IberiaNature

An English-Spanish glossary of the Natural History of Spain

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galacho : ox-bow lake ( Ebro – Aragon );

galayo : jagged rock sticking out from a mountainous area

gallineta común : moorhen : Gallinula chloropus

gamo común : fallow deer : Dama dama

gamuza / gamusa ( reg ) : chamois

See Chamois in Spain

ganadería : livestock raising

ganadero : livestock farmer

ganado : livestock

ganga ibérica : pin-tailed sandgrouse : Pterocles alchata

ganga ortega : black-bellied sandgrouse : Pterocles orientalis

garceta común : little egret : Egretta garzetta

garceta grande : great white egret : Egretta alba

garcía ( Ast , Rioja ) : fox

garcilla bueyera : cattle egret : Bubulcus ibis

garcilla cangrejera : squacco heron : Ardeola ralloide s

garduña : beech marten : Martes foina

garganta : gorge

garra : claw; talon

garrapata : tick

garriga : Garrigue . Low-lying scrub previously covered in forest.

garza imperial : purple heron : Ardea purpurea

garza real : grey heron : Ardea cinerea

gato montés : wild cat : Felis sylvestris

gavia stellata : colimbo chico : Red-throated Diver

gavilán común : Eurasian sparrowhawk : Accipiter nisus

gavión atlántico : great black-backed gull : Larus marinus

gaviota argéntea : herring gull : Larus argentatus

gaviota cabecinegra : mediterranean gull : Larus melanocephalus

gaviota cana : common gull : Larus canus

gaviota de Audouin : Audouin's gull : Larus audouinii

gaviota de Sabine : Sabine's gull : Larus sabini

gaviota enana : little gull : Larus minutus

gaviota patiamarilla : yellow-legged gull : Larus cachinnans

gaviota picofina : slender-billed gull : Larus genei

gaviota pipizcan : Franklin 's gull : Larus pipixcan

gaviota reidora : black-headed gull : Larus ridibundus

gaviota sombría : lesser black-backed gull : Larus fuscus

gaviota tridáctila : kittiwake : Rissa tridactyla

gazapo : young rabbit

gineta : genet : Genetta genetta

glà (Cat.) : acorn

glaciar : glacier

See Glaciers in Spain

glera ( Arag ) : scree

gochu ( Ast .) : pig

golfo : gulf

golondrina común : barn swallow : Hirundo rustica

golondrina dáurica : red- rumped swallow : Hirundo daurica

gorgojo: weevil

gorrión alpino : snowfinch : Montifringilla nivalis

gorrión chillón : rock sparrow : Petronia petronia

gorrión común : house sparrow : Passer domesticus

gorrión molinero : tree sparrow : Passer montanus

gorrión moruno : Spanish sparrow : Passer hispaniolensis

gos d'atura (Cat.) : sheepdog :

gota fria : cut - off low ; and by extension and erroneously any stormy weather in Autumn along Mediterranean coast .

GR : Gran Recorrido

graja : rook : Corvus frugilegus

grajilla : eurasian jackdaw : Corvus monedula

granizo : hail

granja peletera: fur farm

grano : grain

gregal : north-easterly wind blowing in from the Mediterranean

grèvol (Cat): holly

grieta : crack

grillo : cricket

grulla común : common crane : Grus grus

guarida : den

güell (Cat): spring which wells up to form pool

guija : small pebble

guijarro : small pebble

guión de codornices : corncrake : Crex crex

guirre: Egyptian vulture as it is known in the Canaries. In the rest of Spain it's alimoche

gusano : worm

gusano de seda : silkworm

 

 

galacho in English
ox-bow lake in Spanish
galayo in English
ganadería English translation
livestock raising in Spain
livestock raising in Spanish
ganadero in English
Spanish translation livestock farmer
ganado in English
livestock in Spain
livestock in Spanish
garganta in English
gorge in Spanish
garra English translation
claw in Spanish
talon in Spanish
garrapata in English
tick in Spanish
garriga English translation
garrigues in Spain
garrigue in Spanish
gazapo in English
glaciar in English
glaciers in Spain
Spanish translation glacier
golfo English translation
gulfs in Spain
gulf in Spanish
gorgojo in English
weevil in Spanish
gota fria in English
cut-off low in Spain
cut-off low in Spanish
granizo English translation
granizo in Spain
Spanish translation hail
granja peletera in English
fur farm in Spanish
grano in English
grains in Spain
grains in Spanish
gregal in English
grillo English translation
crickets in Spain
cricket in Spanish
guarida in English
den in Spanish
guijarro in English
gusano English translation
Spanish translation worm
gusano de seda in English
silkworm in Spanish

 

 

 

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