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Stelvio National Park

National Park · Italy

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Where granite peaks rise above three thousand metres and alpine meadows give way to rocky scree, Stelvio National Park guards one of Europe's most dramatically vertical wilderness areas. Straddling the Lombard Alps in northern Italy, the park encompasses steep-sided valleys, high moorlands, and extensive areas of subalpine and alpine habitat—terrain shaped by glaciation and sustained by the region's substantial precipitation. The landscape supports a tapestry of wildlife adapted to these demanding elevations: birds of prey that hunt above the ridgelines, woodland songbirds in the lower valleys, small forest mammals threading through dense conifer stands, and larger ungulates that move seasonally between lower pastures and high alpine terrain. Streams and mountain lakes harbour cold-water fish species, while the rocky zones sustain alpine specialists invisible to the casual observer but vital to the park's ecological integrity. This is not gentle mountain terrain; it is a landscape of exposure, where weather patterns shift rapidly and only species supremely adapted to harsh conditions thrive.

Website stelviopark.bz.it

WILDLIFE

Bearded Vulture

Gypaetus barbatus

Aquila chrysaetos

Tichodroma muraria

Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Eurasian Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Northern Nutcracker

Nucifraga caryocatactes

Pyrrhocorax graculus

Loxia curvirostra

Falco tinnunculus

Eurasian Crag Martin

Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Common Blackbird

Italian Sparrow

Turdus viscivorus

Anthus spinoletta

White-throated Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

Garrulus glandarius

European Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Poecile montanus

Turdus philomelos

Linaria cannabina

Lophophanes cristatus

Alpine Accentor

Prunella collaris

Anas platyrhynchos

Turdus torquatus

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Serinus serinus

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Saxicola rubetra

Eurasian Treecreeper

Certhia familiaris

Eurasian Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Erithacus rubecula

Motacilla cinerea

Carduelis citrinella

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Eurasian Nuthatch

Prunella modularis

Black Woodpecker

Dryocopus martius

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Eurasian Siskin

Troglodytes troglodytes

Regulus regulus

European Greenfinch

Chloris chloris

Common Wood Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker

Picoides tridactylus

Anthus trivialis

European Green Woodpecker

Passer domesticus

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Western Capercaillie

Tetrao urogallus

Eurasian Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Griffon Vulture

Alectoris graeca

Emberiza citrinella

Eurasian Magpie

Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Tetrastes bonasia

Poecile palustris

Grey-headed Woodpecker

Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

Eurasian Dotterel

Eudromias morinellus

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Fringilla montifringilla

Eurasian Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium passerinum

Phoenicurus ochruros

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Hirundo rustica

European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

Common Rock Thrush

Monticola saxatilis

Western House Martin

Delichon urbicum

Acanthis flammea

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Common Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Cuculus canorus

European Honey Buzzard

Pernis apivorus

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Western Bonelli's Warbler

Phylloscopus bonelli

Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticola

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Great Grey Shrike

Lanius excubitor

Phylloscopus trochilus

Western Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

Tachymarptis melba

Mediterranean Gull

Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

Black-throated Loon

European Bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Common Firecrest

Regulus ignicapilla

European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

Falco columbarius

Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Lullula arborea

Anthus pratensis

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Northern Chamois

Rupicapra rupicapra

Marmota marmota

Western Red Deer

Western Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Eurasian Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

Mustela erminea

Lepus europaeus

European Garden Dormouse

Eliomys quercinus

Eurasian Pygmy Shrew

Eurasian Forest Dormouse

Dryomys nitedula

European Snow Vole

Chionomys nivalis

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Natural environment

Stelvio National Park

Very cold conditions shape most of the year.

Usual climateTundraHigh mountain · Mountain

Average annual temperature -2.4 °C Average of the twelve monthly means

Average elevation 2,627 m High mountain

Climate pattern Tundra Also: Cold humid with cool summers

A year of temperatures

Monthly means, with the coldest and warmest highlighted

Monthly minimum · January -13.3 °C Monthly maximum · July 8.5 °C

Global temperature scale

−40°−20°0°20°40°

Terrain and elevation

2,627 m · High mountain

Average terrain elevation estimate. This hotspot also includes high-mountain areas; the figure does not represent its highest summits.

Elevation scale

2,627 m

02,0004,0006,0008,000m

High mountain

Long-term climate averages, not live weather.

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