What Spanish national park is noted for its bird-life, Monfragüe or Picos de Europa National Park?
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Monfragüe Monfragüe (Spanish: "Parque Nacional Monfragüe") is a Spanish national park noted for its bird-life. It is situated in the center of a triangle formed by Plasencia, Trujillo and the city of Cáceres within the province of Cáceres. Monfragüe is also a comarca (county, with no administrative role) of Extremadura, western Spain.
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Picos de Europa National Park The Picos de Europa National Park (Spanish: "Parque Nacional de Picos de Europa" ) is a National Park in the Picos de Europa mountain range, in northern Spain. It is within the boundaries of three autonomous communities, Asturias, Cantabria and Castile and León, which are represented on the body which runs the park.
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A Illa de Arousa A Illa de Arousa is the only island municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. It is located in the heart of the Ria de Arousa. According to 2011 INE the island's population was 5,020 inhabitants. The population is divided into several neighborhoods, and places of interest are the lighthouse's environment, the island of Areoso (close to the Illa de Arousa) and Carreirón Natural Park, which is listed as a special protection zone for heron birds populations among other birds that inhabit the island. The Holy viewpoint is the highest point on the island.
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Munchique National Natural Park The Munchique National Natural Park (Spanish: "Parque Nacional Natural Munchique" ) is a national park located in the Cauca Department in the Cordillera Occidental range in the Andean Region of Colombia. There are 30 streams and rivers, and 40 waterfalls in the area. The diversity of thermal levels makes the park a paradise for birds, especially hummingbirds.
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Olching Bird Park Olching Bird Park (German: "Birdpark Olching" ) is located in Olching, 20 km north west of Munich. On an area of 20,000 m², a wide range of different species can be found: from the little tiger finch to cranes, storks and many brightly coloured parrots.
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Vignemale The Vignemale (Occitan: "Vinhamala", Aragonese: "Comachibosa"), at 3,298 metres, is the highest of the French Pyrenean summits, on the border with Spain (the highest in the whole of the range is Pic Aneto).
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Roques de Anaga The Roques de Anaga are two monolithic rocks forming some of the most emblematic natural monuments of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). Roque de Tierra stands 179 meters above sea level and is closer to the main island while Roque de Fuera, at 66 meters above sea level, is farther away. Both rocks are also included in the European Union's Natura 2000 ecological network of protected areas. They are located off the north-east coast of Tenerife.
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Baixa Limia – Serra do Xurés Baixa Limia – Serra do Xurés is a 209 km2 natural park in Galicia, Spain. It is located in the southern province of Ourense. The park was established in 1993. "Serra do Xurés" is the Galician name for a range of mountains which straddle the border between Spain and Portugal: the Portuguese variant is "Gerês" and the Castilian variant is "Xures" (without the accent).
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Portuguese ibex The Portuguese ibex ("Capra pyrenaica lusitanica") is an extinct subspecies of Spanish ibex that inhabited the north mountainous zones of Portugal, Galicia, Asturias and western Cantabria. In size and colouration it was much like the Spanish animals, though inclining towards brown rather than black markings. Its horns were strikingly different from any of the other Iberian subspecies. They were only half the length of the Pyrenean ibex (about 51 cm or 20"), but were almost twice as wide, and, consequently, much closer together at their base.
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Pilancones Pilancones Natural Park is located in San Bartolomé de Tirajana municipality on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain. Its area is 5794.4 ha. It adjoins Roque Nublo country park to the north, and Fataga protected area to the east. The park plays an important role in soil protection and the replenishment of an aquifer, along which there are several ravines running southward which are of geomorphological interest and landscape value. The pine forests on hilltops are a well-preserved habitat with abundant bird life. The park also harbours several varieties of cactus and spurge, and a number of aquatic habitats. The park takes its name from natural pools, formerly known locally as "pilancones", which remain after the runoff of water. Throughout the area there are threatened animal and plant species, and features of scientific interest.
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Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park (French: "Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne") is a protected area of pine forest, wetland and oceanic coastline located in the Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
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Los Alerces National Park The Los Alerces National Park (Spanish: "Parque Nacional Los Alerces" ) is a national park in Chubut Province, Argentina, some 30 miles (50 km) from Esquel. It is a park of 2,630 square kilometres along the border with Chile, best known for the alerce (lahuán) trees ("Fitzroya cupressoides") from which the park takes its name.
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Los Alcornocales Natural Park Los Alcornocales Natural Park (in Spanish, Parque natural de Los Alcornocales) is a natural park located in the south of Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia; it is shared between the provinces of Cádiz and Málaga. The natural park occupies a territory spanning seventeen municipalities with a total population of about 380,000. "Los Alcornocales" means "the cork oak groves".
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Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park The Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park (Galician: "Parque Nacional das Illas Atlánticas de Galicia" , Spanish: "Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlánticas de Galicia" ) is the only national park located in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It comprises the archipelagos of Cíes, Ons, Sálvora and Cortegada. The park covers a land area of 1200 ha and a sea area of 7200 ha . It is the tenth most visited national park in Spain. It was the thirteenth national park to be established in Spain.
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Parque del Oeste The Parque del Oeste (in English: "Western Park") is a park of the city of Madrid (Spain) situated between the Autovía A-6, the Ciudad Universitaria de Madrid and the district of Moncloa. Before the 20th century, the land that the park currently occupies was the main landfill of the city. The park is the initiative of Alberto Aguilera, the mayor of the city at the beginning of the 20th century, who in 1906 requested the layout of a place for walking and relaxation by landscape artist Celedonio Rodrígáñez. It has unique and beautiful sites such as "The Rose", which is held every year an international tender roses.
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Mundomar Mundomar is a marine animal park located in Benidorm, in Costa Blanca, Spain. It is twinned with the water park Aqualandia, which is directly adjacent to it, and shares the same car park. There is a viewing area at the top of Mundomar next to the Dolphinarium, which gives a view of the majority of Aqualandia.
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Maladeta Maladeta (3,312 m) is a mountain in the Pyrenees, close to the highest peak in the range, Aneto. It is located in the Natural Park of Posets-Maladeta in the town of Benasque in Province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Its northern slope contains the 37 ha Maladeta Glacier, which is divided into the 6 ha Western Maladeta and the 31 ha Eastern Maladeta.
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Barbary macaques in Gibraltar The Barbary macaque population in Gibraltar is the only wild monkey population in the European continent. Although most populations in Africa are facing declining populations due to hunting and deforestation, the population of Barbary monkeys in Gibraltar is growing. At present, some 300 animals in five troops occupy the area of the Upper Rock area of the Gibraltar Nature Reserve, though occasional forays into the town may result in damage to personal property. As they are a tailless species, they are also known locally as Barbary apes or rock apes, despite being monkeys ("Macaca sylvanus"). The local people simply refer to them as "monos" (English: monkeys ) when conversing in Spanish or Llanito (the local vernacular).
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Spanish imperial eagle The Spanish imperial eagle ("Aquila adalberti"), also known as the Iberian imperial eagle, Spanish eagle, or Adalbert's eagle, is a threatened species of eagle native to the Iberian Peninsula. The binomial commemorates Prince Adalbert of Bavaria.
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La Palma La Palma (] ), also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands. The total population is about 86,000, of which 18,000 (2003 data) live in the capital, Santa Cruz de la Palma and about 20,000 (2004 data) in Los Llanos de Aridane. La Palma has "sister city" status with El Dorado Hills, California. Its highest mountain is the Roque de los Muchachos, at 2,426 metres, being second among the peaks of the Canaries only to the peaks of the Teide massif on Tenerife.
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Nature Park of Santa Maria The Nature Park of Santa Maria (Portuguese: "Parque Natural de Santa Maria" ), or simply or "Santa Maria Nature Park" (PNSM) developed from the intention of better managing the protected areas of the island of Santa Maria, and was instituted by the "Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar" ("Regional Secretariate for the Environment and Oceans"), of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores. Several natural landscapes were preserved and their use conditioned in order to foster conservation and support endemic flora and fauna species, as well as provide communal forms of recreation and nature interpretation.
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Castelar Park Castelar Park (Parque de Castelar) is located in Badajoz, in Extremadura, Spain. Situated south of Guadiana River, its features include tall palm trees and a central pond, frequented by ducks and pigeons; peacocks wander around the park. There are monuments dedicated to the romanticist writer Carolina Coronado, who lived in Badajoz, and to Luis Chamizo Trigueros, who was born in Guareña. Although Castelar remained neglected for many years, it was renovated during the tenure of Mayor Miguel Angel Celdran Matute (1996-present), making it a venue for fairs, exhibitions, entertainment and leisure. Parque Infantil (Playground) is located across the street.