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Alpine Accentor
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Azure-winged Magpie
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Bee-eater
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Acentor Alpino Prunella collaris
A suprisingly widespread winter visitor to the Serrania. Possibly breeding at higher altitudes in the area.
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Rabilargo Cyanopica cyanus
Birds are now confirmed as being present in one locality of the Serrania
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Abejaruco Merops apiaster
Abundant migrant and common breeding summer resident.
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Black Kite
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Black-eared Wheatear
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Milano Negro Milvus migrans
Abundant migrant with maximum daily counts in their thousands. Scarce and local summer resident.
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Collalba Rubia Oenanthe hispanica
Very common migrant and common although local summer resident.
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Collalba Rubia Oenanthe hispanica
Very common migrant and common although local summer resident.
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Black Wheatear
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Black Wheatear1
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Black Redstart
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Collalba Negra Oenanthe leucura
Common resident. Thought to be declining, certainly absent from some previously known breeding areas.
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Collalba Negra Oenanthe leucura
Common resident. Thought to be declining, certainly absent from some previously known breeding areas.
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Colirrojo Tizon Pheonicurus ochruros
Common resident. Abundant migrant and very common winter visitor.
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Black-shouldered Kite
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Black Vulture
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Blue Rock Thrush
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Elanio Comun Elanus caeruleus
Rare resident and winter visitor.
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Buitre Negro Aegypius monachus
Scarce winter visitor. Mostly juveniles dispersing from breeding areas. Some adults seen most years.
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Roquero Solitario Monticola solitarius
Common resident.
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Bonelli's Warbler
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Booted Eagle
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Bush Chat Robin
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Mosquitero Papialbo Phylloscopus bonelli
Very common migrant and common summer resident.
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Aguililla Calzada Hieraaetus pennatus
Very common migrant and common summer resident. Occasional in winter.
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Alzacola Cercotrichas galactotes
Scarce migrant and summer resident.
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Chough
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Dartford Warbler
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Flamingoes
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Chova Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Common resident. Evidence to suggest this species is increasing. Large roost at Ronda Tajo.
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Curruca Rabilarga Sylvia undata
Common resident.
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Flamenco Pheonicopterus ruber
Scarce migrant and occasional winter visitor. One of Europes largest breeding colonies nearby at Fuente de Piedra. Lesser Flamingo also bred at this site in 2007.
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Glossy Ibis
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Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Great White Egret
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Morito Plegadis falcinellus
Scarce migrant. Very common in Donana and southern marshlands.
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Pico Picapinos Dendrocopos major mauritanus
The area produced the first record for mainland Europe and it was also discovered breeding in the Serrania!
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Garceta Grande Egretta alba
Increasingly common winter visitor to the southern areas of Cadiz province. Rare summer resident.
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Griffon Vulture
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Buitre Leonado Gyps fulvus
Abundant resident. Common migrant and numbers increase during winter. Spectacular bird with a 9ft (2.8m) wingspan and weighing over 16lbs (8Klg)
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Buitre Leonado Gyps fulvus
Abundant resident. Common migrant and numbers increase during winter. Spectacular bird with a 9ft (2.8m) wingspan and weighing over 16lbs (8Klg)
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Buitre Leonado Gyps fulvus
Abundant resident. Common migrant and numbers increase during winter. Spectacular bird with a 9ft (2.8m) wingspan and weighing over 16lbs (8Klg)
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Honey Buzzard
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Hoopoe
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Lesser Kestrel
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Abejero Pernis apivorus
Abundant migrant. Maximum daily count c.8000!!
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Abubilla Upupa epops
Common Migrant and summer resident. Winters in small numbers.
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Cernicalo Primilla Falco naumanni
Common migrant. Locally common summer resident. Small numbers winter.
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Long-eared Owl
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Night Heron
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Olivaceous Warbler
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Buho Chico Asio otus
Rare winter visitor. Possible summer/resident.
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Martinete Nycticorax nycticorax
Scarce migrant and summer visitor.
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Zarcero Palido Hippolias pallida
Scarce migrant and locally common summer resident.
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Orphean Warbler
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Red-Rumped Swallow
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Curruca Mirlona Sylvia hortensis
Common migrant and locally common summer resident.
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Curruca Mirlona Sylvia hortensis
Common migrant and locally common summer resident.
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Golondrina Daurica Hirundo daurica
Very common migrant and common summer resident.
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Ring Ouzel
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Rock Bunting
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Golondrina Daurica Hirundo daurica
Very common migrant and common summer resident.
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Mirlo Capiblanco Turdus torquatus
Common migrant and winter visitor.
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Escribano Montesino Emberiza cia
Very common resident.
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Rock Sparrow
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Rock Thrush
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Rock Thrush1
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Gorrion Chillon Petronia petronia
Common resident. Large flocks involved with autumn altitudinal dispersal.
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Roquero Rojo Monticola saxatilis
Locally common summer resident. Common migrant.
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Roquero Rojo Monticola saxatilis
Locally common summer resident. Common migrant.
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Ruppell's Vulture
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Ruppell's Vulture-Flight-under…
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Sardinian Warbler
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Buitre Moteado Gyps rueppellii
Very scarce winter visitor.
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Buitre Moteado Gyps rueppellii
Very scarce winter visitor. Picture courtesy of George Reszeter
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Curruca Cabecinegra Sylvia melanocephala
Abundant migrant and resident. Present also in higher altitudes as well as being a common garden bird.
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Serin
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Short-toed Eagle
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Verdecillo Serinus serinus
Abundant migrant and resident.
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Culebrera Circaetus gallicus
Very common migrant and summer resident. Huge numbers recorded daily during March each year.
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Culebrera Circaetus gallicus
Very common migrant and summer resident. Huge numbers recorded daily during March each year.
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Southern Grey Shrike
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Spanish Sparrow
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Sparrowhawk
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Alcaudon Real Meridional Lanius meridionalis
Common resident. Numbers increase in winter. Northern Great Grey Shrike also recorded during the winter months.
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Gorrion Moruno Passer hispaniolensis
Scarce resident and more numerous in winter. 1st recorded as a breeding bird in the Serrania 2006.
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Gavilan Accipiter nisus
Common resident and migrant. Numbers greatly increased during winter by scandinavian juveniles.
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Spectacled Warbler
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Sub-alpine Warbler
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Tawny Pipit
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Curruca Tomillera Sylvia conspicillata
Locally common summer resident. Winters in small numbers.
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Curruca Carrasquena Sylvia cantillans
Very common migrant and common summer resident.
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Bisbita Campestre Anthus campestris
Scarce, but can be locally common summer resident. Common migrant.
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Thekla Lark
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White Stork
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Cogujada Montesina Galerida theklae
Common resident. Large flocks can occur in winter at higher altitudes.
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Cogujada Montesina Galerida theklae
Common resident. Large flocks can occur in winter at higher altitudes.
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Ciguena Blanca Ciconia ciconia
Common migrant and local summer resident.
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Woodchat Shrike
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Woodchat Shrike1
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Ciguena Blanca Ciconia ciconia
Common migrant and local summer resident.
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Alcaudon Comun Lanius senator
Abundant migrant and very common summer resident.
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Alcaudon Comun Lanius senator
Abundant migrant and very common summer resident.
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Wryneck
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Torcecuello Jynx torquilla
Common migrant and scarce summer resident. Rare in winter.
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