{"id":1673,"date":"2024-01-28T20:11:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T20:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2025-03-05T00:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T00:18:42","slug":"a-diversidade-avifaunistica-da-herdade-da-contenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/a-diversidade-avifaunistica-da-herdade-da-contenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Herdade da Contenda and bird diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With a high bird diversity, Herdade da Contenda is an excellent place to discover<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Herdade da Contenda is located in the municipality of Moura with an area of more than 5,250 hectares belonging to the Municipality of Moura since 1893. It is located at the western end of the Serra Morena, bordering Spain and the municipality of Barrancos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we walk along the paths we can see the radical change in the landscape that contrasts between the pine forests and more rugged terrain to the south with the holm oak forests to the north, with a strip of Mediterranean scrub dividing it. This landscape diversity of high ecological value earned it the National Landscape Award in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a high natural wealth, the territory of Contenda is home to one of the most important colonies of cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus<\/em>) in Portugal, which currently has around 15 breeding pairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This territory is included in the Natura 2000 Network, integrated into the Mour\u00e3o\/Moura\/Barrancos Special Protection Area and also in the Moura\/Barrancos Special Area of Conservation. The biodiversity of this area is notable, with more than 440 species of plants, 133 species of birds, 18 species of mammals, 13 species of reptiles, 10 species of amphibians, 3 species of fish and 10 natural habitats of community interest being inventoried to date. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of birdlife in the region and in addition to the nesting of the cinereous vulture, it is also a place where occurs the griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus<\/em>), the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos<\/em>), the Iberian imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti<\/em>), the short-toed eagle and the red kite (Milvus milvus<\/em>) and black kite (Milvus migrans<\/em>). The diversity of existing habitats, such as scrublands, water courses, forest areas and holm oak forests, also favor the presence of several species of passerines, such as the blue rock trush (Monticola solitarius<\/em>), the IIberian green woodpecker (Picus sharpei<\/em>), the mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus<\/em>) and the Iberian magpie (Cyanopica cooki<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We will soon organize bird watching tours<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Taking into account the great potential for bird watching and nature in general, we are designing tours to visit Herdade da Contenda. The tours will last one day or more and can be combined with other destinations according to the interests of the participants. More details will soon be released about the tours that will be developed in partnership with Herdade da Contenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don't want to miss the opportunity to get to know Herdade da Contenda and participate in future bird watching tours, pre-book now. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What you can find on a tour<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\"abutre-pretoCinereous vulture<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\"bandoGriffon vultures<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\"bandoGriffon vultures<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\"bandoGriffon vultures<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\"MelroBlue Rock Thrush<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\"PaisagemLandscape<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\"PaisagemLandscape<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\"RioRio Murtig\u00e3o<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\"Veados\"\/Red deer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Come explore the territory of Contenda<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Soon you will be able to participate in tours to explore the birdlife at Herdade da Contenda, where we will give special emphasis to observing raptors. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-book your tour at Herdade da Contenda for bird watching and photography. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/i>I want to reserve<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Com uma elevada diversidade avifaun\u00edstica a Herdade da Contenda \u00e9 um excelente local para ir conhecer A Herdade da Contenda situa-se no concelho de Moura com uma \u00e1rea de mais de 5 250 hectares pertencentes \u00e0 C\u00e2mara Municipal de Moura desde 1893. Situa-se no extremo ocidental da Serra Morena fazendo fronteira com Espanha e com […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"CBBTypography":[],"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-1673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caderno-de-campo","tag-birdwatching-tours"],"blocksy_meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados.webp",1920,967,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados-300x151.webp",300,151,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados-768x387.webp",768,387,true],"large":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados-1024x516.webp",1024,516,true],"trip-thumb-size":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados.webp",374,188,false],"destination-thumb-size":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados.webp",600,302,false],"destination-thumb-trip-size":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados.webp",410,206,false],"activities-thumb-size":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados.webp",600,302,false],"trip-single-size":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados.webp",973,490,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados-1536x774.webp",1536,774,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados.webp",1920,967,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/lanius.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/grifos_pousados-18x9.webp",18,9,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jorge Safara","author_link":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/author\/f1ada49a2f09224a\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Com uma elevada diversidade avifaun\u00edstica a Herdade da Contenda \u00e9 um excelente local para ir conhecer A Herdade da Contenda situa-se no concelho de Moura com uma \u00e1rea de mais de 5 250 hectares pertencentes \u00e0 C\u00e2mara Municipal de Moura desde 1893. Situa-se no extremo ocidental da Serra Morena fazendo fronteira com Espanha e com…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanius.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}