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Birdwatching in Navarre

Practical information | Ressources

This section lists a set of publications which may prove useful to birders visiting and moving around Navarre.

In-house publications

Bird Watching in Navarre - Birding Navarra (promotional fold-out)
A fold-out showing the Recommended Places by Birding Navarran for bird-watching and some of the main bird species in this region. Illustrated with numerous photos.
Languages: Spanish and English.

List of birds in Navarre
Complete list of the species found in Navarre with details on their status, abundance and threatened category (updated up to February 2011).
Languages: Spanish and English.

Books

Field guides
- Aves de Europa con el Norte de África y el Próximo Oriente(Birds of Europe with North Africa and the Middle East)
Lars Jonsson (1994) Ediciones Omega
An excellent field guide including all of the birds in Navarre. Good illustrations and descriptive texts. A bit bulky.
Language: Spanish (also available in English, French, German, etc from other publishers).
- Guía de Aves de Europa(The Complete Guide to the Birds of Europe)
Killian Mullarney, Lars Svensson, Dan Zetterström, Peter J. Grant (2002) Ediciones Omega
Probably the best field guide for European birds. Excellent illustrations and concise, refined texts, although at times too brief. Ideal format for use in the field.
Language: Spanish (also available in English, French, German, etc from other publishers)
- Guía de las Aves de España ? Península, Baleares y Canarias(Guide to Spanish Birds ? Peninsula, Balearics and the Canaries)
Eduardo de Juana y Juan M. Varela (2000) Lynx Edicions
Good drawings, excellent texts and very up-to-date distribution maps. Very comfortable format and very good price.
Language: Spanish
Status and conservation
- Atlas de las Aves Reproductoras de España(Atlas of Spain?s Breeding Birds)
Ramón Martí, Juan Carlos del Moral (eds.) (2003) Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y SEO/Birdlife
Distribution and status of all of Spain?s breeding birds, including those found in Navarre. This is a collection of the work of hundreds of ornithologists over more than 5 years.
Language: Spanish
- Libro Rojo de las Aves de España(Spain?s Red Data Book on Birds)
Alberto Madroño, Cristina González, Juan Carlos Atienza (eds.) (2004) Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y SEO/Birdlife
Spain?s threatened species and a great deal of information about their state of conservation, the threats facing them and other issues. This book also provides interesting local information about some species present in Navarre.
Language: Spanish

Journals

  • - Anuario Ornitológico de Navarra(Navarrese Ornithological Annual)
    Pedro Arratibel, Juan I. Deán, Alfonso Llamas, Olga Martínez (varios años) Sociedad de Ciencias Gorosti
    This journal gathers the most interesting observations made in Navarre each year and is the result of the collaboration of dozens of ornithologists. It also includes numerous articles and brief notes about Navarrese birds. 6 volumes have been published to date covering 1993 to 1999.
    Language: Spanish with summaries in English and Basque.

Recordings

  • - Guía sonora de las aves de Europa(Bird Sounds of Europe)
    Jean C. Roché, Jérome Chevereau (2001) Lynx Edicions
    The sounds of almost all of Europe?s species on 10 CDs.
  • - Paisajes Ibéricos(Iberian soundscapes)
    Eloísa Matheu (1997) Alosa
    Recordings of 15 soundscapes with birds as the protagonists, including one from Navarre under the title of ?En los altos de Lapakiza?.

Maps

  • - Atlas de Navarra 2006 - Carreteras, Turismo y Medio Ambiente(Atlas of Navarre 2006 ? Roads, Tourism and the Environment)
    Departamento de Obras Públicas, Transportes y Comunicaciones del Gobierno de Navarra (2005)Complete atlas with excellent 1:850.000, 1:250.000 and 1:75.000 maps with generous sections on Tourism and the Environment in Navarre.

    A wide range of maps can be acquired from the Web site of the Servicio de Información Territorial de Navarra (Navarrese Territorial Information) (SITNA) (Web site in Spanish, Basque, English and French)