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If you want lots of birds then Tenerife isn't the place to go. We had to work hard to find birds even though the general habitat looks lush.

Amongst the other birds we noted in this habitat were Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Pallid Swift, Eurasian Blackbird, Canary Islands Kinglet (Tenerife Goldcrest)

We arrived with no one else about and first bird in the car park was predictably Blue Chaffinch. A pair were feeding around the picnic tables.

Land birds included Berthelot's Pipits (fairly common), Spanish Sparrow (around the fringes of the golf course), Hoopoe, Kestrel, Great Grey Shrike and a

News of a bird in Tenerife in August 2002 were broadcasted through the net: an immature had been found at Erjos Ponds, Tenerife, on 23.8 (Rami Lindroos,

On 23.11.2001 a bird which apparently seemed a member of Rallidae family was found at Parque García Sanabria, the main urban park of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

A local common bird on Tenerife, at lower altitudes. Seen daily. A rather common and widespread bird on both Tenerife and Fuerteventura,

A Tenerife blog and Tenerife information site where the content is provided by residents of Tenerife, Tenerife business owners and visitors to Tenerife.,

Many of the birds seen on Tenerife are typical European and north African species. You are quite likely to encounter familiar garden birds such as the

1 near the Golf de Tenerife Hotel in the Golf del Sur. I did not pay any attention to the bird at the time but now I think it may have been the latter

We visited Tenerife again this March (see also report from January 1997), One bird in Parque Taoro, lighter and more yellow than local Chiffchaffs and

Birding Tenerife-canary islands Spain including the Canary & Balearic Isles.

"Where to Watch Birds in Tenerife" by Eduardo Garcia del Rey is also useful. This describes a wider range of sites, some of which were well worth visiting.

With many pressing global issue grabbing the headlines, news about our feathered friends tends to get pushed onto the back burner, rarely even reaching the

Early bird in Tenerife, Canary Islands - Choose your early bargain here.

Bird of Prey Tenerife Jungle Park Parque Las Aguila All kinds of Birds of Prey Falcons Vultures flying cathing meat gliding and soaring.

Whilst we were surprised at the general lack of bird life on Tenerife, however we were delighted to have had 100% success for our target species,

Special birds of Tenerife include Blue Chaffinch, Canary, Bolle's Pigeon, Laurel Pigeon and Berthelot's Pipit. Main Accommodation Index top.

Magazine, British Birds, vol. 89, no. 9, 1996. Page, 379 - 386. Contents, A summary of the present knowledge on the Tenerife Kinglet [Regulus teneriffae]

http://www.pbase.com/image/21799524 So are they quite common in Tenerife? Can anyone recommend a website that shows you all birds in Tenerife?

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