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This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Azores. The avifauna of the Azores include a total of 430 species, of which one is endemic , and 7 have been introduced by humans. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of ...
The Azores bullfinch is now largely restricted to a small area (c. 580 hectares [1,400 acres]) [10]) of native laurisilva forest at the eastern end of São Miguel, 300–800 m (980–2,620 ft) asl (above sea level), mainly centred on Pico da Vara in the Serra da Tronqueira range, but also seasonally (September to December) around Salto do Cavalo, further westwards in the range.
The highest elevation on São Miguel is the Pico da Vara at 1,103 metres (3,619 ft). Lying at the eastern end of the island, it is the focus of a Special Protection Area containing the largest remnant of laurisilva forest on the island, which is home to the endemic and critically endangered bird, the Azores bullfinch.
Pico da Vara is the highest mountain on the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, and principal special protection of the Nature Reserve of Pico da Vara. The area around the mountain includes the largest remaining stand of the native laurisilva forest on the island, home to the critically endangered endemic Azores ...
The São Miguel goldcrest (Regulus regulus azoricus), Estrelinha-de-poupa in Portuguese, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. One of several goldcrest insular subspecies in the North Atlantic archipelagos of Macaronesia , it is endemic to São Miguel in the Azores where it is a non-migratory resident.
Category: Birds of the Azores. 5 languages. ... São Miguel scops owl; W. Western Azores goldcrest This page was last edited on 15 September 2017, at 11:40 ...
São Miguel do Araguaia, a municipality in the State of Goiás; São Miguel Arcanjo, Brazil, a municipality in the State of São Paulo; São Miguel da Baixa Grande, a municipality in the State of Piauí; São Miguel da Boa Vista, a municipality in the State of Santa Catarina; São Miguel dos Campos, a municipality in the State of Alagoas
São Miguel (Portuguese for Saint Michael) is a parish in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,659, [ 1 ] in an area of 12.60 km². [ 2 ]