Medium-sized bird (about 42 cm or 16.5 in), more sturdy than the Rock Dove. Dorsal plumage of dark grey colour, prominent breast of pink colour, small head, greyish underparts, marked white spot on the nape with band of green metallic reflections. Wings with very distinguishable white spots. Powerful, fast flight and with a strong flapping of wings.
Woodland environment
It lives in deciduous, mixed and, to a lesser extent, coniferous forests. Present in grasslands, olive groves, in the countryside and in addition in urban parks.
Species resident in Malaga all year round. The province also hosts wintering individuals from the north. It breeds from Marh making two annual layings of 1 to 2 eggs and nests in trees. It feeds on seeds, acorns, berries, cereals and tender parts of plants.
Common and frequent species in Malaga. It can be watched in most stages of the Great Path.
Torcaces or "torcales", as they are known in Malaga, take their name from the Latin "torques" or necklace, referring to the white collar they exhibit on the neck. They are one of the bird species that are currently expanding. Like wild boars, they are favored by the increase in forest stands and the fact that they are also increasingly entering urban environments.
- Altos de Hondonero
- Camino de la Fuenfría
- Costa del Sol Occidental
- El Cerro de Santi Petri
- Fuente del Acebuche
- Genal and Guadiaro rivers junction
- Genil River banks
- GR 249. Stage 09. Periana - Alfarnatejo (Pulgarín Alto)
- GR 249. Stage 06. Frigiliana - Cómpeta
- GR 249. Stage 07. Cómpeta - Canillas de Aceituno
- GR 249. Stage 08. Canillas de Aceituno - Periana
- GR 249. Stage 10. Alfarnatejo (Pulgarín Alto) - Alfarnate
- GR 249. Stage 11. Alfarnate - Villanueva del Rosario
- GR 249. Stage 12. Villanueva del Rosario - Archidona
- GR 249. Stage 13. Archidona - Villanueva de Tapia
- GR 249. Stage 14. Villanueva de Tapia - Villanueva de Algaidas
- GR 249. Stage 17. Alameda - Fuente de Piedra
- GR 249. Stage 19. Campillos - Embalses del Guadalhorce
- GR 249. Stage 20. Embalses del Guadalhorce - Estación de El Chorro (Álora)
- GR 249. Stage 23. El Burgo - Ronda
- GR 249. Stage 25. Estación de Benaoján - Jimera de Líbar
- GR 249. Stage 26. Jimera de Líbar - Benalauría
- GR 249. Stage 27. Benalauría - Genalguacil
- GR 249. Stage 28. Genalguacil - Casares
- GR 249. Stage 30. Estepona - Marbella
- GR 249. Stage 31. Marbella - Ojén
- GR 249. Stage 32. Ojén - Mijas
- GR 249. Stage 33. Mijas - Benalmádena
- GR 249. Stage 34. Benalmádena - Alhaurín de la Torre
- Hoz de Marín
- Monte de San Antón (Málaga)
- Montes de Malaga Natural Park
- Quejigales - Puerto de Los Pilones
- Refugio de Juanar
- Río del Burgo
- Río Guadalmina
- Río Jorox
- Sierra de Mollina y Laguna de la Ratosa
- The Mouth of Rio Velez
- Valley of Genal River
- Valley of the Guadalhorce River
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