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Important Bird Areas of Portugal (2 C, 2 P) ... Pages in category "Fauna of Portugal" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
Portugal as a whole is an important stopover for migratory bird species: the southern marshes of the eastern Algarve (Ria Formosa, Castro Marim) and the Lisbon Region (Tagus Estuary, Sado Estuary) hosting various aquatic bird species, the Bonelli's eagle and Egyptian vulture on the northern valleys of the Douro International, the black stork ...
Fauna of Portugal may refer to: List of birds of Portugal; List of mammals of Portugal; See also. Outline of Portugal This page was last ...
The Tapada Nacional de Mafra is conspicuous, due to its rich flora and fauna. The Tapada was created in the reign of King John V for the royal delight of the monarch, as a hunting preserve. With an area of 8 km 2 the park included species of stag, boar, fox, rapine birds and several other species.
This is a list of cities in Portugal. In Portugal , a city ( Portuguese : cidade ) is an honorific term given to locations that meet several criteria, such as having a minimum number of inhabitants good infrastructure (schools, medical care, cultural and sports facilities), or have a major historical importance.
Created in May 1971, it is the oldest protected area and the only national park in Portugal. It covers an area of 695.9 km 2 (268.7 sq mi), occupying the Districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, and Vila Real and bordering the Spanish Baixa Limia – Serra do Xurés natural park to the north, with which forms the UNESCO biosphere reserve of Gerês ...
Madeira Natural Park, established in 1982, protects an area of 444 square kilometres (171 sq mi), covering most of Madeira including the island's remaining laurissilva forests. From the 1980s goats and sheep were removed from the forests and the non-forested areas of the park, which has allowed the forest understory and shrublands to recover.
The area occupied by oak forests corresponds above all to the southwest quadrant of the peninsula, but also to Catalonia, Menorca and even the non-coastal valleys of Galicia. They often alternate with the oaks, which occupy the drier slopes and with the quejigares of Algerian oak ( Quercus canariensis ), that occupy the ravines and cool, shady ...