The Wildlife of Sierra de Loja and surrounding areas.
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Species Information.

Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).
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Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).
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Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).
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Zitting Cisticola (Buitrón / Cisticola juncidis).
Garden Warbler (Curruca Mosquitera / Sylvia borin).
Regular passage species.

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Garden Warbler (Curruca Mosquitera / Sylvia borin).
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla).
Regular breeding species found along many of the areas wooded water courses but it is an abundant winter visitor to all areas and habitats.

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Male Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla).
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Male Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla).
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Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) Female.
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Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) Female.
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Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla) Female.
Common Whitethroat (Curruca Zarcera / Sylvia communis).
An uncommon speices during passage periods that breeds at higher altitudes in the Sierra Nevada out side the area.

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Western Orphean Warbler (Curruca Mirlano / Sylvia hortensis).
Fairly regular breeding / summering species found in woodlands in all 9 areas of the region covered but is always uncommon and favours areas of Oaks at lower levels and Hawthorns in the mountains.

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Western Orphean Warbler (Curruca Mirlano / Sylvia hortensis) Male.
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Western Orphean Warbler (Curruca Mirlano / Sylvia hortensis) Female.
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala).
A common resident species found in all areas.

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Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) Male.
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Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) Male.
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Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) female.
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Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala) female.
Spectacled Warbler (Curruca Tomillera / Sylvia conspicillata).
A fairly common summer visitor to the main Sierra tops in areas 1, 4 and 7 but may be seen anywhere during migration.
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Spectacled Warbler (Curruca Tomillera / Sylvia conspicillata) adult male.
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Spectacled Warbler (Curruca Tomillera / Sylvia conspicillata) adult male.
Subalpine Warbler (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans).
A fairly common summer visitor to the main Sierra tops in areas 1, 4 and 7 but may be seen anywhere during migration.
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Subalpine Warbler (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans) male.
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Subalpine Warbler (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans) male.
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Subalpine Warbler (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans) male.
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Subalpine Warbler (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans) immature.
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Subalpine Warbler (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans) Female.
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Subalpine Warbler (Curruca Carrasquena / Sylvia cantillans) Female.
Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata).
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Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata).
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Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata).
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Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata).
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Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata).
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Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Sylvia undata).
Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus).
Uncommon passage species which sometimes lingers well in to the winter along some well vegetated irrigation channels.

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Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus).
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Sedge Warbler (Carricerin Común / Acrocephalus schoenobaenus).

Moustached Warbler (Carricerin Real / Acrocephalus melanopogon).

Just a single record in the winter of 2017 / 18 along the Arroyo Vilano in area 2.
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Moustached Warbler (Carricerin Real / Acrocephalus melanopogon) take in Charca Suarez.

Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti).

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Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti).
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Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti).
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Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti).
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Cetti's Warbler (Ruisenor Bastardo / Cettia cetti).
Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus).
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Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus).
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Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus) immature.
Great Reed Warbler (Carricero Tordal / Acrocephalus arundinaceus).
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Great Reed Warbler (Carricero Tordal / Acrocephalus arundinaceus).
Grasshopper Warbler (Buscarla Pintoja / Locustella naevia).
Very rare passage migrant.

Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta).
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Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta).
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Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta).
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Melodious Warbler (Zarcero Común / Hippolais polyglotta).
Western Olivaceous Warbler (Zarcero Pálido Occidental / Hippolais opaca).
Uncommon passage bird seen a couple of times near to Alhama de Granada in area 9.
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Western Olivaceous Warbler (Zarcero Pálido Occidental / Hippolais opaca).
Willow Warbler (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus).
Quite a common bird on passage in both Spring and Autumn.

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Willow Warbler (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus).
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Willow Warbler (Mosquitero Musical / Phylloscopus trochillus).
Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli).
A common species, breeding in many of the areas but more so in the areas with oak woodlands. Best areas are 4, 7 and 9.

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Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli) Immature.
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Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli) adult.
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Bonelli's Warbler (Mosquitero Papialbo / Phylloscopus bonelli) adult.
Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).
Very common passage and wintering species in all areas which also has a small breeding population in the Sierra Nevada out side the area.
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Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).
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Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).
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Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).
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Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita).
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Iberian Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Ibérico / Phylloscopus brehmii).
Rare passage bird, most regular in area 9.

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Iberian Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Ibérico / Phylloscopus brehmii).
Yellow-browed Warbler (Mosquitero Bilistado / Phylloscopus inornatus).
A reported record on the Rio Vilano in area 2.

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Yellow-browed Warbler (Mosquitero Bilistado / Phylloscopus inornatus).
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Yellow-browed Warbler (Mosquitero Bilistado / Phylloscopus inornatus).
Goldcrest (Reyezuelo Sencillo / Regulus regulus).
Very uncommon winter visitor with just two birds seen in area 1 mixed in with a flock of wintering Common Chiffchaffs.
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Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus).
Common breeding species found in woodland through out the areas.

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Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus).
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Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapillus).
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