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The following is a list of ecoregions in Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions [ edit ]
[11] [12] Due to this, Portugal was placed 168th globally out of 172 countries on the Forest Landscape Integrity Index in 2019. [13] Chameleo from Algarve. Portugal is the second country in Europe with the highest number of threatened animal and plant species (488 as of 2020). [14] [15]
Forest of cork oaks in the south of Portugal Furthest extent of the Iberian woodlands. The woodlands of the Iberian Peninsula are distinct ecosystems on the Iberian Peninsula (which includes Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar and Southern France). Although the various regions are each characterized by distinct vegetation, the borders between ...
The Protected areas of Portugal (Portuguese: Áreas protegidas de Portugal) are classified under a legal protection statute that allows for the adequate protection and maintenance of biodiversity, while providing services for ecosystem that maintains the natural and geological patrimony.
Porto Santo Island, which lies 43 kilometres (27 mi) northeast of Madeira. is the second-largest island with an area of 42.2 square kilometres (16.3 sq mi). The Desertas Islands are a chain of three narrow islands about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Madeira, covering an area of 14.2 square kilometres (5.5 sq mi).
There are 36 species of birds that breed on the islands. The Azores bullfinch or Priolo (Pyrrhula murina) is endemic.. The Azores have three native mammals, all bats – the greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis), the Madeira pipistrelle (Pipistrellus maderensis) and the endemic Azores noctule (Nyctalus azoreum).
The remaining woodlands feature mainly oak, walnut and pine. The cork oak savanna in Portugal, known as montado, is a good example of a mediterranean savanna. Shrubland: Shrublands are dense thickets of evergreen sclerophyll shrubs and small trees. They are most common near the seacoast, and are often adapted to wind and salt air from the ocean.
Portugal, Spain PA1217 Pindus Mountains mixed forests: Greece, North Macedonia, and Albania PA1218 Southern Europe: Southern Italy: Italy PA1219 Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands: Spain PA1221 Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests: Portugal, Spain PA1222 Tyrrhenian–Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests