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26-08-2022, 09:17 PM
Noticias:
The Coruja or Owl Majorera heritage of the eastern islands.
The majorera owl (Tyto alba gracilirostris) is a wonder endemic to the eastern islands.
The manazarea owl is a medium-sized raptor. It has a robust and hunched beak, strong wings and legs equipped with very sharp claws that serve to hunt their prey. Its length ranges between 33 and 40 centimeters. Its wingspan ranges from 85 to 95 centimeters.
It has a bulky head and long legs. In the plumage predominate the ochre and golden tones on the back and pure white, even slightly silver in the ventral areas.
The dorsal feathers and the upper part of the wings and tail appear subtle dotted black, gray and whitish, while the ventral regions may show variable mottling. On the heart-shaped face, the intensely black eyes and the prominent light-colored beak stand out. The subspecies gracilirostris is smaller in size than European breeds, narrower beak and stronger legs and fingers.
Their diet includes mice, shrews, perenquenes, Moorish sparrow, nightjar. To a lesser extent, it also consumes rats and rabbits.
It inhabits ravines, malpaís, coastal cliffs, cultivation areas and farms. It nests in cracks or volcanic tubes, usually in walls of ravines, but also in picon extractions and in abandoned houses. It probably makes scattered movements of several kilometers. They may move between the islands.
In Fuerteventura we can find it in the center and north of the island, in the south there are hardly any individuals.
It is listed as a vulnerable species in both the Spanish Catalogue of Threatened Species and the Canary Islands Catalogue of Protected Species.
link for great pic!
The Coruja or Owl Majorera heritage of the eastern islands.
The majorera owl (Tyto alba gracilirostris) is a wonder endemic to the eastern islands.
The manazarea owl is a medium-sized raptor. It has a robust and hunched beak, strong wings and legs equipped with very sharp claws that serve to hunt their prey. Its length ranges between 33 and 40 centimeters. Its wingspan ranges from 85 to 95 centimeters.
It has a bulky head and long legs. In the plumage predominate the ochre and golden tones on the back and pure white, even slightly silver in the ventral areas.
The dorsal feathers and the upper part of the wings and tail appear subtle dotted black, gray and whitish, while the ventral regions may show variable mottling. On the heart-shaped face, the intensely black eyes and the prominent light-colored beak stand out. The subspecies gracilirostris is smaller in size than European breeds, narrower beak and stronger legs and fingers.
Their diet includes mice, shrews, perenquenes, Moorish sparrow, nightjar. To a lesser extent, it also consumes rats and rabbits.
It inhabits ravines, malpaís, coastal cliffs, cultivation areas and farms. It nests in cracks or volcanic tubes, usually in walls of ravines, but also in picon extractions and in abandoned houses. It probably makes scattered movements of several kilometers. They may move between the islands.
In Fuerteventura we can find it in the center and north of the island, in the south there are hardly any individuals.
It is listed as a vulnerable species in both the Spanish Catalogue of Threatened Species and the Canary Islands Catalogue of Protected Species.
link for great pic!