Spain Special Protection Area for birds
Sierra de Hornachuelos Natural Park
82 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Ana Belén Arévalo Becerra · CC BY-SA 2.0
This month here
14 species in January.34 species in February.41 species in March.74 species in April.51 species in May.22 species in June.35 species in July.0 species in August.0 species in September.14 species in October.7 species in November.0 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
82 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 82Speciesrecorded more than once
- 31Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 624Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 424 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 12Raptors
- 2Owls
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 48Songbirds
- 16Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 82 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Spanish Imperial EagleAquila adalbertiVU
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Dartford WarblerSylvia undata
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
Other birds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNT
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- European SwiftApus apus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Picus sharpeiPicus sharpei
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- WryneckJynx torquilla
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan13°/2°46 mm
- Feb14°/3°49 mm
- Mar18°/5°65 mm
- Apr21°/8°53 mm
- May26°/12°33 mm
- Jun32°/16°5 mm
- Jul37°/19°1 mm
- Aug36°/20°7 mm
- Sep30°/16°28 mm
- Oct24°/12°68 mm
- Nov17°/6°66 mm
- Dec14°/3°62 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Sierra de Hornachuelos Natural Park.
Protected area in Andalusia, Spain
Sierra de Hornachuelos Natural Park is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Spain, 424 m above the sea.
82 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 624 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the Griffon Vulture.
19 species come for the summer, 10 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove and Spanish Imperial Eagle.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Área de Hornachueloscampsite · 8.1 km · 1 within 10 km
- Albergue Río Secretoplace to stay · 9.4 km · 1 within 10 km
- Hornachuelosnearest town · 8.3 km in a straight line
- Córdoba Airport (ODB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 km in a straight lineCar hire at SVQ airport (Seville)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1campsites within 10 kmÁrea de Hornachuelos
- 1places to stay within 10 kmAlbergue Río Secreto
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Sierra de Hornachuelos Natural Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas17 mountains within 25 kmLoma del Tabaco · 5.4 kmCerro del Peco · 6.8 kmLoma del Vellón · 9.9 kmEl Rascabijal · 9.9 kmRodal del Gato · 11 kmSierra Traviesa · 14 kmCerro Escoboso · 20 kmCerro del Hornillo · 24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmBembézar Reservoir4.3 km² · 4.8 kmRetortillo Reservoir3.4 km² · 10 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Sierra de Hornachuelos Natural Park
Spain
- 48Birdyas Score
- 82Species
- 31Migrants
- 2Threatened
Reserva natural Lagunas de Campillos
Spain · 103 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 218Species
- 112Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1793773) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 624 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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