Ornithological wealth of Buda Island
The Island of Buda offers a unique nature frame, unique and singular. A biologically rich landscape that brings together communities of waterfowl most important in Catalonia.
In Buda birds have international relevance both for reasons of quantity by the number of individuals counted, and quality, the variety of species cited. The “Calaixos” Buddha house interesting waterfowl nesting colonies of waders, ducks and herons, among which stand out the glossy ibis (plegadis falcinellus) and great egret (Egretta alba) as a single species in Catalonia.
During winter thousands of birds from northern Europe come to escape the cold and delta are large concentrations of ducks, coots and waders in the ponds and in flooded rice fields. The surveys conducted annually by the Nature show that 50% of birds are in Delta Buda, so that half of the birds of the delta are concentrated in 3% of its surface. They have come to see more than 350 of the nearly 600 species in Europe, which makes the island of Buda in one of the richest areas of Catalonia in ornithological wildlife.
Below is a list of links the most abundant species in the ponds and rice paddies along the year.
Tadorna tadorna
Anas strepera
Anas crecca
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas acuta
Anas clypeata
Anas penélope
Netta rufina
Anthya ferina
Anthya fuligula
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Podiceps nigricollis
Podiceps cristatus
Phalacrocórax Carbo
Nycticorax nycticorax
Ixobrychus minutus
Ardeola ralloides
Bubulcus ibis
Egretta garzetta
Egretta alba
Ardea cinerea
Ardea purpurea
Plegadis falcinellus
Phoenicopterus ruber
Fulica atra
Rallus aquaticus
Porphyrio porphyrio
Gallinula chloropus
Himantopus himantopus
Recurvirostra aboceta
Glareola pratincola
Calidris alba
Charadrius alexandrinus
Gallinago gallinago
Tringa erithropus
Tringa totanus
Tringa ochropus
Vanellus vanellus
Haematopus ostralegus
Limosa limosa
Larus audouinii
Larus genei
Larus ridibundus
Larus argentatus
Chlidonias hybrida
Gelochelidon nilotica
Sterna sandvicensis
Sterna hirundo
Sterna albifrons
Circus aeruginosus
Pandion haliaetus
Pica pica
Cuculus canorus
Otus scops
Tyto alba
Alcedo atthis
Upupa epops
Calandrella rufescens
Galerita cristata
Hirundo rustica
Motacilla flava
Sturnus vulgaris
Sturnus unicolor
Cettia cetti
Locustella luscinioides
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Acrocephalus melanopogon
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Cisticola juncidis
Ficedula hypoleuca
Panurus biarmicus
Remiz pendulinus
Passer domesticus
Passer montanus
Emberiza schoeniclus
Common Shelduck
Gadwall
Eurasian Tell
Mallard
Pintail
Shoulever
Eurasian Wigeon
Red-Crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
Little Grebe
Black Necked Grebe
Great-crested Grebe
Grat-crested Grebe
Great Cormoran
Night Heron
Littel Bittern
Squacco Heron
Cattle Egret
Little egret
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Glossy Ibis
Greater Flamingo
Common Coot
Water Rail
Purple Swamp-Hen
Moor Hen
Black-winged Stilt
Avocet
Collared Pranticole
Sanderling
Kentish Plover
Common Snipe
Spotted Redshank
Common Redshank
Green Sandpiper
Northern Lapwing
Oyster Catcher
Black-tailed Godwit
Audooin·s Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Whiskered Tern
Gull-Billed Tern
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Little Tern
Marsch Harrier
Osprey
Magpie
Common Cuckoo
Eurasian Scoops Owl
Barn Owl
Common Kingsfisher
Hoopol
Lesser Short-Toed Lark
Crested Lark
Barn Swallow
Blue-headed Wagtail
Common Starling
Spotless Starling
Cetti·s Warbler
Savi·s Warbler
Reed Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Zitting Cisticola
Pied Flycatcher
Bearded Tit
Penduline Tit
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Reed Bunting
Natrix natrix
Emys orbicularis
Rana ridibunda
Grass Snake
Galápago europeo
Rana verde común
Gambusia holbrooki
Carassius auratus
Silurus glanis
Dicentrarchus labrax
Atheryna boyeri
Liza saliens
Mugil cephalus
Anguila anguila
Aphanius iberus
Mosquitofish
Crucian carp
Sheatfish
Sea Bass
Small Sandsmelt
Leaping Grey Mullet
Mullet
Eal
Spanish Toothcarp
Limonium densissimum
Limonium girardianum
Limoniastrum monopetalum
Tamarix africana
Tamarix boveana
Tamarix canariensis
Tamariz negro
Taray
Taray de Canarias
Erinaceus europaeus
Pipistrellus nathusi
Sea Urchin
Nathusius Pipistrelle Bat
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1420
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Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand.
Mediterranean and Thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi)
Mediterranean salt steppes (Lomonietalia)