TOP TARGET SPECIES OF LA MANCHA & SIERRA MORENA
When preparing your trip to La Mancha & Sierra Morena, the following information will be usefull on what species can be watched and where to go for your purpose.
The present information shows you the main species (not all) that can be usually observed in our territory, either residents, breeding or wintering. It's up to date December 2018, and it's presented by habitats: steppes, wetlands, deciduous (leafy) & coniferous forests, mediterranean forests and rocky outcrops.
STEPPE AREAS (Calatrava Steppes, Guadiana Steppes, Almagro-Daimiel Steppes, La Mancha Wetlands)
Target Birds: Spanish Imperial Eagle (endemic), Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Black-Belied Sandgrouse, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Iberian Shrike (near endemic).
Other Birds: Golden Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Montagu’s Harrier, Lesser Kestrel, Red-Footed Falcon, Red-Legged Partridge, Quail, Stone Curlew, Golden Plover, Gull-Billed Tern, Little Owl, Hoopoe, Crested Lark, Greater Short-Toed Lark, Calandra Lark, Spectacled Warbler, Red-Billed Chough.
Other Wildlife: Red Fox, Ocellated Lizard.
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WETLANDS (Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park, Navaseca Lagoon, Vicario Reservoir, Jabalon River & Reservoir, Calatrava Volcanic Lagoons, La Mancha Wetlands)
Target Birds: Little Bittern, Squacco Heron, Spoonbill, Marbled Teal, Garganey, Ferruginous Pochard, White-Headed Duck, European Roller, Iberian Woodpecker (endemic), Moustached Warbler, Bearded Tit.
Other Birds: Black-Necked Grebe, Great Egret, Purple Heron, White Stork, Black Stork, Glossy Ibis, Greater Flamingo, Greylag Goose, Gadwall, Red-Crested Pochard, Osprey, Golden Eagle, Spanish Imperial Eagle (endemic), Marsh Harrier, Black-Shouldered Kite, Lesser Kestrel, Merlin, Water Rail, Spotted Crake, Purple Swamphen, Common Crane, Collared Pratincole, Temminck Stint, Gull-Billed Tern, Black Tern, Black-Winged Tern, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Long-Eared Owl, Little Owl, Scops Owl, Red-Necked Nightjar, Pallid Swift, Hoopoe, European Bee-Eater, Red-Rumped Swift, Water Pipit, Nightingale, Bluethroat, Savi's Warbler, Western Olivaceous Warbler, Penduline Tit, Woodchat Shrike, Iberian Shrike (near endemic), Azure-Winged Magpie (endemic), Spotless Starling, Golden Oriole, Spanish Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Reed Bunting (whitherbyi).
Other Wildlife: Egyptian Moongoose, European Otter, European Pond Tortoise, Ocellated Lizard, Red Fox, Spanish Terrapin, Wild Boar, Wild Cat.
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DECIDUOUS & CONIFEROUS FORESTS (Valle de Alcudia Natural Park, Cabañeros National Park, Despeñaperros Natural Park)
Target Birds: Goshawk, Woodlark, Iberian Chifchaf, Crested Tit, Hawfinch.
Other Birds: Golden Eagle, Spanish Imperial Eagle (endemic), Booted Eagle, Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Firecrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Short-Toed Treecreeper, Golden Oriole.
Other Wildlife: Common Toad, Horseshoe Whip Snake, Iberian Painted Frog, Marsh Frog, Natterjack Toad, Red Deer, Red Fox, Red Squirrel, Wild Cat.
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MEDITERRANEAN FOREST - OPEN WOODLAND AREAS - DEHESAS (Cabañeros National Park, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Valle de Alcudia Natural Park, Campo de Calatrava, Campo de Montiel)
Target Birds: Black Vulture, Spanish Imperial Eagle (endemic), Black-Shouldered Kite, Great-Spotted Cuckoo, Iberian Woodpecker (endemic), Iberian Shrike (near endemic), Azure-Winged Magpie (endemic), Hawfinch, Cirl Bunting.
Other Birds: Griffon Vulture, Golden Eagle, Short-Toed Eagle, Booted Eagle, Black Kite, Montagu's Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Lesser Kestrel, Red-Footed Falcon, Red-Legged Partridge, Common Crane, Turtle Dove, Eagle-Owl, Little Owl, Hoopoe, European Bee-Eater, European Roller, Sardinian Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Willow Warbler, Long-Tailed Tit, Woodchat Shrike, Golden Oriole, Spanish Sparrow.
Other Wildlife: Egyptian Moongoose, Fallow Deer, Genet, Iberian Ibex, Iberian Lynx (endemic), Ladder Snake, Mouflon, Ocellated Lizard, Red Deer, Red Fox, Roe Deer, Wild Boar.
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MOUNTAINS WITH ROCK OUTCROPS (Cabañeros National Park area, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Valle de Alcudia Natural Park, Campo de Calatrava)
Target Birds: Black Stork, Egyptian Vulture, Golden Eagle, Bonelli's Eagle, Eagle-Owl, White-Rumped Swift, Black Wheatear, Western Orphean Warbler, Rock Bunting.
Other Birds: Griffon Vulture, Short-Toed Eagle, Booted Eagle, Sparrowhawk, Goshawk, Peregrine Falcon, Alpine Swift, Crag Martin, Red-Rumped Swallow, Black-Eared Wheatear, Blue-Rock Thrush, Sardinian Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Red-Billed Chough, Rock Sparrow (Petronia), Cirl Bunting.
Other Wildlife: Iberian Ibex, Mouflon, Red Deer.
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On the next link you can get the List of Birds that can be seen in less than one hour from Almagro:
LIST OF BIRDS THAT CAN BE SEEN IN LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR FROM ALMAGRO
