The possibility to study the fauna, also through the museum exhibits, allows us to recognize the importance of the protection of individual species, their populations, and the territories in which they live. It is also through this awareness that a different concept has spread in terms of the conservation of our natural resources, which has produced the small ‘revolution’ that transformed a hunting ground into the first National Park: the Abruzzo National Park, now the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park.
In all of the territory of the Abruzzo region, there is a wide variety of places where most of the animals that we present here can still be seen alive: three National Parks, a Protected Marine Area, a Regional Park, 14 State Reserves, 25 Regional Reserves, 8 Protected Areas, and 127 sites of the “Natura 2000” network.
Pantaniello Lake | Species that are present: hare, fox, European mole, eagle, mallard duck, rock partridge, asp viper, yellow-bellied toad and spotted salamander.
General tour / Species that are present: wild cat, otter, badger, skunk, fox, dormouse, golden eagle, kestrel, buzzard, eagle owl, barn owl, Eurasian jay, wood pigeon, green woodpecker, rock partridge, cuckoo, mallard duck, grey heron, asp viper, yellow-bellied toad and spotted salamander.
Orta valley | Species that are present: golden eagle, sparrowhawk, rock pigeon, kingfisher, otter, skunk and badger.
Eastern Majella: | Species that are present: golden eagle, kestrel, sparrow hawk, rock partridge, southern squirrel and weasel.
Ugni Fief | Species that are present: rock partridge, wild cat, rabbit, skunk and weasel.
Santa Chiara Quarter | Species that are present: hare, wild cat, squirrel and barn owl.
Monte Rotondo | Species that are present: wild cat, golden eagle, wood pigeon, rock partridge and dormouse.
Fara San Martino Palombaro | Species that are present: rock partridge, golden eagle, wild cat, fox and weasel.
Orfento Valley and the Great Plain | Species that are present: golden eagle, hawk and otter.
Lama Bianca | Species that are present: eagle, rock partridge, golden oriole, sparrow hawk, wild cat and hedgehog.
General tour | Species that are present: hare, wild cat, weasel, golden eagle, sparrow hawk, wood pigeon and starling.
Voltigno Plain and d’Angri Valley | Species that are present: weasel, skunk, southern squirrel, golden eagle, kestrel, rock partridge, wood pigeon, asp viper, yellow-bellied toad and spotted salamander.
Salinello Gorge | Species that are present: golden eagle, sparrow hawk, barn owl, southern squirrel, dormouse, badger, weasel and fox.
Campotosto Lake | Species that are present: fox, Italian sparrow, pheasant, Eurasian wigeon, teal, coot, moorhen, grey heron and eel.
General tour | Species that are present: eagle, sparrow hawk, kestrel, buzzard, barn owl, eagle owl, rock partridge, jay, green woodpecker, mallard duck, teal, weasel, skunk, badger, fox, wild cat and squirrel.
Pescara Springs: link 1 / link 2 / link 3 | Species that are present: coot, moorhen, mallard duck, teal, Eurasian widgeon, grey heron, purple heron, night heron, kingfisher, green woodpecker, cuckoo, hedgehog, mole, southern squirrel, dormouse, hare, badger, skunk, weasel, otter, fox, spotted salamander and eel.
Zompo lo Schioppo | Species that are present: sparrow hawk and eagle owl.
Penne Lake / Species that are present: grey heron, night heron, Eurasian bittern, little bittern, lapwing, skunk, badger, otter, fox, southern squirrel and wild cat.
Castel Cerreto | Species that are present: green woodpecker, hawk, kestrel and mole.
Serranella Lake / Species that are present: starling, green woodpecker, coot, teal, mallard duck, grey heron, purple heron, night heron, little bittern, fox, badger, pond turtle and eel.
Mount Genzana Alto Gizio | Species that are present: grey heron, purple heron, mallard duck, eagle, fox, weasel, badger, wild cat, dormouse, southern squirrel, hare and bats.
Sagittario Gorge / Species that are present: golden eagle and rock partridge.
Abetina di Rosello | Species that are present: sparrow hawk, jay, wood pigeon, wild cat and badger.
Calanchi di Atri / Species that are present: buzzard, sparrow hawk, kestrel, barn owl, wood pigeon, wild pigeon, swallow, swift, pheasant, magpie, hare, fox, weasel, skunk, hedgehog and bats.
Territorial Park of Lavinio | Species that are present: moorhen, kingfisher, kestrel, buzzard, wood pigeon, weasel and badger.
Aderci Point | Species that are present: grey heron, purple heron, sparrow hawk, seagull and common gull.
Santa Filomena Pinewoods | Species that are present: jay, magpie, hedgehog, fox and weasel.
S. Venanzio Gorge | Species that are present: golden eagle, sparrow hawk, kestrel, grey heron, kingfisher, moorhen, coot, mallard, magpie and eel.
Licco Hill and Intramonti Fief | Species that are present: eagle, buzzard and owls.
Torino di Sangro holm woods / Species that are present: hawk, cuckoo, magpie, jay, oriole, Eurasian curlew, common swift, swallow, rock pigeon, green woodpecker, kestrel, buzzard, kingfisher, lapwing, badger, hedgehog, fox, skunk, squirrel, Roman mole, bat, gecko, European pond turtle, asp viper and eel.
Acquabella Point | Species that are present: green woodpecker, kestrel, sea swallow (spring and autumn migrations) and seagulls.
Vasto Marina | Species that are present: pond turtle, fox, weasel and hedgehog.
Torre del Cerrano | Species that are present: sea turtle (Caretta caretta).
Pescara Museum of the Sea | Species that are present: turtle, long-snouted seahorse, Adriatic sole, thornback ray, garfish, butterfly blenny, angel shark, corvina, torpedo, triggerfish, sea pen and crinoid.
Pescara ‘Luigi Cagnolaro’ Recovery and Rehabilitation Centre for Sea Turtles | Species that are present: sea turtle (Caretta caretta).
