Butterfly Holiday in Extremadura, Spain - 8 Days

Wildlife species expect to see:

These customised tours are focused on butterflies with dragonflies and birds as strong supporting features.

The lists given below for butterflies, dragonflies and birds are advisory. Depending on the interests expressed, we will focus as requested in finding particular species. Because of flight periods of butterflies, in particular, there will difference in the species encountered in different parts of the season. As a general guideline, we might expect to see 35 species of dragonfly/damselfly and 70 species of butterfly.

Dragonflies/damselflies

Blue Hawker, Moorland Hawker, Migrant Hawker, Vagrant Emperor, Blue Emperor, Lesser Emperor, Western Spectre, Pronged Clubtail, Western Clubtail, Yellow Clubtail, Small Pincertail, Large Pincertail, Green Hooktail, Common Goldenring, Splendid Cruiser, Orange-spotted Emerald, Northern Banded Groundling, Broad Scarlet, Black Percher, Broad-bodied Chaser, Four-spotted Chaser, Southern Skimmer, Black-tailed Skimmer, Epaulet Skimmer, Keeled Skimmer, Long Skimmer, Red-veined Darter, Ruddy Darter, Common Darter,
Violet Dropwing

Butterflies

Swallowtail, Scarce Swallowtail, Spanish Festoon, Black-veined White, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Bath White, Western Dappled White, Green-striped White, Orange Tip, Moroccan Orange Tip, Clouded Yellow, Berger’s Clouded Yellow, Brimstone Cleopatra, Wood White, Purple Hairstreak, Spanish Purple Hairstreak, Ilex Hairstreak, False Ilex Hairstreak, Blue-spot Hairstreak, Green Hairstreak, Small Copper, Scarce Copper, Sooty Copper, Purple-shot Copper, Long-tailed Blue, Lang’s Short-tailed Blue, African Grass Blue, Little Blue, Holly Blue, Green-underside Blue, Black-eyed Blue, Panoptes Blue, Silver-studded Blue, Brown Argus, Mountain Argus, Mazarine Blue, Amanda’s Blue, Adonis Blue, Common Blue, Nettle-tree Butterfly, Two-tailed Pasha, Southern White Admiral, Camberwell Beauty, Large Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Cardinal, Silver-washed, Fritillary, Dark Green Fritillary, High Brown Fritillary, Niobe Fritillary, Queen of Spain Fritillary, Twin-spot Fritillary, Marbled Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Glanville Fritillary, Knapweed Fritillary, Spotted Fritillary, Lesser Spotted Fritillary, Heath Fritillary, Provençal Fritillary, Meadow Fritillary, Marsh Fritillary, Spanish Fritillary, Iberian Marbled White, Esper’s Marbled White, Western Marbled White, Spanish Marbled White, Rock Grayling, Grayling, Tree Grayling, Striped Grayling, Black Satyr, Great Banded Grayling, False Grayling, Piedmont Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Dusky Meadow Brown, Oriental Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Southern Gatekeeper, Spanish Gatekeeper, Small Heath, Dusky Heath, Pearly Heath, Chestnut Heath, Speckled Wood, Wall Brown, Large Wall Brown, Grizzled Skipper, Large Grizzled Skipper, Oberthür’s Grizzled Skipper, Olive Skipper, Rosy Grizzled Skipper, Yellow-banded Skipper, Red-underwing Skipper, Sage Skipper, Mallow Skipper, Southern Marbled Skipper, Lulworth Skipper, Essex Skipper, Small Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper, Large Skipper

Birds

Black-necked Grebe, Little Bittern, Black-crowned Night Heron, Squacco Heron, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Great Egret, Purple Heron, Black Stork, White Stork, Glossy Ibis, Spoonbill, Egyptian Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Black Vulture, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Golden Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Booted Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Black Kite, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Montagu’s Harrier, Honey Buzzard, Black-winged , Black Kite, Red Kite, Lesser Kestrel, Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, Water Rail, Purple Swamphen, Common Coot, Little Bustard, Great Bustard, Stone Curlew, Collared Pratincole, Kentish Plover, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Pin-tailed, Sandgrouse, Turtle Dove, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Scops Owl, Red-necked Nightjar, Alpine Swift, Pallid Swift, White-rumped Swift, Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Roller, Hoopoe, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Calandra Lark, Short-toed Lark, Crested Lark, Thekla Lark, Crag Martin, Red-rumped Swallow, Rufous Bush Robin, Bluethroat, Nightingale, Black Redstart, Black-eared Wheatear, Black Wheatear, Blue Rock Thrush, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Cetti’s Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Savi’s Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Spectacled Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Western Orphean Warbler, Western Bonelli’s Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Crested Tit, Coal Tit, Short-toed Treecreeper, Penduline Tit, Golden Oriole, Red-backed Shrike, Iberian Grey Shrike, Woodchat Shrike, Iberian Magpie, Spotless Starling, Spanish Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Rock Sparrow, Common Waxbill, Red Avadavat, Hawfinch,Cirl Bunting, Rock Bunting, Ortolan Bunting, Corn Bunting

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