At the mountain
Birds
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.
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.
List of some of the birds you can admire here:
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
- Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca)
- Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
- Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
- Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
- Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
- Carrion, Hooded Crow (Corvus corone)
- Northern Raven (Corvus corax)
- Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)