Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park - Fauna
By Jo Williams
The park is most noteworthy for its exceptionally rich birdlife,
particularly raptors. One of Europe's largest colonies of griffon
vultures is in the Garganta Verde, in the Sierra del Pinar, and
along the Bocaleones river near Zahara, while soaring over the Sierra's
rockiest peaks are other birds of prey, such as booted eagles, golden
eagles, Egyptian vultures and Bonelli's eagles. There are bird species
commonly found in rocky areas like rock buntings, red-billed choughs,
rock thrushes and black wheateaters.
The park has a sizeable bat population that inhabits the region's
numerous caves; hibernating in the Hundidero-Gato caves in winter
are thousands of Schreiber's bats.
Mammals in the park are Egyptian mongeese, badgers, foxes, genets,
roe deer and, on the higher ground, Spanish ibex. The rivers are
home to otters and water voles.
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