Spain Special Protection Area for birds
Sierra Mágina
95 bird species recorded; the most in July.
Ziegler175 · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
35 species in January.19 species in February.18 species in March.55 species in April.42 species in May.53 species in June.68 species in July.35 species in August.58 species in September.45 species in October.45 species in November.35 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
95 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).
- 95Speciesrecorded more than once
- 38Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,179Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,635 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 12Raptors
- 2Owls
- 67Songbirds
- 14Other 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 95 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
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusNT
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Spanish Imperial EagleAquila adalbertiVU
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Songbirds67 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great titParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalisVU
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Western Orphean WarblerSylvia hortensis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Dartford WarblerSylvia undata
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaNT
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Picus sharpeiPicus sharpei
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European SwiftApus apus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
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 July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan10°/0°33 mm
- Feb11°/0°33 mm
- Mar14°/2°44 mm
- Apr18°/5°36 mm
- May23°/9°23 mm
- Jun30°/14°6 mm
- Jul34°/17°2 mm
- Aug33°/17°5 mm
- Sep26°/13°25 mm
- Oct21°/8°37 mm
- Nov13°/3°45 mm
- Dec11°/0°40 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Sierra Mágina.
Protected area in Jaén, Spain
Sierra Mágina is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Spain, 1,635 m above the sea.
95 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,179 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Chaffinch, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Common Wood Pigeon.
23 species come for the summer, 14 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Iberian Grey Shrike, European Turtle Dove and Spanish Imperial Eagle.
The most species are recorded in July.
Get there and watch
- Camping El Cantonetcampsite · 10 km · 1 within 10 km
- Refugio de Miramundosplace to stay · 1.1 km · 6 within 10 km
- Bélmez de la Moraledanearest town · 4.4 km in a straight line
- F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 67 km in a straight lineCar hire at GRX airport (Granada)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
- 4marked trails within 4 kmCaño del Aguadero, Vereda de Mágina, Subida a Pico Mágina y Miramundos and 1 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmCentro de Visitantes Mata-Bejid
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmCamping El Cantonet
- 6places to stay within 10 kmRefugio de Miramundos, Casa Rural Casa Sofía, Hotel Rural Puerto Mágina and 3 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 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 Mágina.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas10 mountains within 25 kmPico Miramundos · 1.3 kmPico Mágina2,165 m · 3.1 kmPico Almadén · 3.1 kmPeña Jaén2,147 m · 3.8 kmCerro Cárceles2,061 m · 4.5 kmCerro Monteagudo1,684 m · 6.1 kmAznaitín1,745 m · 10 kmSierra de Alta Coloma1,696 m · 24 km
Cascadyas2 waterfalls within 15 kmCascada del Zurreón · 6.1 kmEl Zurreón waterfall · 7.0 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 Mágina
Spain
- 52Birdyas Score
- 95Species
- 38Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6063113) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,179 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, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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