Field Guide Brambling Fringilla montifringilla IE The males have bluish-black heads, black and white backs, wings and tail and an orange breast. It is a seed-eating bird which appears some winters in Extremadura, sometimes occurring in large flocks in the dehesas, arable land and plains.
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs IE Sparrow-sized with males showing black and white wings and tail, a bluish-grey hood and orange buff below. The females have a duller plumage. They occurs in wooded areas like dehesas, oak woods, pinewoods and gardens where the males will be heard delivering their explosive song. It is a seed-eating bird which also eats other plant material. It is present throughout the year.
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis IE Larger than a thrush with dull-green back, greenishgrey underparts and striking red crown. It occurs in dense woodland, cork oak groves and oak woods, including dehesas. The nest is excavated by the in the trunk of a tree. It eats insect larvae, extracted by its long tongue from holes made by the bill. Present throughout the year.
Pochard Aythya ferina IE A diving duck with a grey body, black breast and tail, and males show a chocolate- brown head, with an intense red iris. The female, as with almost all ducks, is duller in plumage. They prefer water bodies with abundant bank-side vegetation, feeding on invertebrates captured whilst diving. In Extremadura they only breed in the La Albuera lakes, the Llanos de C獺ceres and the Vegas Altas of the Guadiana river. They are much more widespread in winter.
Abbreviations referring to conservation status of the species in Extremadura EE: At risk of extinction 覺 SAH: Sensitive to alteration of habitat 覺 V: Vulnerable 覺 IE: Of Special Interest
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