Corno do Bico Protected Landscape

Corno do Bico Protected Landscape
Paisagem Protegida do Corno do Bico
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Map showing the location of Corno do Bico Protected Landscape

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Location Paredes de Coura, Portugal
Coordinates 41°53′13″N 8°31′12″W / 41.8869°N 8.52°W / 41.8869; -8.52Coordinates: 41°53′13″N 8°31′12″W / 41.8869°N 8.52°W / 41.8869; -8.52[1]
Area 2,175 hectares (5,370 acres)
Established 20 September 1999

Corno do Bico Protected Landscape is a protected landscape in Portugal, entirely located in Paredes de Coura. It is one of the 30 areas which are officially under protection in the country.

It is composed by wood and grassland pasture systems and well preserved oak forests and it is a habitat to various native and European flora and fauna species like the Iberian wolf, the Pyrenean desman, the European otter, the palmate newt, the genet, the European roe deer and the wild boar.

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