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Animals of the Canary Islands

Includes all terrestrial tetrapods (birds, mammals & reptiles) native to the Canary Islands, for birds only those that breed are counted.

La Palma Giant Lizard 1
Gallotia auaritae
La Gomera Giant Lizard 2
Gallotia bravoana
Tenerife Speckled Lizard 3
Gallotia intermedia
El Hierro Giant Lizard
Gallotia simonyi
Gran Canaria Giant Lizard 4
Gallotia stehlini
El Hierro Boettger's Lizard 5
Gallotia caesaris caesaris
La Gomera Boettger's Lizard 3
Gallotia caesaris gomerae
Northern Tenerife Lizard 3
Gallotia galloti eisentrauti
Southern Tenerife Lizard 3
Gallotia galloti galloti
Anaga Tenerife Lizard 6
Gallotia galloti insulanagae
La Palma Tenerife Lizard 7
Gallotia galloti palmae
Lanzarote Atlantic Lizard 8
Gallotia atlantica atlantica
Fuerteventura Atlantic Lizard 3
Gallotia atlantica mahoratae
La Gomera Canary Skink 9
Chalcides coeruleopunctatus
Gran Canaria Skink 10
Chalcides sexlineatus
East Canary Skink 11
Chalcides simonyi
West Canary Skink 3
Chalcides viridanus
East Canary Gecko 12
Tarentola angustimentalis
Boettger's Wall Gecko 13
Tarentola boettgeri
Tenerife Gecko 14
Tarentola delalandii
Gomero Wall Gecko 15
Tarentola gomerensis
Moorish Gecko 16
Tarentola mauritanica
Green Sea Turtle 17
Chelonia mydas
Loggerhead Sea Turtle 18
Caretta caretta
Tenerife Great Spotted Woodpecker 14
Dendrocopos major canariensis
Gran Canaria Great Spotted Woodpecker 19
Dendrocopos major thanneri
Canary Islands Long-eared Owl 20
Asio otus canariensis
Bolle's Pigeon 21
Columba bollii
Laurel Pigeon 22
Columba junoniae
Common Quail 23
Coturnix coturnix
Canary Islands Quail 24
Coturnix gomerae
Azorean Gull 25
Larus michahellis atlantis
Canarian Oystercatcher 26
Haematopus meadewaldoi
Barolo Shearwater 27
Puffinus baroli
Dune Shearwater 28
Puffinus holeae
Lava Shearwater 28
Puffinus olsoni
Manx Shearwater 29
Puffinus puffinus
Bulwer's Petrel 30
Bulweria bulwerii
Cory's Shearwater (borealis) 31
Calonectris diomedea borealis
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 32
Oceanodroma castro
European Storm Petrel 33
Hydrobates pelagicus
Barbary Falcon 34
Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides
West Canarian Common Kestrel 4
Falco tinnunculus canariensis
East Canarian Common Kestrel 35
Falco tinnunculus dacotiae
Plain Swift 36
Apus unicolor
Palearctic Osprey 37
Pandion haliaetus haliaetus
Canarian Sparrowhawk 38
Accipiter nisus granti
Canary Islands Common Buzzard 36
Buteo buteo insularum
Red Kite 39
Milvus milvus
White-tailed Eagle 40
Haliaeetus albicilla
Egyptian Vulture (majorensis) 14
Neophron percnopterus majorensis
Canarian Houbara 14
Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae
Canary Islands Grey Shrike 35
Lanius meridionalis koenigi
Gran Canaria Robin 4
Erithacus rubecula marionae
European Robin 41
Erithacus rubecula rubecula
Tenerife Robin 25
Erithacus rubecula superbus
Fuerteventura Stonechat 35
Saxicola dacotiae dacotiae
Chinijo Chat 42
Saxicola dacotiae murielae
Fuerteventura Blue Tit 43
Cyanistes teneriffae degener
El Hierro Blue Tit 44
Cyanistes teneriffae ombriosus
La Palma Blue Tit 45
Cyanistes teneriffae palmensis
Tenerife Blue Tit 14
Cyanistes teneriffae teneriffae
Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla 4
Madeira Blackcap 4
Sylvia atricapilla heineken
Canarian Blackbird 4
Turdus merula cabrerae
Western Canary Islands Goldcrest 46
Regulus regulus ellenthalerae
Tenerife Goldcrest 14
Regulus regulus teneriffae
Western Canary Islands Chiffchaff 47
Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis
Eastern Canary Islands Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus canariensis exsul
Long-legged Bunting 28
Emberiza alcoveri
Canarian Grey Wagtail 4
Motacilla cinerea canariensis
Berthelot's Pipit 36
Anthus berthelotii
North African Common Raven 35
Corvus corax tingitanus
North African Red-billed Chough 36
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus
Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch 48
Fringilla polatzeki
Tenerife Blue Chaffinch 49
Fringilla teydea
Canarian Chaffinch 43
Fringilla coelebs canariensis
La Palma Chaffinch 45
Fringilla coelebs palmae
Eastern Canary Islands Linnet 36
Linaria cannabina harterti
Tenerife Linnet 50
Linaria cannabina meadewaldoi
Canarian Trumpeter Finch 51
Bucanetes githagineus amantum
Island Canary 4
Serinus canaria
Canariomys tamarani 28
Malpaisomys insularis 28
Canary Big-eared Bat 52
Plecotus teneriffae
Madeira pipistrelle 9
Pipistrellus maderensis
Mediterranean Monk Seal 53
Monachus monachus
Canarian Shrew 54
Crocidura canariensis

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