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Alpine accentor
Prunella collaris
It lives on rocky mountain slopes and can reach an altitude of up to 2,200 metres. They are 18 centimetres in size and, like all accentors, are wary and “clumsy” when walking. They breed from May to June in a nest they make on the ground among rocks or vegetation. They feed mainly on insects, and in winter, when food is scarce, they supplement their diet with berries and seeds.
Alpine chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
It inhabits the Pyrenees and Picos de Europa, with smaller numbers in the rest of the humid strip. It differs from the red-billed woodpecker in that it has a straighter, shorter yellow bill. It measures 38 centimetres and completes its entomophagous diet with seeds in small quantities. It breeds and nests in rock crevices and rarely goes down to the plain or the coast.
Atlantic canary
Serinus canarius
Like all fringillids, it feeds on seeds and has a short, strong beak. It nests in trees, bushes or on the ground.
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
With its characteristic triangular, coloured bill, this small, stubby-looking seabird uses the islands as a resting place during its migratory passages. Despite this, it is very difficult to observe.
Audouin’s Gull
Larus audouinii
It is less sociable than other birds of its genus, although it breeds in colonies. It is a bird of the open sea. It feeds on fish and crustaceans in coastal or offshore breakers, generally disdaining human scraps. It nests on the ground, in nests made of plants. Around May it lays 2 to 3 eggs, which are incubated by both parents. It is a very marine bird and prefers small islands to continental coasts. It can also be seen offshore, far from land, in coves and humid coastal areas, generally brackish.
Azure-winged magpie
Cyanopica cyana
It is a wary bird that responds loudly to any hint of danger. The nests of the yellow-rumped tropicbird are grouped in colonies, and the members of the group are so close that the chicks are fed by their parents and by other specimens. The yellow-rumped tropicbird is distributed in two very specific and distant areas of the world, one in Spain and Portugal and the other in East Asia. The holm oak pastures and the stone pine and oak forests are the places where we find this Iberian endemic species. It feeds on insects of all sizes, beetles and unicorns, which it cuts up with its powerful beak, lizards and other small vertebrates, such as frogs and toads, and complements its diet with seeds of all kinds.
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