Motacilla alba |
White-rumped Swift |
Apus caffer |
Woodchat Shrike |
Lanius senatur |
Woodlark |
Lullula arborea |
Wren |
Troglodytes troglodytes |
Zitting Cisticola |
Cisticola juncidis |
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Las Canteras Casa Rural |
