FAUNA AND FLORA IN EXTREMADURA

•The Community of Extremadura is one of the ornithological more destinationsimportant in Europe, where the presence of large populationsof large raptors, waterfowl and steppe birds can observein a short time much of the rarest species ofcontinent. Here a 60% of the European population of Griffonblack (Aegypius monachus) with its two core players moremajor world: the Monfragüe Nature andSpecial Area of Conservation of the Sierra de San Pedro, with more than220 breeding pairs in each. The Imperial EagleIberian (Imperial Eagle), with 38 breeding pairs, the Eagle(Hieraaetus fasciatus), with 94 breeding pairsthe Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni), with 25% of the populationSpanish, and Blue Kite (Elanus caeruleus), with 250 couples,are the other raptors of note in the Region.

•Forests, thickets and pastures are the natural vegetation of Extremadura, which is still unchanged in wide areas, such as natural parks and Cornalvo Monfragüe, La Vera, the valleys of Jerte and Ambroz, and Sierras de Gata, Las Villuercas, San Pedro, Hornachos, Jerez de los Caballeros and Tentudía. Extremadura was a forest, and even today, much of its surface is covered with forests. Oak forests in the plains. Forest gall oaks and oaks, hills and mountains. Mediterranean Woodland and in many different forms, depending on the terrain and the nuances of the weather. Route of forests and pastures of Extremadura begins through the lush and moist north oaks in the region, entering the Valley Jerte, road from La Vera, in the warm sunshine of the Sierra de Gredos, and west of the range, the Sierra Dégat. Mountains, valleys and plains. A territory-with different peaks of 2400 meters and depressions within 200 meters above the sea that has one of the last paradises naturalesde Europe. Extremadura is Nature and Man. Untouched nature in forests and bush-covered landscapes Agres i's, primitive shelters in the continent's most endangered wildlife. And Nature recreated by human labor in the pastures, grassland and arable land, generously hosting wildlife. Over the centuries, agriculture and livestock have shaped the look of Extremadura plains, creating large open spaces, where nature lives in harmony with the land use land tradicionalesde. The history of this landscape is linked to the Mesta, the powerful organization of transhumance, and the military orders of Alcántara and Santiago. The plains of Extremadura are a vital refuge for the Great Bustard and other steppe birds in serious decline worldwide.