Spain
Birds
during FONT Birding
& Nature Tours
(including the
Canary Islands
off northwest Africa,
and Gibraltar, Morocco, Andorra,
& adjacent France & Portugal)
1992 thru 2007
(during the months of: January,
April, May,
June,
July, September, October, December)
List compiled by Armas Hill.
There have been 24 FONT birding tours in Spain, during which 288 species of birds have
cumulatively been found.
Spanish bird names follow English names
in the first line.
Scientific names in the second line.
Birds found in region of Catalunya (in NE Spain) also have
names in Catalan language.
Codes:
a: in Southern
Spain (Andalusia) & Gibraltar
b: in
Extremadura and the Gredos Mountains
c: in NE Spain
(the Pyrenees, Steppes, and Ebro Delta)
d: in the
Canary Islands
e: Andorra
g: Gibraltar
f: adjacent
France
m: Morocco
p: Portugal
(t): a globally threatened or
rare species.
(t1): critical
(t2): endangered
(t3): vulnerable
(nt): near-threatened species
(cd): conservation dependent species
(Ee): endangered in Europe
(Ev): vulnerable in Europe
(Er): rare in Europe
(Ed): has declined in Europe
(El): localized in Europe
All of above designations by Birdlife
International.
(i): an introduced species
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Bird-List:
- Black-throated Loon (Colimbo Artico) (Ev) ______
c (has been called Black-throated Diver &
Arctic Loon)
Gavia a. arctica
- Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco)
______ abc
Podiceps c. cristatus
- Black-necked Grebe (Zampullin Cuellinegro)
______ ac (has been called
Eared Grebe in North America)
Podiceps n. nigricollis
- Little Grebe (or "Dabchick")
(Zampullin Chico) ______ abc
Tachybaptus r. ruficollis
- Balearic Shearwater (Pardela Pichoneta) ______ a
(previously considered conspecific with Manx & Yelkouan
Shearwaters, as
part of the Manx)
Puffinus mauretanicus (monotypic)
- Cory's Shearwater (Pardela Cenicienta) (Ev) ______ adm
Calonectris d. diomedea
('Scoploi's Shearwater") (offshore in Spain)
Calonectris diomedea borealis (in Canary Islands)
- Macaronesian Shearwater (Pardela Chica)
(Ev) ______ d (was
included in the former, more wide-ranging Little Shearwater; now said to be
more closely related to the Audubon's Shearwater. There is a race of the
Audubon's Shearwater in the eastern Atlantic, breeding on Cape Verde Island.
With new taxonomy, the Little Shearwater now has a range restricted to the
Indian and southwestern Pacific Oceans, near Australia & New
Zealand.)
Puffinus baroli (monotypic)
- Bulwer's Petrel (Petrel de Bulwer) (Ev)
______
d
Bulweria b. bulwerii
- Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Comun)
(El) ______ acgm
Morus (formerly Sula) bassena (monotypic)
- European Shag (Cormoran Monudo) ______ g
Phalacrocorax a. aristotelis
- Great Cormorant (Cormoran Grande) ______
abc
Phalacrocorax c. carbo
- Grey Heron (Garza Real) ______ abcdp
Ardea c. cinerea
- Purple Heron (Garza Imperial)
(Ev) ______
ac
Ardea p. purpurea
- Great Egret (Garceta
Grande) ______ c
Ardea (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba
- Little Egret (Garceta Comun) ______
abcp
Egretta g. garzetta
- Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera)
______ abcp
Bubulcus i. ibis
- Squacco Heron (Garcilla Cangrejara)
(Ev) ______
ac
Ardeola ralloides (monotypic)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Martinete)
(Ed) ______
abc
Nycticorax n. nycticorax
- Little Bittern
(Avetorillo Comun) (Ev)
______ ac
Ixobrychus m. minutus
- Glossy Ibis (Morito)
(Ed) ______
a
Plegadis falcinellus (now monotypic)
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Espatula) (Ee) ______ abd
Platalea l. leucorodia
- White Stork (Ciguena Comun)
(Ev) ______
abc
Ciconia c. ciconia
- Black Stork (Ciguena Negra)
(Er) ______
b
Ciconia nigra (monotypic)
- Greater Flamingo (Flamenco) (El) ______ ac (was conspecific with what's now the American
Flamingo)
Phoenicopterus roseus (monotypic)
- Mute Swan (Cisne Vulgar) (i)
______
a
Cygnus olor (monotypic)
- Greylag Goose (Ansar Comun) ______ a
Anser a. anser
- Common Shelduck (Torro Blanco) ______
ac
Tadorna tadorna (monotypic)
- Mallard (Anade Real)
______ abc
Anas p. platyrhynchos
- Gadwall (Anade Friso) (Ev) ______ ac
Anas s. stepera
- Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Comun)
______
ac
(was considered conspecific with the Green-winged Teal of
North America, Anas carolinensis)
Anas c. crecca
- Garganey (Cerceta Carretona)
(Ev) ______
c
Anas querquedula (now monotypic)
- Northern Pintail (Anade Rabudo) (Ev) ______
a
Anas acuta (monotypic)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Anade Silbon) ______
a
Anas penelope (monotypic)
- Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara) ______ ac
Anas clypeata (monotypic)
- Marbled Duck (Cerceta Pardilla)
(t3) (Ee) ______
a
Marmaronetta angustirostris (monotypic, and the single member of its
genus)
- Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado) (Ed) ______
ac
Netta rufina (monotypic)
- Common Pochard (Porron Comun) ______
abc
Aythya ferina (monotypic)
- Tufted Duck (Porron Monudo)
______
a
Aythya fuligula (monotypic)