Aves de España: vocabulario y reconocimiento
Artículo ilustrado: aves comunes y de interés en España; 3 preguntas de identificación.
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Mira la imagen. ¿Qué ave es?
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Hints for this Quiz
Think of the bird with long red legs, often seen on bell towers in Spain.
Correct: la cigüeña. Clues: long red legs and beak, white body with black wingtips. In Spain, storks are famous for nesting on church bell towers.
A small brown bird that often begs for crumbs on terraces.
It is el gorrión (sparrow). In Spanish cities people often talk about "gorriones urbanos" – sparrows that are easy to see in cafés and on squares.
It’s about birds that viajan (travel) depending on the season.
Correct: aves migratorias. In spring and autumn many migratory birds cross Spain, which makes birdwatching very popular.
Very large wings, soars on warm air currents; a scavenger.
This is el buitre leonado – a large scavenging bird of prey and a highly valued part of Spanish wildlife (one of the "especies más valoradas").
Its name literally hints at "bones", and its main range is the Pyrenees.
Correct: el quebrantahuesos – a scavenger associated with the Pyrenees; together with other birds of prey (such as el buitre leonado) it is one of the emblematic species of Spanish fauna.
The sparrow is a familiar city bird; the others are predators.
Correct: el gorrión – a small urban bird, not a bird of prey. The others are raptors/scavengers, well known in Spain (including el águila imperial ibérica).
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