Rutas ornitológicas
Sierras of Gúdar and Javalambre
Sierras of Gúdar and Javalambre
ITINERARIO
Recorrido circular por el corazón de la Sierra de Gúdar y las estribaciones de la Sierra de Javalambre, atravesando frondosos pinares, sabinares y los bosques mixtos que circundan los prados de alta montaña. El Río Mijares, eje vertebrador de ambas Sierras, aporta imponentes cortados rocosos y sotos fluviales en sus márgenes.
ESPECIES
RESIDENTES:Águila real, Buitre leonado, Halcón peregrino, Chova piquirroja, Azor, Verderón serrano, Piquituerto, Reyezuelos sencillo y listado, Trepador azul, Herrerillo capuchino, Mirlo acuático, Martín pescador, Cárabo, Pico picapinos, Zorzal charlo, Alcaudón real y Escribano soteño.
ESTIVALES: Alimoche, Culebrera europea, Aguililla calzada, Vencejo real, Alcaudón dorsirrojo, Escribano hortelano, Roquero rojo, Collalbas gris y rubia, Currucas rabilarga, carrasqueña, mosquitera, mirlona y tomillera, Oropéndola, Torcecuello, Golondrina dáurica, Abejero europeo, Colirrojo real.
INVERNANTES:Mirlo capiblanco, Zorzal real y alirrojo, Picogordo, Pinzón real, Escribano cerillo, Acentor alpino, Lúgano, Milano real, Esmerejón y Becada.
DE PASO: Milano negro, Papamoscas cerrojillo y Tarabilla norteña.
DESCRIPCIÓN
EPOCA RECOMENDADA: Todo el año, en invierno precaución con meteorología adversa.
HÁBITATS: Muy variados, desde los pastos de alta montaña, algunos de los sabinares mejor conservados de Europa, extensos bosques de coníferas, muelas y paredones rocosos, bosques de ribera y llanuras cerealistas
Piquituerto. Miguel Ángel García
Roquero rojo. Fotografía: Miguel Ángel García
BIRDS
Ortolan Bunting
Emberiza hortulana ES: Escribano hortelano Description L: 15-17cm; W:22-26cm; Dark-streaked brown back; ocher underparts, with a yellow throat and moustachial stripe; greenish head; brown bill, pinkish. The female is somewhat paler than the...
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlus ES: Escribano soteño Description L: 15-16.5cm; W:22-25.5cm; Bird of marked sexual dimorphism. Adults have brown backs and yellowish underparts; olive-brown rump; flanks with a brown spot and bluish bill; male has a striking...
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinella ES: Escribano cerillo Description L: 16cm; W:23-29cm; Bird with a marked atlantic character. Breeding male with yellow head, chestnut "moustachial stripe"; reddish-brown back, streaked with brown; reddish-brown rump and...
Eurasian Siskin
Carduelis spinus ES: Jilguero lúgano Description L: 12cm; W:20-23cm; Bird that presents a marked sexual dimorphism. Male with yellowish-green back, striped black; yellowish underparts and striated flanks; yellow rump; black crown and...
Brambling
Fringilla Montifringilla ES: pinzón real Description L: 14cm; W:24-26cm; This bird presents a marked sexual dimorphism, more striking in winter. Male breeding plumage with black head, bill, and back; in winter with a black-tipped yellowish...
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra ES: Piquituerto común Description L:15-17cm; W:27-30cm; Singular bird due to the peculiarity of its beak. It has a thick head and a low-cut tail; beak with curved and crossed mandibles. Brick-red male; greenish or...
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax ES: chova piquirroja Description L: 37-41cm; W:68-80cm; Corvid with uniform shiny black plumage; long curved bill; red beak and legs. Both sexes do not present differences in terms of plumage. Juveniles with fresh...
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes ES: Picogordo común Description L: 18cm; W:29-33cm. Striking bird for its colour and size. Both sexes have a similar appearance; if anything, the female with paler plumage than the male. Brown back with ocher...
Southern Grey Shrike
Lanius meridionalis ES: Alcaudón real Description L: 24-25cm; W:28-34cm; Bird with a grey back and pinkish-tinged light underparts; grey head with very thin white eyebrow, black mask; dark wing with a white patch at the base of the...
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurio ES: Alcaudón dorsirrojo Description L: 17cm; W:24-27cm; Bird that presents a significant sexual dimorphism. The adult male with a brown back, grey head and black mask; pale underparts, strong, hooked, black bill; the female...
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolus ES: Oropéndola europea Description L: 24cm; W:45 cm; Medium-sized bird, with a strong beak and striking colours, especially in males, which have a golden body and black wings and tail. The female and the juveniles are...
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaea ES:Trepador azul Description L: 12 - 14cm; W:22-27cm; Bird that has a bluish-grey colour on the upper part, on the lower part it has an ocher belly and chest and a white throat. Head with a black band from bill to neck; grey...
European Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatus ES: Herrerillo capuchino Description L: 11.5cm; W:17-20cm; Bird with black upperparts and whitish underparts, black throat, head with pale cheeks, and black eye stripe; crown with a crest of black feathers edged with...
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca ES: Papamoscas cerrojillo Description L: 12-13cm; W:21.5-24cm; Males in breeding plumage have a black back and white below; white grey forehead and rump; black wings with a wide white patch, and a black tail with white...
Common Firecrest
Regulus ignicacapilla ES: Reyezuelo listado Description Small bird similar to the Goldcrest. Adult with yellowish-green plumage and head with a yellow crown in the female and orange in the male; black and white bands on the face. Juveniles...
Goldcrest
Regulus regulus ES: Reyezuelo sencillo Description Small bird. Adult with yellow-green plumage and grey face; head with a yellow crown in the female and orange in the male. Juveniles lack a crown. Observation difficulty: Easy Status:...
Citril Finch
Carduelis citrinella ES: verderón serrano Description L: 12cm; W:12-14cm; Bird of gregarious behaviour that presents sexual dimorphism. Both sexes have a general yellowish-green colour, with grey nape and sides of the neck; two green wing...
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borin ES: Curruca mosquitera Description L: 14cm; W:20-25cm; Species without striking characters, with similar plumage for both sexes, not being possible to differentiate them. It has an olive-brown back, lighter in the lower parts,...
Western Orphean Warbler
Sylvia hortensis ES: Curruca mirlona Description L: 15cm; W:20-25 cm; The largest of the Iberian warblers. The male has a black mask, forehead and crown, and a white throat; highlights the whitish iris; back grey-brown, smooth; wings and...
Subalpine Warbler
Sylvia cantillan ES: Curruca carrasqueña Description L: 12cm; W:15-19cm; Species of marked sexual dimorphism; the male is very colourful with bluish-grey head and back, coppery throat and chest; red orbital ring and white moustachial...
Spectacled Warbler
Sylvia conspicillata ES: Curruca tomillera Description L: 13-13 cm; W:13-17 cm; Usually unnoticed due to its small size and elusive habits. It shows a marked sexual dimorphism. Male with a grey head and white eyering; brown back and pinkish...
Dartford Warbler
Sylvia undataES: Curruca rabilarga Description L: 12-13cm; W:13-19cm; Species with elusive habits, with similar plumage in both sexes. It has a dark grey back and vinous underparts; vinaceous throat with white flecks; long tail; with...
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus ES: zorzal charlo Description L: 26-29cm; W:42-47cm; The Mistle Thrush is the largest of the Turdidae, with brown plumage above; pale underparts, streaked brown, mottling is extensive and rounded on belly and flanks; clear...
Redwing
Turdus iliacus ES: zorzal alirrojo Description L: 21cm; W:60-65cm; Brown above, pale underparts with brown streaking, well-marked pale eyebrow, reddish flanks, black flanges, white moustachial stripe, reddish-brown undercovert feathers....
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris ES: zorzal real Description L: 22-27cm; W:39-42cm; Gray head and back of neck; chestnut-coloured back; grey rear of back; dark tail; white belly; pale flank, black-spotted; undercovert feathers white; yellow bill with ocher...
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatus ES: mirlo capiblanco Description L: 23-24cm; W:38-42cm; Adult male in black breeding plumage; chest patch pure white; yellow bill with brown tip; in winter plumage with grey-edged plumage and brown bill with yellowish tip....
Common Rock Thrush
Monticola saxatilis ES: roquero rojo Description L: 18.5cm; W:33-37cm; Species that presents a marked sexual dimorphism during the breeding season; the rest of the year, both sexes are more similar, with discreet plumage; grey-brown...
Black-eared Wheatear
Oenanthe hispanicaES: collalba rubia Description L: 14cm; W:25-27cm; Male in breeding plumage with reddish ocher back; rump and upper coverts creamy white; black wings with white trim on the feathers; throat and sides of head black or black...
Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe ES: Collalba gris Description L: 14-16cm; W:26-32cm; Male with grey back; black wings; white forehead and black bands on sides of the head; white eyebrow; wing feathers and covert feathers black. White underparts. The...
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra ES: Tarabilla norteña Description L: 13cm; W:21-24cm; Species with a brown back, speckled with dark; head with well-marked eyebrow, white in the male and yellowish in the female; brown wing, with white on inner coverts;...
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurus ES: Colirrojo real Description L: 14cm; W:22-24cm; Species with marked sexual dimorphism. The breeding male is very striking, with a white forehead and eyebrow, black face and throat; orange chest and flanks; grey...
Alpine Accentor
Prunella collaris ES: Acentor alpino Description L: 15-17cm, W:30-32cm; Larger than the Common, although similar. Gray with brown markings; greyish underparts, with chestnut flanks; white throat with black streaks; wings with dark coverts...
White-throated Dipper
Cinclus cinclus ES: Mirlo-acuático europeo Description L: 17 -20cm; W:25-30cm; Bird with dark brown back, brown head and belly; throat and white chest; short wings and tail; plump in shape and well adapted to aquatic life, feathers closely...
Red-rumped Swallow
Cecropis daurica ES: Golondrina dáurica Description L: 17cm, W: 33cm. Bird with bluish-black areas on upperparts; ocher nape and rump; pale underparts and diffusely striated; with a forked tail and long outer tail feathers. Both sexes with...
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major ES: Pico picapinos Description L: 23-26 cm. W: 38 – 44 cm. Back black, with two white spots on shoulders: white throat and chest; red underparts; white cheek and forehead; dark with white mottling wings; black tail with...
Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquillaES: Torcecuello euroasiático Description L: 16-17cm W: 25-27cm. This insectivorous bird has cryptic plumage with a grey-brown back; grey underparts with ocher chest and throat; transversely streaked grey and brown tail; brown...
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis ES: Martín pescador comúnr Description L: 15-17cm W: 24-26cm. Bluish above, brownish-orange below, white throat, with a white spot on both sides of the neck. Sexual dimorphism is not very evident and is limited to the colour...
Alpine Swift
Apus melba ES: Vencejo real Description L: 21-22cm, W:57cm. It shows greyish-brown colouration on the back, white underparts, and pectoral band brownish-grey. Silhouette in the shape of a crossbow, with long and pointed wings, tail more...
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoES: cárabo común Descripción L: 37-43cm; W: 81-96cm; Back gray or reddish, with dark streaks; light underparts streaked with dark; reddish-brown, vermiculated flight feathers; head with complete gray facial discs and no “ears”;...
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus ES: Halcón peregrino Description L: 38-51cm; W: 89-113cm; The largest of the falcons of the Iberian Peninsula. Adults with bluish gray back; pale underparts, finely barred with dark; dark head with broad mustache; tail...
Merlin
Falco columbariusES: Esmerejón Description L: 26-33cm; W: 55-69cm; The smallest of the European falcons. Adult male with slate gray back, finely striated; reddish underparts, streaked with brown; dark gray tail, with thin bands smaller than...
Booted Eagle
Aquila pennata ES: Águila calzada Description L: 42-51cm; W:110-135cm; With feathers on the tarsi, covering even the fingers. It has two types of plumagW: a light phase with white underparts; neck and breast often with a tawny band; ocher...
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos ES: Águila real Description L: 76-96cm; W: 180-230cm; One of the best known birds of prey. The adult has dark brown plumage; head and nape golden; tail with diffuse transverse bands. In adult birds, the male has a darker...
Northern Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis ES: Azor común Description L: 49-56cm; W: 89-122cm; Forest raptor with short, rounded wings and a long tail; yellow or orange eyes; tail with 4-5 brown bands; brown-gray upperparts; pale underparts finely streaked with...
Short-toed Snake Eagle
Circaetus gallicusES: Culebrera europea Description L: 62-69cm; W: 160-175cm; Raptor with brown back and large head; tail with four transverse dark bands, the terminal one wider; dark throat and chest; white underparts streaked with brown;...
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvus ES: Buitre leonador Description L: 95-110cm; W: 230-265cm; The most common of the Iberian vultures. Naked head and neck, with whitish down; light feather ruff; tawny plumage, with darker wings and tail; gray beak and claws...
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron perchnopterus ES: Alimoche común Description L: 55-65cm; W: 148-171cm; Adults white except wing feathers; head and throat without feathers, yellow. Both sexes are of similar size and plumage, the male being a little smaller than...
Red Kite
Milvus milvus ES: Milano real Description L: 60-66cm; W: 154-166cm; Back and neck brown, fringed with chestnut and reddish in appearance; reddish underparts, streaked; cap and nape whitish and streaked; wings brown, with a pale base, and a...
Black Kite
Milvus migransES: Milano negro Descripción L: 55-60cm; W: 130-155cm. Brown-backed bird; striped reddish brown underparts; clear crown streaked with black; Wings dark brown, with a diffuse dark spot at the base of the primaries; barred...
European Honey Buzzard
Pernis apivorus ES: Abejero europeo Description L:52-59cm, W:115-135cm. Bird with a brown back and some pale fringes; light underside with dark mottling; wings brown and light on the underside; with a general appearance very similar to the...
