| Authors | Eduardo de Juana & Ernest Garcia |
| ISBN | 9781408124802 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 688 |
| Size | 240 x 170 mm |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Images | Colour images and distribution maps |
| Year published | 2015 |
The Iberian Peninsula is one of Europe's most ornithologically varied regions offering a host of regional specialities. It includes famous birding hotspots such as the Coto Donaña wetlands, mountainous areas such as the Picos de Europa and the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean cork and holm oak forests of the southwest, the migration crossroads of the Strait of Gibraltar and the steppe-like plains of Extremadura and Alentejo. Large numbers of birders from around Europe visit the region to see this wealth of winged wildlife, but to date there has been no comprehensive regional avifauna in English.
Birds of the Iberian Peninsula is a national avifauna that fills this gap in the ornithological literature. Full-colour throughout, the book begins with authoritative introductory chapters covering subjects such as geography, climate, habitats, the history of Iberian ornithology and the composition of the avifauna. The species accounts then cover every species recorded in mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra, including the many vagrants. For each species there is detailed treatment of distribution – with maps of breeding and wintering ranges – habitat selection, population trends, historical and current status, migration and conservation.
Contents
1. Preface 4
2. Acknowledgments 5
3. A brief history of Iberian avifaunal studies 6
4. Iberia: geography and climate 9
The Iberian Peninsula and its islands 9
The geography of mainland Iberia 10
The Balearic Islands 12
Other peninsular archipelagos 12
Climate 13
The Bioclimatic Zones. Temperature and Precipitation 13
Climate change 15
5. Habitats 16
Mediterranean evergreen plant communities 16
Eurosiberian plant communities 17
Other natural habitats 18
Man-made habitats 22
6. The Iberian avifauna 25
Breeding species 25
Breeding birds of the Iberian climatic regions 27
Recent changes in the Iberian breeding avifauna 27
Wintering species 32
Migrants and migration 34
Migrant species 34
Migration 34
Seabird movements 36
Trans-Pyrenean movements 38
Landbird migration at the Strait of Gibraltar 38
7. Introduction to the species accounts 40
8.The Systematic List 51
9. Category D species 608
Appendices 614
1. Category E1 species 614
2. Breeding species of conservation concern 615
3. Scientific names of animals and plants mentioned in the text 617
4. List of Spanish regional bird reports 618
5. List of Spanish and Portuguese rarity reports 620
References 621
Indexes 681
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