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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.

Tenerife Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Dendrocopos major canariensis
Gran Canaria Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Dendrocopos major thanneri
Canary Islands Long-eared Owl 3
Asio otus canariensis
Bolle's Pigeon 4
Columba bollii
Laurel Pigeon 5
Columba junoniae
Common Quail 6
Coturnix coturnix
Canary Islands Quail 7
Coturnix gomerae
Azorean Gull 8
Larus michahellis atlantis
Canarian Oystercatcher 9
Haematopus meadewaldoi
Barolo Shearwater 10
Puffinus baroli
Dune Shearwater 11
Puffinus holeae
Lava Shearwater 11
Puffinus olsoni
Manx Shearwater 12
Puffinus puffinus
Bulwer's Petrel 13
Bulweria bulwerii
Cory's Shearwater (borealis) 14
Calonectris diomedea borealis
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 15
Oceanodroma castro
European Storm Petrel 16
Hydrobates pelagicus
Barbary Falcon 17
Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides
West Canarian Common Kestrel 18
Falco tinnunculus canariensis
East Canarian Common Kestrel 19
Falco tinnunculus dacotiae
Plain Swift 20
Apus unicolor
Palearctic Osprey 21
Pandion haliaetus haliaetus
Canarian Sparrowhawk 22
Accipiter nisus granti
Canary Islands Common Buzzard 20
Buteo buteo insularum
Red Kite 23
Milvus milvus
White-tailed Eagle 24
Haliaeetus albicilla
Egyptian Vulture (majorensis) 1
Neophron percnopterus majorensis
Canarian Houbara 1
Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae
Canary Islands Grey Shrike 19
Lanius meridionalis koenigi
Gran Canaria Robin 18
Erithacus rubecula marionae
European Robin 25
Erithacus rubecula rubecula
Tenerife Robin 8
Erithacus rubecula superbus
Fuerteventura Stonechat 19
Saxicola dacotiae dacotiae
Chinijo Chat 26
Saxicola dacotiae murielae
Fuerteventura Blue Tit 27
Cyanistes teneriffae degener
El Hierro Blue Tit 28
Cyanistes teneriffae ombriosus
La Palma Blue Tit 29
Cyanistes teneriffae palmensis
Tenerife Blue Tit 1
Cyanistes teneriffae teneriffae
Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla 18
Madeira Blackcap 18
Sylvia atricapilla heineken
Canarian Blackbird 18
Turdus merula cabrerae
Western Canary Islands Goldcrest 30
Regulus regulus ellenthalerae
Tenerife Goldcrest 1
Regulus regulus teneriffae
Western Canary Islands Chiffchaff 31
Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis
Eastern Canary Islands Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus canariensis exsul
Long-legged Bunting 11
Emberiza alcoveri
Canarian Grey Wagtail 18
Motacilla cinerea canariensis
Berthelot's Pipit 20
Anthus berthelotii
North African Common Raven 19
Corvus corax tingitanus
North African Red-billed Chough 20
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus
Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch 32
Fringilla polatzeki
Tenerife Blue Chaffinch 33
Fringilla teydea
Canarian Chaffinch 27
Fringilla coelebs canariensis
La Palma Chaffinch 29
Fringilla coelebs palmae
Eastern Canary Islands Linnet 20
Linaria cannabina harterti
Tenerife Linnet 34
Linaria cannabina meadewaldoi
Canarian Trumpeter Finch 35
Bucanetes githagineus amantum
Island Canary 18
Serinus canaria

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