Trip reports

Spanish Pyrenees, 13-29th July 2000

Jeremy Barker

Bird species seen:

Follows a modified Sibley & Monroe list for birds.

Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

Ainsa area, Los Monegros

Common Quail Coturnix coturnix

Sierra de Guara, Usana area

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Ainsa area

Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major

Ainsa area, Benasque/France

Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

Añisclo, Los Monegros, Ordesa NP

European Roller Coracias garrulus

Los Monegros, trip back to Barcelona

European Bee-eater Merops apiaster

Ainsa area, Añisclo, San Juan de Plan, Valle de Boi, Sierra de Guara, Usana area, Los Monegros, Graus area, Benasque/France, Ordesa NP, return trip to Barcelona

Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus

Barcelona

Little Owl Athene noctua

Los Monegros

Alpine Swift Apus melba

Barcelona, Ainsa area, Añisclo, Graus area, Ordesa NP, Benasque/France

Pallid Swift Apus pallidus

Barcelona, Ainsa area

Common Swift Apus apus

Barcelona, Ainsa area

Feral Pigeon Columba livia var. domestica

Barcelona

Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus

Barcelona

European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur

Ainsa area, Usana area

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata

Los Monegros

Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis

Los Monegros

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Ainsa area

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

Ainsa area

Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus

Los Monegros, trip back to Barcelona

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus

Ainsa area

Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis

Barcelona

European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus

Sierra de Guara

Red Kite Milvus milvus

Ainsa area, Benasque, San Juan de Plan, Añisclo, Usana area

Black Kite Milvus migrans

Ainsa area, Benasque, San Juan de Plan, Valle de Boi, Usana area

Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus

Benasque, San Juan de Plan

Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus

Ainsa area, Añisclo, Benasque, San Juan de Plan, Valle de Boi, Los Monegros, Benasque/France

Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus

Ainsa area, Benasque, San Juan de Plan, Valle de Boi, Añisclo, Benasque/France, Ordesa NP

Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus

Añisclo, Valle de Boi, Sierra de Guara, Usana area

Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus

Los Monegros, Graus area

Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus

Ainsa area, Los Monegros

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

San Juan de Plan, Valle de Boi

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Ainsa area, San Juan de Plan, Valle de Boi

Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

Benasque

Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata

Ainsa area, Valle de Boi

Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus

Ainsa area, Añisclo, Usana area, trip back to Barcelona

Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni

Los Monegros

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Ainsa area

Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo

Los Monegros

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Añisclo, Benasque, San Juan de Plan, Valle de Boi, Benasque/France

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

Valle de Boi

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Los Monegros

Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus

Barcelona

White Stork Ciconia ciconia

Los Monegros

Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio

Ainsa area, San Juan de Plan, Valle de Boi, Añisclo

Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis

Los Monegros

Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator

Ainsa area, Añisclo, Benasque

Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius

Ainsa area, Añisclo

Eurasian Magpie Pica pica

Barcelona

Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Benasque

Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus

Valle de Boi, Añisclo, Ordesa NP

Carrion Crow Corvus corone

Ainsa area

Common Raven Corvus corax

Ainsa area

Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus

Ainsa area, Añisclo, Benasque, Sierra de Guara, Usana area, Benasque/France, trip back to Barcelona

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis

Benasque/France

Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius

Valle de Boi

Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus

Benasque

Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula

Ainsa area

Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus

Ainsa area, Benasque

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

Añisclo, Usana area

European Robin Erithacus rubecula

Añisclo

Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos

Añisclo, Benasque, San Juan de Plan, Usana area

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

Ainsa area, Benasque, Valle de Boi

European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola

Ainsa area

Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica

Los Monegros

Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe

Benasque

Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor

Barcelona, Ainsa area

Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Ainsa area

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Barcelona, Ainsa area

Northern House-Martin Delichon urbicum

Ainsa area

Winter Wren Nannus troglodytes

San Juan de Plan

Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla

Barcelona

Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea

Añisclo, Ordesa NP

Marsh Tit Poecile palustris

Añisclo

Coal Tit Periparus ater

Benasque

Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus

Benasque

Great Tit Parus major

Ainsa area

Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus

Ainsa area, San Juan de Plan

Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus

Ainsa area

Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla

Benasque, Ordesa NP

Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

Barcelona

Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta

San Juan de Plan, Añisclo, Sierra de Guara

Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus

Ainsa area

Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli

Ainsa area, Sierra de Guara

Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

Añisclo, Ordesa NP

Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans

Ainsa area, Añisclo, Sierra de Guara

Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla

Sierra de Guara, Los Monegros

Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens

Los Monegros

Crested Lark Galerida cristata

Ainsa area, Benasque

Thekla Lark Galerida theklae

Los Monegros

White Wagtail Motacilla alba

Ainsa area

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

Benasque, Valle de Boi

Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

Valle de Boi, Añisclo, Los Monegros, Benasque/France

Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis

Usana area

Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta

Benasque

Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris

Benasque

Dunnock Prunella modularis

Valle de Boi

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Barcelona

Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia

Sierra de Guara

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

Ainsa area

European Serin Serinus serinus

Ainsa area

Citril Finch Serinus citrinella

Añisclo, Benasque, Valle de Boi

European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris

Ainsa area

European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

Ainsa area

Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina

Barcelona

Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra

Añisclo, Valle de Boi

Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Benasque/France

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

Benasque

Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus

Ainsa area, Usana area

Rock Bunting Emberiza cia

Ainsa area, Benasque, Valle de Boi, Graus area

Ortolan Emberiza hortulana

Benasque, Usana area

Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra

Ainsa area

Other species

Lepidoptera

List follows the taxonomy and order in the Lafranchis guide to the butterflies of Europe.

Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages

Usana area

Mallow Skipper Carcharodus alceae

Añisclo

Red-underwing Skipper Spialia sertorius

Ainsa area

Large Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus alveus

Benasque

Cinquefoil Skipper Pyrgus cirsii

Sierra de Guara

Safflower Skipper Pyrgus carthami

Valle de Boi

Alpine Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus andromedae

Ordesa NP

Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris

Añisclo

Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineolus

Usana area

Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon

Valle de Boi

Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma

Graus area

Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus

Ainsa area

Apollo Parnassius apollo

Benasque

Clouded Apollo Parnassius mnemosyne

Benasque

Spanish Swallowtail Iphiclides feisthamelii

Barcelona

Swallowtail Papilio machaon

Ainsa area

Wood White Leptidea sinapsis

Sierra de Guara

Black-veined White Aporia crataegi

Valle de Boi

Large White Pieris brassicae

Ainsa area

Small White Artogeia rapae

Barcelona

Southern Small White Artogeia mannii

Ainsa area

Green-veined White Artogeia napi

Ainsa area

Bath White Pontia daplidice

San Juan de Plan

Peak White Pontia callidice

Benasque/France

Western Dappled White Euchloe crameri

Añisclo

Mountain Clouded Yellow Colias phicomone

Benasque

Pale Clouded Yellow Colias hyale

Ainsa area

Berger's Clouded Yellow Colias alfacariensis

San Juan de Plan

Clouded Yellow Colias crocea

Ainsa area

Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni

San Juan de Plan

Cleopatra Gonepteryx cleopatra

Añisclo

Scarce Copper Lycaena virgaureae

Benasque

Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas

Usana area

Lang's Short-tailed Blue Leptotes pirithous

Añisclo

Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus

Ainsa area

Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus

Sierra de Guara

Short-tailed Blue Cupido argiades

Usana area

Osiris Blue Cupido osiris

Añisclo

Green-underside Blue Glaucopsyche alexis

Benasque

Baton Blue Pseudophilotes baton

Benasque

Mazarine Blue Cyaniris semiargus

Ainsa area

Damon Blue Agrodiaetus damon

Ainsa area

Forster's Furry Blue Agrodiaetus ainsae

Usana area

Agenjo's Anomalous Blue Agrodiaetus agenjoi

Añisclo

Mother-of-pearl Blue Plebicula nivescens

Benasque

Amanda's Blue Agrodiaetus amanda

Benasque

Escher's Blue Agrodiaetus escheri

Sierra de Guara

Chapman's Blue Agrodiaetus thersites

Valle de Boi

Common Blue Polyommatus icarus

Ainsa area

Adonis Blue Lysandra bellargus

Benasque

Chalk-hill Blue Lysandra coridon

Ainsa area

Provence Chalk-hill Blue Lysandra hispana

Añisclo

Spanish Chalk-hill Blue Lysandra albicans

Añisclo

Meleager's Blue Meleageria daphnis

Ainsa area

Brown Argus Aricia agestis

Benasque

Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus

San Juan de Plan

Idas Blue Plebejus idas

Añisclo

Southern White Admiral Limenitis reducta

Añisclo

Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros

Ordesa NP

Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae

Benasque

Peacock Inachis io

Valle de Boi

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta

Los Monegros

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui

San Juan de Plan

Comma Polygonum c-album

Ordesa NP

False Heath Fritillary Melitaea diamina

Ainsa area

Knapweed Fritillary Melitaea phoebe

Usana area

Spotted Fritillary Melitaea didyma

San Juan de Plan

Spanish Fritillary Euphydryas desfontainii

Usana area

Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia

Ainsa area

Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja

Benasque

High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe

San Juan de Plan

Niobe Fritillary Argynnis niobe

Benasque/France

Queen-of-Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia

Ainsa area

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Clossiana selene

Valle de Boi, Sierra de Guara

Large Pearl-bordered Fritillary Clossiana euphrosyne

Ainsa area

Weaver's Fritillary Clossiana dia

Añisclo

Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria

Añisclo

Wall Brown Lasiommata megara

Ainsa area

Large Wall Brown Lasiommata maera

Usana area

Chestnut Heath Coenonympha glycerion

Ainsa area

Pearly Heath Coenonympha arcania

Benasque

Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus

Ainsa area

Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus

Ainsa area

Southern Gatekeeper Pyronia cecilia

Ainsa area

Spanish Gatekeeper Pyronia bathsheba

Ainsa area

Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus

Ordesa NP

Dusky Meadow Brown Hyponephele lycaon

Valle de Boi

Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina

Ainsa area

Lefebvre's Ringlet Erebia lefebvrei

Valle de Boi

Spanish Brassy Ringlet Erebia hispania

Benasque

Water Ringlet Erebia pronoe

Añisclo

Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron

Benasque

Piedmont Ringlet Erebia meolans

Añisclo

Marbled White Melanargia galathea

Ainsa area

Iberian Marbled White Melanargia lachesis

Ainsa area

Esper's Marbled White Melanargia russiae

Los Monegros

Western Marbled White Melanargia occitancia

Ainsa area

Spanish Marbled White Melanargia ines

Sierra de Guara

Great Banded Grayling Aulocera circe

Añisclo

False Grayling Arethusana arethusa

Añisclo

Black Satyr Satyrus actaea

Sierra de Guara

Striped Grayling Pseudotergumia fidia

Añisclo

Grayling Hipparchia semele

Usana area

Rock Grayling Hipparchia alcyone

Ainsa area

Woodland Grayling Hipparchia fagi

Añisclo