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A Field Guide to the Common Fauna
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A Field Guide to the C
Fauna of Six Croatian
By Susannah Dragash
Introduction: This field gu i
wildlife found on six largE
comprehensive, but provi,
mammalian fauna found
those touring or vacationi
eres, Mljet, Hvar, Brijuni,
each island. Photographs
distributions are included
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A Field Guide to the Common
Fauna of Six Croatian Islands
By Susannah Dragash
Introduction: This field guide was created to highlight a total of thirty-six species of
wildlife found on six large, frequently visited Croatian islands. This guide is not
comprehensive, but provides accounts on some of the major avian, reptilian, and
mammalian fauna found on the islands. The guide can serve as a reference for
those touring or vacationing on the Croatian islands. The islands represented are
Cres, Mljet, Hvar, Brijuni, Kornati, and Brac. Six different species are described for
each island. Photographs of the animals and maps of their respective geographic
distributions are included on each page.
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CRES Common toad
Bufo bufo spinosus
European tree frog
Hyla hyla arborea
Classification: Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Classification: Kingdom Anime
Chordata, Class Amphibia, Order Anura, Phylum Chordata, Class Ampr
Family Bufonidae
Order Anura, Family Hylidae
Description: About 10 cm long; skin is
greenish brown and warty on back and
cream colored with spots on belly
(Reptiles & Amphibians, 2009)
Photo by Laurent Lebo is
Geographic range: Widespread in
Europe and Middle East; fragmented
distribution in Africa; native in Croatia
Habitat: Found in terrestrial and
freshwater environments, such as
forests, underbrush, grasslands, damp
areas with thick vegetation, arid areas;
usually avoid open areas
Description: About 4 cm long,
smooth and bright green, yelle
greenish-brown on the back al
cream colored and granular 0
belly; marked with dark latera
from nostril to hip; possess pal
fingers and toes for adhesion
Animal Files, 2014}
Habitat: Terrestrial, freshwater
found in open vegetative area
broad-leafed plants and much
sunlight, cultivated areas such
parks, vineyards, orchards; a'
dark, dense forests; can tolere
dry areas
Diet: Arthropods, mainly insects
Diet: Insects, spiders, snails
Map by Osado
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Europea n tree frog
Hyla hyla arborea
dom Animalia, Phylum
phibia, Order Anura,
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Amphibia,
Order Anura, Family Hylidae
10 cm long; skin is
warty on back and
spots on belly
ians, 2009)
Description: About 4 cm long, skin is
smooth and bright green, yellow, or
greenish-brown on the back and
cream colored and granular on the
belly; marked with dark lateral stripes
from nostril to hip; possess pads on
fingers and toes for adhesion (The
Animal Files, 2014)
: Widespread in
East; frag mented
; native in Croatia
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Habitat: Terrestrial, freshwater frog;
found in open vegetative areas with
broad-leafed plants and much
sunlight, cultivated areas such as
parks, vineyards, orchards; avoids
dark, dense forests; can tolerate some
dry areas
Photo by Radoslav Kovatchev
Geographic range: Widespread in most
of Europe, including Iberian Peninsula
and Turkey; native in Croatia
Diet: Insects, spiders, snails
Map by Osado
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Blue-throated keeled lizard
Algyroides nigropunctatus nigropunctatus
European cat snake
Telescopus fallax fallax
Classification: Kingdom Animalia, Phylum
Chordata, Class Reptilia, Order
Squamata, Fam ily Lacertidae
Classification: Kingdom Animc
Phylum Chordata, Class Reptili
Order Squamata, Family Colul
Description: Up to 25 cm long, scales on
back keeled ("V" shaped), skin on back is
light to reddish brown, white on belly, may
have parallel rows of small black dots on
back during mating season, males, and
sometimes females, have bright blue throat
during mating season (GBIF, 2015)
Description: Has triangular hec
laterally compressed body, po~
mild venom that is not harmful
humans (Van Waillach, 2015),
100 cm long, skin is gray or Ii!
brown on the back with dark t
transverse bars and black colic
marking behind head, belly is
colored, sometimes with dark I
(Snakes of Croatia, n.d.)
Geographic range: Eastern Adriatic coast from northeastern Italy and southern Slovenia to Greece, some Croatian islands, native in Croatia Photo by Edo van Uchelen
Habitat: Terrestrial, found in open
woodlands, shrubs, low vegetation,
rock walls in urban areas, near water,
can be found on rocks and cliffs,
usually in shaded or semi-shaded
areas, sometimes found basking in
sunlight
Diet: Arthropods including spiders
and insects (Polovic et aI., 2013)
Map by Carlosblh
Habitat: Terrestrial, found in n
shrubbery, sometimes sandy t
Diet: Lizards (Van Wallach, n.
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European cat snake
Telescopus fallax fallax
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia,
Order Squamata, Family Colubridae
found in open
low vegetation,
areas, near water,
and cliffs,
r sem i-shaded
nd basking in
luding spiders
c et 01., 2013)
Description: Has triangular head,
laterally compressed body, possesses
mild venom that is not harmful to
humans (Van Wallach, 20 15), around
100 cm long, skin is gray or light
brown on the back with dark black
transverse bars and black collar or
marking behind head, belly is light
colored, sometimes with dark blotches
(Snakes of Croatia, n.d.)
Photo by Petr Balei
Geographic range: Eastern Adriatic
coast from northeast Italy to Greece,
throughout Greece, Turkey, and parts
of Middle East, native in Croatia
Habitat: Terrestrial, found in rocky areas,
shrubbery, sometimes sandy beaches
Diet: lizards (Van Wallach, n.d.)
Map by Google Maps and rDWG
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Griffon vulture
European serin
Serinus serinus
Gypsfulvus
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Aves, Order
Accipitriformes, Family Accipitridae
Classification: Kingdom Animc
Phylum Chordata, Class Aves,
Passeriformes, Family Ff'ingillic
Description: About 100 cm long, with
wingspan of about 250 cm, head,
neck, and collar covered with white
down feathers, tail and wing feathers
black, body feathers brown, has a
weak beak (Large Herbivore Network,
2015)
Description: Small, brightly co
yellow bird, about 12 cm lon~
22 cm wingspan, stout bill, de
streaks on breast and back
Photo
by
Luc Viatour
Photo
by
Carlos Delgado
Geographic range: Found in the Middle
East, Iberian Peninsula, sections
throughout central Africa, southeastern
Europe, India and into southern China,
native in Croatia
Map from Wikipedia .org
Habitat: Terrestrial, found in large, open
areas from mountains to semi-desert
landscape
Diet: carrion, mostly large mammals
Habitat: Not we'" described.
Mediterranean areas such as
forests, orchards, vineyards (~
Copete, 2009), open areas, '
(Robinson, 2005)
Diet: Mainly seeds, sometime
invertebrates (Robinson, 200;
Geographic range: WidesprE
Europe down to northwestern
Africa, fragmented distributic
Turkey, native in Croatia
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European serin
Serinus serinus
ClassiHcation: Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Aves, Order Passeriformes, Family Fringillidae Description: Small, brightly colored yellow bird, about 12 cm long with a 22 cm wingspan, stout bill, dark streaks on breast and back : Found in the Middle
la, sections
Africa, southeastern
into southern China,
I, found in large, open
ins to semi-desert
large mammals
Habitat: Not well described.
Mediterranean areas such as pine
forests, orchards, vineyards (Senar and
Copete, 2009), open areas, woodlands
(Robinson, 2005)
Photo by Luis Garc ia
Diet: Mainly seeds, sometimes
invertebrates (Robinson, 2005)
Geographic range: Widespread in
Europe down to northwestern
Africa, fragmented distribution in
Turkey, native in Croatia
Orange = summer, green
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Map from Ulrich Prokop
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blue
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Sharp-snouted rock lizard
Lacerta oxycephala
Broad-toothed field mous«
Apodemus mystacinus
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia,
Order Squamata, Family Lacertidae
Classification: Kingdom Anil
Phylum Chordata, Class Ma
Order Rodentia, Family Mur
Description: Can either be gray-beige
with tail striped transversely with black
and turquoise (lowland regions), or
almost completely black (upland
regions, offshore islands), skin is blue
on belly in adults, can be more
vibrant in male, has pointed snout,
pair of wide scales under tail (Arnold
and Ovenden, 2002)
Description: Fur on back is ~
have reddish or yellowish tir
belly is light colored or whitt
et aI., 2003)
Habitat: Found in rocky are<
with little grass or shrub cov,
Photo
by Guillaume
Lemoine
Diet: Grains, pine seeds, ac
carob pods, snails, insects
Habitat: Terrestrial, found in rocky
areas and on cliffs, on walls in
villages and houses, sunny areas
Diet: Insects
Geographic range: Found in southern
Croatia including some islands, southern
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro,
possibly Albania, native in Croatia
Map from IUCN Red List
M ap from IUCN Red list
·,' Broad-toothed field mouse
Apodemus mystacinus
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia,
Order Rodentia, Family Muridae
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Description: Fur on back is gray, may
have reddish or yellowish tint, fur on
belly is light colored or white (Colak
et 01., 2003)
Habitat: Found in rocky areas, forests
with little grass or shrub cover
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Geographic range: Found in some
Aegean islands, Turkey, Georgia,
Lebanon, Israel, jordan, Syria, northern
Iraq, introduced in Croatia
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Diet: Grains, pine seeds, acorns,
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Common hoopoe
European roller
Coracias garrulus
Upupa epops
Classification: Kingdom Ar
Phylum Chordata, Class A~
Coraciiformes, Family Core
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Aves, Order
Bucerotiformes, Family Upupidae
Description: Pale brown feathers on
back, pinkish feathers on belly,
crested with black tips on crest
feathers, wing and tail feathers black
with white markings, primary feathers
have white bands, long, slender bill
and short legs (Planet of Birds, 2015)
Description: Light blue hea
and breast region, light br
colored back and wing fee
black tips on wings, dark ~
bill through eyes (Kovacs e
Photo by Jari Peltomaki
Geographic range: Found
Europe, southern Spain, SG
Africa, much of the MiddlE
southwest Asia, southwest
Photo by Jari Peltomaki native in Croatia
Geographic range: Widespread
throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa,
native in Croatia
Habitat: Found in deciduous woods,
areas with low grasses and shrubs
(Barbaro et aI., 2009)
Diet: Slugs, worms, insects, sometimes
lizards (Fournier and Arelettaz, 2001)
Orange = nesting, green
winter
M ap by Ulrich Prokop
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European roller
Coracias garrulus
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Aves, Order
Coraciiformes, Family Coraciidae
Description: light blue head, throat,
and breast region, light brownish rust
colored back and wing feathers,
black tips on wings, dark band from
bill through eyes (Kovacs et 01., 2008)
Photo by Zah o rec Pavel
Photo by Jar i Pe ltomaki
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resident, blue
Geographic range: Found in eastern
Europe, southern Spain, southern
Africa, much of the Middle East,
southwest Asia, southwest Russia,
native in Croatia
Habitat: lowland open Mediterranean
countryside, oak and pine woodlands,
cultivated areas such as orchards and
farmlands, river valleys, open clearings
with scattered leafy or thorny trees, is
migratory - spends summers in steppes
and temperate regions
Diet: Invertebrates, hard insects,
occasionally fruit, sometimes even frogs,
lizards, snakes, small mammals (Kovacs
et 01., 2008)
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Balkan whip snake
Hierophis gemonensis
kown big-eared bat
Plecotus auritus
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia,
Order Squamata, Family Colubridae
:Iassification: Kingdom Animal
)hylum Chordata, Class Mamrr
:)rder Chiroptera, Family
Vespertilionidae
Description: Up to 1 meter long, has
small black, white, gray, brown, and
red spots starting at base of neck and
continuing halfway down back,
remainder of body is solid brown,
skin on belly is yellowish, snake is
non-venomous
Geographic range: Eastern Europe
southward to Greece, including many
Mediterranean and Adriatic islands,
native in Croatia
Photo by J-P Vacher
Description: Small bat with silk~
brown fur on back and grayish
fur on belly, large ears almost (
as body, during flight, they fly ,
~~m!!!!!I ears erect, and at rest, ears cur
sideways resembling ram's hor
(Thompson, 2002)
Habitat: Terrestrial, found in rocky, dry,
shrubby areas, vineyards, olive groves,
open woodlands, rural areas, stone ruins
Diet: Lizards, arthropods, some small
mammals
Map from IUCN Red List
Geographic range: Endemic tc
Europe, native in Croatia, patl
distribution in Iberian peninsul
Italy
Habitat: Deciduous and conifc
isolated trees in parks and ga
hedgerows, spends summers
colonies in buildings, tree hoi
boxes, spends winters hibernc
caves, mines, buildings, somE
Diet: Moths and flies
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rown big-eared bat
Plecotus auritus
L_.~.,-- ....~_ Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
hylum Chordata, Class Mammalia,
Order Chiroptera, Family
IVesperti Iion idae
escription: Sma" bat with silky,
rown fur on back and grayish brown
ur on belly, large ears almost as long
s body, during flight, they fly with
ars erect, and at rest, ears curl
sideways resembling ram's horn
(Thompson, 2002)
nd in rocky, dry,
rds, olive groves,
areas, stone ru ins
s, some small
Photo by Dragisa Savic
Geographic range: Endemic to Europe, native in Croatia, patchy distribution in Iberian peninsula and Italy Habitat: Deciduous and coniferous forests,
isolated trees in parks and gardens,
hedgerows, spends summers roosting in
colonies in buildings, tree holes, and bat
boxes, spends winters hibernating in
caves, mines, buildings, sometimes trees
Diet: Moths and flies
Diffe rent colors denote different subspecies
Map by Aulgier and IUCN Red List
HVAR
Blue rock thrush
Monticola solitarius
Eurasian eagle-owl
Bubo bubo
Classification: Kingdom Anir
Phylum Chordata; Class Ave
Passeriformes, Family Muscic
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Aves, Order
Strigiformes, Family Strigidae
Description: One of the largest owls in
the world, has large ear tufts, mostly
brown-black coloration, facial disc is
marked with black, gray, and white,
has white throat
Description: Dark blue with (
wings, females can have brc
feathers on belly and back f
Ecology Study Group, 2008
Photo by Johan Spaedtke
Habitat: Found in rocky, open areas,
mountains, edges of forests (Kong,
2013)
Diet: Mostly small mammals such as
rabbits, hamsters, hedgehogs, few
birds, sma" proportion of lizards
(Sandor and lonescu, 2009)
Map from TheOwlPages.com
Geographic range: Widespread in
Spain, eastern Europe, Asia, Uzbekistan,
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, also found in
northern Iran and Pakistan, native in
Croatia
Map from IUCN Red list
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Blue rock thrush
Monticola solitarius
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata; Class Aves, Order
Passeriformes, Family Muscicapidae
Description: Dark blue with dark
wings, females can have brown
feathers on belly and back (Bird
Ecology Study Group, 2008)
ky, open areas, forests (Kong, by Juan
Lacruz
Habitat: Breed on limestone cliffs,
located in rocky areas, sometimes
found in cities with many concrete
buildings
ammals such as ehogs, few on of lizards ,2009) Idespread in
, Asia, Uzbekistan,
nistan, also found in
kistan, native in
Photo
Diet: Insects, snails, berries
Map from IUCN Red List
Geographic range: India, southeast
Asia, northeast Africa, southern
Europe, especially coastal regions,
native in Croatia
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Natrix natrix
Nose-horned viper
Vipera ammodytes
Classification : Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia,
Order Squamata, Family Natricidae
Classification: Kingdom An
Phylum Chordata, Class Re
Order Squamata, Family Vi
Description: Blue-gray skin on back,
brighter blue on belly, may have
parallel rows of small black spots
down back, dorsoventral black
bands, non-venomous
Photo
by
Bern ie
Habitat: Open spaces with sunlight,
access to basking areas, close to
dense vegetation for protection
(Reading and Jofre, 2009)
Map
by
Diet: Frogs, small mammals, fish,
occasionally birds (Gregory and
Isaac, 2004)
B. Kimmel
Geographic range: Found in northern
Africa up to Scandanavia,
widespread throughout Europe, native
in Croatia
Description: Venomous, ra
25 em to 3 meters long, gn
brown body with dark blac
pattern down back and sp<
sides, prominent horn on nl
(Editors of Encyclopedia Br
2015)
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Nose-horned viper
Vipera ammodytes
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Closs Reptilia,
Order Squamata, Family Viperidae
n spaces with sunlight,
°ng areas, close to
on for protection
Jofre, 2009)
Description: Venomous, ranges from
25 cm to 3 meters long, grayish­
brown body with dark block zigzag
pattern down bock and spots down
sides, prominent horn on nasal area
(Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica,
2015)
Habitat: Rocky, dry areas, cultivated
areas such as vineyards, hillsides,
woodlands, shrubs, stone walls
II mammals, fish, irds (Gregory and Found in northern
ndanavia,
roughout Europe, native
Photo by Benny Trapp
Diet: Small mammals, frogs, lizards
(Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica,
2015)
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Map by R. B. Rousse
Geographic range: From northern
Italy eastward to Romania and south
to Greece, native in Croatia
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Greater horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Savi's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus savii
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia,
Order Chiroptera, Family
Rhinolophidae
Classification: Kingdom Anin
Phylum Chordata, Class Mar
Order Chiroptera, Family
Vespertilionidae
Description: Fur on back is brown
with darker tips, belly fur lighter
colored, skin surrounding nostrils is
horseshoe-sha ped
Habitat: Woodlands, Mediterranean
shrublands, pastures, roosts in
caves, warm underground spaces,
occasionally buildings or attics in
the summer
Description: Black wings ane
colored fur on belly, darker f
back
photo by Guroy Toyyar
Diet: Beetles, moths, other insects
Geographic range: North Africa to
southern Europe and east to southwest
Asia, the Middle East, southeast China,
Korea, Japan, native in Croatia
Habitat: Forages over open (
such as woodlands and past
near lights that attract insect~
in rock crevices, occasionall;
between stone buildings, rar
underground
Diet: Insects
Mop from IUCN Red List
Geographic range: Southen
and north Africa, through Tu
Afghanista, southern Turkme
Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, I
population in Kazakhstan, r
Croatia
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Savi's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus savii
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia,
Order Chiroptera, Family
Vespertilionidae
Description: Black wings and tail, light
colored fur on belly, darker fur on
back
Habitat: Forages over open areas such as woodlands and pastures, near lights that attract insects, roosts in rock crevices, occasionally between stone buildings, rarely underground Photo from UniProt Consortium
Diet: Insects
Geographic range: Southern Europe
and north Africa, through Turkey,
Afghanista, southern Turkmenistan,
Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, and small
population in Kazakhstan, native in
Croatia
Map from IUCN Red List
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Collared pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Common buzzard
Buteo buteo
Classification: Kingdom An
Phylum Chordata, Class A,
Charadriiformes, Family G
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Aves, Order
Accipitriformes, Family Accipitridae
Description: Medium-sized bird of
prey, mostly brown plumage, but can
be variable - reddish-brown, white, or
blackish-brown plumage, feathers
darker on back than on belly
(Wildscreen Arkive, 2015)
Geographic range: Widespread
throughout all of Europe, southwest
Asia, southern Russia, parts of the
Middle East, southern Africa, native in
Croatia
Map by GROMS
Photo
by
Description: Small bird witl
wings and deeply forked t(
(European Commission, 2C
disti nctive black band thro,
down cheeks, and around
a collar, feathers on back I
gray, white belly, wings ar
or black, underside of win!
colored, bill is short and h
black with red base (Wild:
Arkive, 201 5)
Ken Billington
Photo
by Martin
Lofgren
Habitat: Forages on flat, 0
with some low shrubs, nee
Habitat: Nests in areas with tree
Diet: Large insects, spider:
cover, in ha b its forests or mixed forest/
open areas
Geographic range: Spo~
along coastal areas from
Diet: Small mammals, sometimes
Greece, Bulgaria, border
invertebrates
populations in Turkey, SOl
central and eastern Afric(
Croatia
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Collared pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Aves, Order
Charadriiformes, Family Glareolidae
Description: Small bird with long
wings and deeply forked tail
(European Commission, 2015), has
distinctive black band through eyes,
down cheeks, and around throat like
a collar, feathers on back brownish­
gray, white belly, wings and tail dark
or black, underside of wings rust­
colored, bill is short and hooked,
black with red base (Wildscreen
Arkive, 2015)
by Martin Lofgren
Habitat: Forages on flat, open areas
with some low shrubs, near water
in areas with tree
forests or mixed forest/
Diet: Large insects, spiders, mollusks
mammals, sometimes
Geographic range: Spotty distribution
along coastal areas from Spain to Italy,
Greece, Bulgaria, bordering Black Sea,
populations in Turkey, southwest Asia,
central and eastern Africa, native in
Croatia
Ph oto
Ma p
by Ferran Pestana
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Eurasian/Western marsh
Circus aeruginosus
Common nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Aves, Order
Passeriformes, Family Muscicapidae
Classification: Kingdom Anil
Phylum Chordata, Class Ave
Accipitriformes, Family Acci :
Description: Medium-sized bird,
broad tail, short wings, light/dull
brown in coloration, lighter belly color
(RSPB, n.d .)
Description: Large bird of pI
long, narrow tail, long legs,
variable but mostly brown, f
have cream-colored crown (
males have gray wings and
brown body (Wildscreen Ar
2015)
Habitat: Open woodlands with
dense vegetation and thickets, near
water, in undergrowth of woodlands
(Wildscreen Arkive, 2015)
Photo by Chris Romeiks
Diet: Mostly invertebrates,
occasionally berries and seeds in
summer and fall
Geographic range: Widespread in
Europe from Spain east to Turkey and
southwest Asia, population band
through central Africa, native in Croatia
Map from IUCN Red List
light green = breeding, dark gr
resident, blue = winter
Map from Wikipedia .org
-' Eurasian/Western marsh harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Aves, Order
Accipitriformes, Family Accipitridae
Description: Large bird of prey with
long, narrow tail, long legs, color
variable but mostly brown, females
have cream-colored crown and throat,
males have gray wings and dark
brown body (Wildscreen Arkive,
Photo by Artur Mikolajewski
2015)
Photo by Dayananda
Geographic range: From Spain east
to Russia and south to central Asia
and India, central and southeast
Africa, native in Croatia
Light green = breeding , dark green
resident, blue = winter
Map from Wikipedia.org
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Habitat: Dense marsh vegetation,
areas with brackish water
Diet: Small birds and mammals
Cyprian wild sheep
Ovis orientalis orientalis
Chital
Axis axis
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia,
Order Cetartiodactyla, Family
Bovidae
Description: Have two large horns that
curve backward away from face, coat
is reddish brown on back and white
on belly, have black stripe on flanks,
legs have black markings, short tail
(WAZA, n.d.)
Classification: Kingdom Anin
Phylum Chordata, Class Ma.r
Order Cetartiodactyla, Fam"
Cervidae
Description: Large deer with
brown coat, white spots, an(
belly, males have three-pron~
antlers that are shed annual!
Animal Files, 2014}
Photo
by Jorg Hempel
Habitat: Arid areas such as
grasslands, some woodlands and
agricultural fields
Diet: Grasses, shrubs, grains
Map from IUCN Red List
Geographic range: Iran and western
Uzbekistan, scattered distrubution in
Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan,
introduced in Croatia
Map
by Duckworth et 01. and Ii
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Chital
Axis axis
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia,
Order Cetartiodactyla, Family
Cervidae
Description: Large deer with reddish­
brown coat, white spots, and white
belly, males have three-pronged
antlers that are shed annually (The
Animal Files, 2014)
Photo by Altaipanther
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Habitat: Moist and dry forests near
grasslands, coastal dry evergreen
forests and mixed forests
s such as
woodlands and
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: Iran and western
red distrubution in
nistan, and Tajikistan,
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Diet: Many types of plants including
fallen leaves, flowers, fruits, crabs,
mushrooms, rarely bark
Map by Duckworth et al . and IUCN Red list
Geographic range: Found in India
and southern Nepal near Nepal!
India border, introduced in Croatia
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KORNATI
Dalmation wall lizard
Podarcis melisellensis
Green toad
Pseudepidalea viridis
Classification: Kingdom Ar
Phylum Chordata, Class Re
Order Squamata, Family L(
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Amphibia,
Order Anura, Family Bufonidae
Description: Can be either
orange, or white on belly,
parallel rows of spots dow
sometimes skin on back is
green
Description: Gray-brown skin on
back, lighter on belly, covered in
asymmetric green spots on back
Habitat: Forests, scrublands,
grasslands, alpine areas, occasionally
urban areas, breeds in ponds, lakes,
swamps, wet areas
Photo by Richard Bartz
Diet: Insects, invertebrates, butterflies,
moths, earthworms (Wikipedia, 2015)
Geographic range: Widespread in
eastern Europe from Germany south
to Greece, east to Russia and south
the Black Sea, native in Croatia
Map from IUCN Red List
Map by IUCN Red List
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Dalmation wall lizard
Podarcis melisellensis
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia,
Order Squamata, Family Lacertidae
Description: Can be either yellow,
orange, or white on belly, have
parallel rows of spots down sides,
sometimes skin on back is solid
green
Ph oto by Jadvinia
Habitat: Dry areas and in scrubs,
woodlands, pastures, can be found in
rocky areas and on stone walls
Diet: Arthropods, including insects
(Valakos, 1986)
nge: Widespread in
from Germa ny south
st to Russia and south
, native in Croatia
Map from IUCN Red Li st
Geographic range: Mediterranean
and sub-Mediterranean areas,
northern Italy down through Croatia
and Albania, present on many
Adriatic islands, native in Croatia
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Four-lined snake
Elaphe quatuorlineata
European shag
Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia,
Order Squamata, Family Colubridae
Classification: Kingdom j
Phylum Chordata, Class
Suliformes, Family Phalac
Description: Light brown skin on back,
cream on belly, dark or black lines
down length of body, black stripe
from eye to base of mouth
Description: Body entirel~
yellow patches on cheek:
crest of black feathers on
neck, short tail (Wikiped
Habitat: Open and cultivated areas
such as vineyards, open woodlands,
edges of woodlands, shrubby rocky
areas
I
Photo
by Carlo Caton i
Diet: fish
Diet: Rodents, mainly mice and rats,
some lizards, few birds (Capizzi et
aI., 1995)
Geographic range: Mediterranean
and sub-Mediterranean zones,
southern Italy, along Adriatic coastline
to Greece, native in Croatia
Habitat: Rocky coasts, sl
fishing grounds, do not I
land
Map by R. B. Rou sse
European shag
Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Aves, Order
Suliformes, Family Phalacrocoracidae
Description: Body entirely black,
yellow patches on cheeks, prominent
crest of black feathers on head, long
neck, short tail (Wikipedia, 2015)
Habitat: Rocky coasts, sheltered
fishing grounds, do not fly for from
land
Photo by Andreas Trepte
Diet: fish
Photo by Andrew Easton
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Map by IUCN Red List
Geographic range: Widespread
along entire European coast from
Finland to Morocco, along
Mediterranean and Adriatic coasts,
around Black Sea, parts of coast of
northern Africa, native in Croatia
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Black-eared wheatear
Common bent-wing bal
Miniopterus schreibersii
Oenanthe hispanica
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Aves, Order
Passeriformes, Family Muscicapidae
Description: Male has black wings,
tail, and face, light rust-colored
feathers on crown of head and down
back, cream-colored on belly feathers,
some males may have black throat;
female has tan head and back, brown
to dark brown wings and tail, cream
colored belly (Oiseaux-birds, n.d.)
Classification: Kingdom A I
Phylum Chordata, Class N
Order Chiroptera, Family
Vesterti lion idae
Description: Brown fur on
belly fur a bit lighter brow
brown
Photo
by Georges 01 ioso
Habitat: open, rocky, dry areas,
architectural ruins and stone walls
(Oiseaux-birds, n.d.)
Map
by IUCN Red List
Diet: Insects, spiders, mollusks, seeds,
berries
Geographic range: Spain, Morocco,
northern Algeria, southern France,
patchy distribution in Italy, down
Adriatic coast from northwest Italy to
Greece, east through Turkey and parts
of Middle East, population band
through north-central Africa, native in
Croatia
Geographic range: North
southwest Europe east thrc
and through Middle East,
Croatia
Map
by Kohl and Kurth
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Common bent-wing bat
Miniopterus schreibersii
Classification: Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Chiroptera, Family Vestertilion idae Description: Brown fur on back, belly fur a bit lighter brown, wings brown dry areas,
s and stone walls
n.d.)
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ders, mollusks, seeds,
e: Spain, Morocco,
, southern France,
n in Italy, down
northwest Italy to
ugh Turkey and parts
pulation band
tral Africa, native in
Photo
by
Igor Borsic
Geographic range: North Africa and southwest Europe east through Italy and through Middle East, native in Croatia Photo
by Marko
Kon ig
Habitat: Forages in open and
sometimes suburban areas, roosts in
caves and mines
Diet: Moths, occasionally flies
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BRAe
Common pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pzpistrellus
Lesser horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus hipposideros
Classification: Kingdom t
Phylum Chordata, Class I
Order Chiroptera, Family
Vespertilionidae
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia,
Order Chiroptera, Family
Rhinolophidae
Description: Small bat, fu
dark brown, belly fur pal~
and rounded, wing meml
opaque (Fisher et 01., 20~
Description: Very small bat, fur is
gray and long, fur on back has
brownish-gray tint, has characteristic
horseshoe-shaped skin surrounding
nostrils (Fisher et 01., 2005)
Photo by Sebastien Krickx
Habitat: Sheltered valleys, forest
edges, wetlands and pastures,
forages in woodlands, roosts in
rock crevices (Fisher et 01., 2005)
Diet: Mainly flies and gnats (Fisher et 01., 2005) Map from IUC N Red List
Geographic range: Widespread
throughout all European countries and
islands in Mediterranean region, small
range in northern and eastern Africa,
native in Croatia
Habitat: Sem i-open area5
farmlands, open woodlor
lakes, large hedgerows, I
and cracks in buildings (I
2005)
Diet: Mostly flies and gn(
aquatic insects (Fisher et
Geographic range: Frorr
Scandinavia down throu
Europe, including Medit~
counries, northwest Afri<
Asia, native in Croatia
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Common pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pzpistrellus
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia,
Order Chiroptera, Family
Vespertilionidae
Description: Small bat, fur on back is
dark brown, belly fur pale, ears short
and rounded, wing membranes
opaque (Fisher et 01., 2005)
lIeys, forest
pastures,
s, roosts in
et 01., 2005)
Habitat: Semi-open areas such as
farmlands, open woodlands, gardens,
lakes, large hedgerows, roosts in trees
and cracks in buildings (Fisher et 01.,
2005)
Photo by Milos Andera
Diet: Mostly flies and gnats, some
aquatic insects (Fisher et 01., 2005)
d gnats {Fisher
Widespread
n countries and
neon region, small
nd eastern Africa,
Geographic range: From
Scandinavia down through most of
Europe, including Mediterranean
counries, northwest Africa, southwest
Asia, native in Croatia
Map by Carlosblh
European glass lizard
Pseudopus apodus
Balkan green lizard
Lacerta trilineata
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia,
Order Squamata, Family Anguidae
Classifical'ion: Kingdom
Phylum Chordata, Class
Order Squamata, Family
Description: Limbless, skin on back is
brown to dark brown, belly is lighter,
may have subtle striped or speckled
pattern down back (The Reptile
Database, n.d.)
Descripl'ion: About 30 cr
males are bright emeralc
black and yellow spots c
throat blue, skin on belly
males and pale yellow 0
females, female color is '
(WAZA, n.d.)
j
Photo from The Reptile Database
Geographic range: From Greece up
through Croatia including the islands,
parts of Middle East (Encyclopedia of
Life, n.d.)
Photo by Daniel Jablonski
Habitat: Open areas such as
grasslands and sparsely wooded hills,
dry habitats (Encyclopedia of Life,
n.d.)
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Map by Google Maps and TDWG
Diet: Snails and slugs, some
arthropods and small mammals
(Encyclopedia of Life, n.d.)
Map from Wikimedia.org
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Balkan green lizard
Lacerta trilineata
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia,
Order Squamata, Family Lacertidae
Description: About 30 cm long,
males are bright emerald green with
black and yellow spots on back,
throat blue, skin on belly yellow in
males and pale yellow or greenish in
females, female color is variable
(WAZA, n.d.)
Photo by Kiril Kapustin
Photo by
Matthieu Sontag
areas such as
sparsely wooded hills,
ncyclopedia of Life,
Geographic range: Coastal Croatia,
east through Bulgaria, south through
western Turkey and Greece, found on
many Mediterranean and Balkan
islands, native in Croatia
slugs, some
small mammals
of life, n.d.)
Habitat: Dry, Mediterranean areas,
areas with bushes, sand dunes, rock
walls, orchards, can be found near
streams
Map from Wikimedia .org
Diet: Insects, other invertebrates
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Turkish gecko
Ed i ble dormouse
Hemidactylus turcicus
Clis glis
Classification : Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia,
Order Squamata, Family
Gekkonidae
Classification: Kingd(
Phylum Chordata, CII
Order Rodentia, Fam
Description: Skin on back is pinkish­
gray with dark spots that form
transverse rows, tail has dark and
light bands (Encyclopedia of Life,
n.d.)
Description: Small to
rodent, bushy tail, lar
dormouse species - a
long, gray fur, white
Photo
by Tom
Brennan
Habitat: Shrubland and rocky areas,
coastal cliffs, salt marshes, caves,
stone walls, sometimes in urban
areas on buildings
Habitat: Woodlands,
the canopy of decidu
shrubs of rocky coast
cultivated areas such
and orchards, enters
Diet: Insects, spiders, small
invertebrates (Encyclopedia of Life,
n.d.)
Geographic range: Along coast of
Croatia, parts of coast of Greece,
on Crete and other Mediterranean
islands, northwestern Africa,
western and southern Turkey down
to northern Egypt, native in Croatia
2014)
Diet: Beech nuts, haz
berries and apples, Ie
flowers, occasionally
moss, invertebrates (f
Map by Osado
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Edible dormouse
Glis glis
Classification: Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia,
Order Rodentia, Family Gliridae
Description: Small to medium-sized
rodent, bushy tail, largest of the
dormouse species - around 175 mm
long, gray fur, white belly (Fitzke,
2014)
Habitat: Woodlands, specifically in
the canopy of deciduous trees,
shrubs of rocky coastal areas,
cultivated areas such as gardens
and orchards, enters buildings
Photo from ChampBoyer.com
Geographic range: Widespread
throughout Europe to northern Turkey,
northern Iran and Turkmenistan, found
on many Mediterranean islands, some
populations in central Russia, native in
Croatia
Diet: Beech nuts, hazelnuts, acorns,
berries and apples, leaves and
flowers, occasionally insects, fungi,
moss, invertebrates (Fitzke, 2014)
Map by U. Schroter
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