Site Report: Las Penitas
Las Penitas
Southern Gray Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
African Blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae) - Fuerteventura
Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) - Male
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
European Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) - Female
Fuerteventura Stonechat (Saxicola dacotiae) - Male
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Haria Lizard (Gallotia atlantica)
Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara)
Barbary Ground Squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)
European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
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Las Penitas
Southern Gray Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
African Blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae) - Fuerteventura
Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) - Male
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
European Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) - Female
Fuerteventura Stonechat (Saxicola dacotiae) - Male
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Haria Lizard (Gallotia atlantica)
Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara)
Barbary Ground Squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)
European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Desert Oasis
Visits
- 2015-03-24: We drove up into the mountains to check out the old village of Betancuria, while we were there, we found a good trail heading along a small creek through the desert.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (19 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(19 records)
Class: Birds
(15 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- European Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
- Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(6 records)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- African Blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Fuerteventura Stonechat (Saxicola dacotiae)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
- Spectacled Warbler (Curruca conspicillata)
- Family: Shrikes
- Southern Gray Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara)
Class: Mammals
(3 records)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Bovids
- Domestic Goat (Capra hircus)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Barbary Ground Squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Wall Lizards
- Haria Lizard (Gallotia atlantica)