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No native passerine have been recorded, but redpoll (Acanthis flammea) and common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) are both widespread and common.
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A total of 227 bird species have been recorded (including species characteristic of all boreal forest habitats) which include great grey owl Strix nebulosa and snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca, willow ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus, redpoll Acanthis spp., crossbill Lorix spp. and borealchickadee Parus hudsonicus.
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These include the endemic species Apus unicolor and Anthus berthelotii, as well as a subspecies of buzzard (Buteo buteo insularum), spectacled warbler (Sylvia conspicillata orbitalis), great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor koenigi), lesser short-toed lark (Calandrella rufescens polatzeki), and linnet (Acanthis canabina harteri).
Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets 2007
ruzuzu commented on the word Acanthis
Daughter of Hippodamia and Autonous. Was turned into a thistle finch after the death of her brother. (From this Wikipedia article, not this one which says they were turned into talking wild pigs.)
December 22, 2009