Handbook of Texas Online – Canary Islanders". Tshaonline.org. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010 . Retrieved 26 April 2010. In 1402, the Castilian colonisation of the islands began with the expedition of the French explorers Jean de Béthencourt and Gadifer de la Salle, nobles and vassals of Henry III of Castile, to Lanzarote. From there, they went on to conquer Fuerteventura (1405) and El Hierro. These invasions were "brutal cultural and military clashes between the indigenous population and the Castilians" lasting over a century due to formidable resistance by indigenous Canarians. [58] Professor Mohamed Adhikari has defined the conquest of the islands as a genocide of the Guanches. [68] [69] After the establishment of a democratic constitutional monarchy in Spain, autonomy was granted to the Canaries via a law passed in 1982, with a newly established autonomous devolved government and parliament. In 1983, the first autonomous elections were held. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won. In the 2007 elections, the PSOE gained a plurality of seats, but the nationalist Canarian Coalition and the conservative Partido Popular (PP) formed a ruling coalition government. [93] Capitals [ edit ]

Politics [ edit ] The Province of Las Palmas The Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Municipalities in the Las Palmas Province Municipalities in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province Governance [ edit ] Arnaiz-Villena, A; Ruiz V; Rodríguez C (1995). "El Cantor de África y sus híbridos" (PDF). Revista Pájaros. 23/24: 109–112. Parques Nacionales de Canarias". Pueblos10.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009 . Retrieved 26 April 2010. The Spanish of the Canary Islands". Personal.psu.edu. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011 . Retrieved 26 April 2010.Brito, Ana del Carmen Viña (2006). "La organización social del trabajo en los ingenios azucareros canarios (siglos XV-XVI)". En la España medieval (29): 359–382. ISSN 0214-3038. Several of the restricted-range species are forest birds including the three endemic pigeons, which are laurel forest specialists (of the two which co-occur in the Canaries, Columba junoniae prefers scrubbier areas above and below major stands of laurel). Fringilla teydea is restricted to pine forest. a b c d Tony Clarke, Chris Orgill & Tony Dudley (2006) Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands, Christopher Helm, London.

Official census statistics of the Canary Islands population". Gobiernodecanarias.org. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010 . Retrieved 26 April 2010.Madeira is particularly important for breeding seabirds, including Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira, an endemic breeder on Madeira itself, and Fea's Petrel P. feae, which nests on Bugio in the Desertas (one of a few breeding populations; see also EBA 078) (Zino and Biscoito 1994).

El clima subtropical canario" (in Spanish). Junta de Andalucía. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021 . Retrieved 22 December 2021. The largest airport is the Gran Canaria Airport. Tenerife has two airports, Tenerife North Airport and Tenerife South Airport. [140] The island of Tenerife gathers the highest passenger movement of all the Canary Islands through its two airports. [141] The two main islands (Tenerife and Gran Canaria) receive the greatest number of passengers. [142] Tenerife 6,204,499 passengers and Gran Canaria 5,011,176 passengers. [143] Main articles: Conquest of the Canary Islands, Kingdom of the Canary Islands, Crown of Castile, and Kingdom of Portugal The most famous festivals of the Canary Islands is the carnival. It is the most famous and international festival of the archipelago. The carnival is celebrated in all the islands and all its municipalities, perhaps the two busiest are those of the two Canarian capitals; the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife ( Tourist Festival of International Interest) and the Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. It is celebrated on the streets between the months of February and March. But the rest of the islands of the archipelago have their carnivals with their own traditions among which stand out: The Festival of the Carneros of El Hierro, the Festival of the Diabletes of Teguise in Lanzarote, Los Indianos de La Palma, the Carnival of San Sebastián de La Gomera and the Carnival of Puerto del Rosario in Fuerteventura. The Servicio Canario de Salud is an autonomous body of administrative nature attached to the Ministry responsible for Health of the Government of the Canary Islands. The majority of the archipelago's hospitals belong to this organization: [150]Real Decreto 1458/2018, de 14 de diciembre, por el que se declaran oficiales las cifras de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal referidas al 1 de enero de 2018". BOE (in Spanish). 29 December 2018. pp.130903–130906. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019 . Retrieved 23 September 2019. Diagnóstico" (PDF). Plan Territorial Especial De Ordenación Del Sistema Viario Del Área Metropolitana De Tenerife (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2019 . Retrieved 21 January 2010. Both hotels have a swimming pool, are very comfortable and the food is excellent. Please note, however, that due to the fluctuation of prices and availability in many rural, family run hotels in the customary Birdwatching Spain style we must stay at a larger tourist-style hotel.

Según la Página Web del Gobierno de Canarias". Archived from the original on 28 December 2009 . Retrieved 31 January 2020. Auditorio de Tenerife by Santiago Calatrava, and an icon of contemporary architecture in the Canary Islands, ( Santa Cruz de Tenerife) Map of the European Union in the world with overseas countries and territories and outermost regions (as of 2018)

With its unique range of endemic birds -including plentiful subspecies-, reptiles, butterflies and plants, the biodiverse Canary Islands are high on the list of special regions in Europe, and indeed the world, to visit. In summer, the number of seabirds either breeding or using its waters for feeding reaches a peak and the range of cetaceans in its waters remains high, providing the perfect combination for a wildlife tour. In winter, the sunny, mild conditions and main flowering season after autumn rains make it a superb break from the dull, cold north!

It occurs in a wide variety of habitats from pine and laurel forests to sand dunes. It is most common in semiopen areas with small trees such as orchards and copses. It frequently occurs in man-made habitats such as parks and gardens. It is found from sea-level up to at least 760m in Madeira, 1,100m in the Azores and to above 1,500m in the Canary Islands. [3]