| ORDER: Passeriformes | Birds This order is the most numerous, with about 5,000 species with many different characters. |
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| FAMILY | Description |
| Alaudidae | Small birds, typical of deforested land, with brown cryptic colors. They run fast hiding in the irregularities of the terrain, but they are also good flying. They have relatively long legs, with very long toenails, like other land birds. They are territorial and the songs of zeal and territory - in the absence of natural innkeepers in the places they inhabit - are carried out in flight. They nest on the ground and the chickens leave the nest long before they know how to fly. |
| Hirundinidae | Very flying, weak-legged birds with aerodynamic silhouette, long wings and bracketed or at least low-cut tail. Sometimes they get confused with the swifts, because of the convergence of occupying a similar ecological niche. They feed on aeroplankton and nest frequently in rocks or buildings. The dominant colors are combinations of black, brown and white. |
| Muscicapidae | Small birds, erect posture when perched. They catch flying insects that they catch by throwing themselves from their innkeeper. In Aragon two species of muted colors (gray, black, white). |
| Sylviidae | Small birds and colorful little colorful. Some are arboreal and tirelessly walk the branches looking for insects they feed on, others inhabit the reeds and even, in their substitution, the cereal fields. In some species the sexes differ; they are territorial and the males in general have remarkable songs of zeal. |
| Turdidae | They are birds of small and medium size and in general with little flashy colorations, which compensate with their songs. |
| Troglodytidae | This family of Neotropical origin has a single representative species, the chochin. They are small birds, active, brown plumage, not very striking, but very powerful voice. |
| Cinclidae | They are the only aquatic passerines.
They look like big chochines, with their plump body and short tail that they lift vertically and also because of the large globular nests they build. |
| Prunellidae | Terrestrial birds, with colorful dullness and fake appearance. |
| Motacillidae | Land birds that inhabit deforested land or river beaches. As land birds they have the very long toe nail and run quickly. |
| Laniidae | The shrike family is a clear example of convergent evolution.
Predators of large insects and small vertebrates, their beak is strong and hooked, with a cleft in the upper jaw, like that of hawks. |
| Sittidae | Climbing birds too, but with greater mobility than the previous species, because they can both go up and down, jumping down the trunks upside down and without helping with the tail. They are insectivorous, but in winter they complete their diet with acorns, beeches, hazelnuts, etc. A single species in Aragon, the blue climber. |
| Paridae | Very active little birds, sometimes beautifully colored, looking for their food in the tree branches, adopting acrobatic postures, often hanging upside down. |
| Fringillidae | They are conical beak birds, specializing in seeds. Despite this, most feed - at least partially - on insects, during the breeding season. In general, the color - often bright - differentiates males. They are good singers and since their food is easily accessible, they are the birds that are most frequently held in captivity. |
| Sturnidae | The two starling species that can be seen in Aragon are medium-sized and black birds, with a strong straight beak and a short square tail. |
| Oriolidae | Medium sized birds. A single species in Europe, the oriole, as beautiful as hard to see because of its distrustful behavior. |
| Corvidae | Birds of medium or large size (among them are the largest passerines), with a robust beak. |
A small list of species in Aragon would be the following:
| Vertebrates | Invertebrates |
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MammalsBirdsReptilesAmphibiansFishes |
MetazoansProtozoa |
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images about the fauna in Aragon. photographs on invertebrates. beneficial animals for agriculture. | |
Also Aragon enjoys a diverse and varied Nature where passing by plants, animals, Geology, or landscapes we can arrive at a fantastic bestiary that lives in its monuments.
The information will not be complete without a stroll by its three provinces, with shutdown in some of its spectacular landscapes like Ordesa, the Moncayo, Monegros or by opposition the Ebro.
Also you can dedicarte to the intangible ones: from the legend compilation that also does to universal Aragon.
Fauna |
Flora |
Geology |
Fungi |
Water
Landscapes |
Monegros |
Moncayo |
Ebro |
Ordesa
Bestiary |
Books |
Buffon |
Activities |
Culturales |
Zh2o |
Photografies
Document |
Nature in Aragon
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