The Birds of Monte Generoso
The complexity of the Generoso’s environment favours the presence of a very varied birdlife. In addition, the mountain is a crossroads for the migration between the Alpine arc and the Po Valley.
To-date, 131 species of the 304 known in the Ticino, 83 nesting birds and a number of relatively small song birds such as Passeriformes have been observed and noted.
The greatest number of species (86-89) and the largest quantity of these are observed in spring-summer with the passage of the migrating birds and the arrival of the nest-building birds.
List of some of the birds on Monte Generoso:
- Brown kite (Milvus migrans)
- Harrier eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
- Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Greek partridge (Alectoris graeca)
- Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- Tawny owl (Strix aluco)
- Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
- Greater spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- House martin (Delichon urbica)
- Butcherbird (Lanius collurio)
- Coaltit (Parus ater)
- Blue tit (Parus caeruleus)
- Great tit (Parus major)
- Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
- Accentor (Prunella collaris)
- Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
- Common raven (Corvux corax)
- Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)