New one Guide to the Birds of Spain, The reference tool in this field has increased its content this year with the ’emergence’ of 88 species not previously included. There are many reasons for this, but among them is the increasingly noticeable presence of birds alien to Spanish ecosystems, coming to our country ‘pushed’ by global warming.
Guide to the Birds of Spain, in web format In app format for iOS and Android, According to the report of the Spanish Association, it is designed to improve, update and complement the knowledge of both ornithologists and all people who love birds in Spain, as well as to initiate and motivate the less specialized public to enter the fascinating world of birds. This documentary resource is maintained and managed by Ornithology (SEO/BirdLife).
Its design provides easy and intuitive use and It contains all the elements sufficient to get to know each genre in depth: distribution, status, biology and phenology with the sounds of their songs, photos, videos and maps to recognize and enjoy birds from anywhere or any field observation.
The guide is based on the latest Spanish Bird List for 2022. Includes cards for 632 bird speciesand provides information on all types of Spanish bird life. “This review and update has resulted in a new and improved Guide to Spanish birdlife, a place of reference for ornithologists and bird enthusiasts,” said Ramón Martí, Director of Corporate Development at SEO/BirdLife.
New additions
As a result of the update, Bird Guide contains 88 species not present in the former (18 habitual and 70 occasional). The reasons for the emergence of these new additions are mainly three:
First of all, there are situations that obey a rule. taxonomic revision that is, evaluations of already known birds such as the Maghreb magpie, western warbler, western wheatear or Gran Canaria bluefinch have been reclassified.
However, there are also new birds that have not been observed before in Spain. This is the occurrence of invasive exotic species such as orange-faced or black-rumped estrildas.
Extreme weather brings new visitors
And thirdly, other genres appear.Increase in extreme weather events such as drought and rising temperatures,as in the case of the spotted vulture, the Moorish swallow or the Moorish vulture.
Moreover, as the frequency and duration of haze events increase in the company of the persistent Sirocco, these phenomena are drifting into examples of typical North African species such as the yellow-billed kite or the Abyssinian roller, extending from Africa to the Canary Islands.
Finally, increasing seawater temperatures Intensity and frequency of hurricanes and tropical cyclones altering migration of Nearctic speciesThis is resulting in more and more specimens from different species, such as the Pacific loon or the North American great tern, coming to Spain.
“There is a deep taxonomic review. New bird families appear and others disappear. Moreover, A large number of species change families, and the nomenclature of some genera and species is changed ; III of the birds during the breeding season in Spain. Geographic distribution and population data have also been updated, using the species monographs as a starting point, together with the atlas and the results of the censuses published to date,” explains SEO/BirdLife.
Similarly, from the 2021 Red Book of Birds of Spain, The guide also updates the conservation status of different species, It includes the main threats and recommended protection measures where appropriate. On the other hand, III. Thanks to the information collected in the Bird Atlas during the breeding season in Spain, each page contains accurate and up-to-date information on the breeding season of birds.
Finally, most of the information in the guide is Citizen Science Area’s bird monitoring programsSEO/BirdLife as well as the organization’s Working Groups with hundreds of volunteers participating in data logging.
PlayStore link to download the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alborgis.seo
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