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Spain

From the cork oak dehesas of Extremadura to the green mountains of Asturias, and from the wild Galician coast to the Strait of Gibraltar. Spain is the land of the Iberian lynx, the imperial eagle and the brown bear, and of a cuisine that lives from the sea. Below you will find twenty animals, grouped by habitat.

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Guides: Whales at Tarifa · Doñana · Seeing brown bears in Asturias · Seeing the Iberian lynx · Vulture watching in Monfragüe · Seasonal calendar for Spain

Habitat · Spain

Animals of the dehesa & sierra

Drawn illustration of an Iberian lynx

Iberian lynx

Lynx pardinus

Drawn illustration of a cinereous vulture

Cinereous vulture

Aegypius monachus

Drawn illustration of a Spanish imperial eagle

Spanish imperial eagle

Aquila adalberti

Drawn illustration of a great bustard

Great bustard

Otis tarda

Drawn illustration of a red-legged partridge

Red-legged partridge

Alectoris rufa

Drawn illustration of a common genet

Common genet

Genetta genetta

Drawn illustration of a European rabbit

European rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Habitat · Spain

Animals of the mountains

Drawn illustration of a brown bear in Asturias

Brown bear

Ursus arctos

Drawn illustration of an Iberian ibex

Iberian ibex

Capra pyrenaica

Habitat · Spain

Animals of the wetlands

Drawn illustration of flamingos at Fuente de Piedra

Greater flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus

Drawn illustration of a western swamphen

Western swamphen

Porphyrio porphyrio

Habitat · Spain

Animals of the Atlantic coast

Drawn illustration of an octopus off the Galician coast

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Drawn illustration of goose barnacles on the Costa da Morte

Goose barnacle

Pollicipes pollicipes

Drawn illustration of a school of anchovies in the Bay of Biscay

European anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

Drawn illustration of a hake

European hake

Merluccius merluccius

Drawn illustration of a blackspot seabream (besugo)

Blackspot seabream

Pagellus bogaraveo

Habitat · Spain

Animals of the Mediterranean & Strait of Gibraltar

Drawn illustration of a school of sardines in the Mediterranean

European sardine

Sardina pilchardus

Drawn illustration of a bluefin tuna in the Strait of Gibraltar

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Drawn illustration of a blue and red shrimp on the deep seabed

Blue and red shrimp

Aristeus antennatus

Drawn illustration of an orca in the Strait of Gibraltar

Orca

Orcinus orca

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