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Lantisco (Periploca laevigata ssp. chevalieri)
Evergreen, woody, highly branched shrub, to 2-3 m tall. Leaves are linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, glabrous, entire, green or light green, and up to 7 cm long. Inflorescence of 3-20 flowers, greenish-yellow and dark tones. A native of ...
Tabaiba dulce (Euphorbia balsamifera ssp. balsamifera)
Succulent deciduous shrub, which contains milky latex and can reach up to 3-4 m tall, though most specimens are smaller. Leaves are lanceolate or oblong-spathulate, herbaceous or slightly fleshy, glaucous or green and 3.5 cm long, grouped ...
Pelotilla escamosa (Monanthes laxiflora)
Small, compact perennial shrublet, with woody branches, often hanging. Leaves are opposite, succulent, small, egg-shaped, green or greyish-green. Flowers are small, star-shaped, terminal, yellowish or pinkish-purple, inflorescence lax. ...
Salvia canaria, garitopa (Salvia canariensis)
Woody, highly branched shrub, which can exceed 2 m in height. Leaves are long (up to 15 cm), sagittate-lanceolate, herbaceous, dark green on top and white-lanate beneath. Inflorescences are terminal, very striking, flowers are aromatic ...
Follado canario, follao (Viburnum rigidum)
Small tree or shrub, evergreen, to 7-8 m. Leaves are ovate to suborbicular, large (up to 20 cm long), somewhat coriaceous, margins entire and pubescent on both sides. Flowers are numerous, white or whitish-yellow, clustered in dense ...
Fea’s Petrel, Gon-gon (Pterodroma feae)
A pelagic seabird, up to 35 cm long, wingspan 86-94 cm. Greyish-black upperparts, crossed by a dark W-shaped band, and white underparts; the underside of the wings is dark grey. The bill, which is rather stubby, has tubular external ...
Canary Islands Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis)
Small bird up to 10-11 cm long. Olive-brown upperparts, yellowish underparts, a pale line over the eye (not very visible) and dark legs. Endemic to the Canaries, this species has two subspecies: the nominate, P. canariensis, found in Gran ...
Madeira Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus maderensis)
Small bat, with a forearm length of 22.9-34.7 mm. Fur is brown to reddish brown and the bare skin is rather dark. Some specimens may have the pale wing markings of their closest relative, Kuhl’s pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii). The ...
Island Canary (Serinus canarius)
This finch, though small (12.5-13.5 cm), is larger than the European serin (Serinus serinus) to which it is closely related. Its plumage is a brilliant yellow (particularly that of the male) and it has a stubby bill; its song is very ...
Bat (Barbastella barbastellus guanchae)
Small bat (forearm length, 37-42 mm), uniformly blackish-brown, but without the whitish-golden back that gives it the characteristic frosted appearance of continental populations; the ears are joined together across the forehead. The ...
Blue Chaffinch (Fringilla teydea)
Measuring up to 16-18 cm in total length, the blue chaffinch is the largest of the world’s three chaffinches. Sexual dimorphism is very pronounced; the adult male has a bright blue back and paler underparts, a relatively long tail, a ...
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Bird measuring 14-16 cm in total length and represented by five subspecies in Macaronesia: F. c. moreletti in the Azores; F. c. maderensis in Madeira; and three forms in the Canaries: F. c. ombriosa (El Hierro), F. c. palmae (La Palma) ...
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