Birds
Italy has recorded 516 bird species. This is too great a number to discuss here but notable birds are Hoopoe, Roller, White-backed Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker, European Green Woodpecker, Alpine Chough, Snow Finch, Rock Partridge, Bonelli's Eagle, Goshawk, Eagle Owl, Lammergeier, Egyptian Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Collared Pratincole, Glossy Ibis, Spoonbill, Allen's Gallinule, Great Bustard, Trumpeter Finch, Rosy Starling, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Woodchat Shrike, Bluethroat and Eurasian Nightjar.
Read more about this topic: Fauna Of Italy
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