brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) is regularly present in the national park's beech forests and neighboring areas, with estimated 20 individuals, representing one of the biggest concentration of bears in one protected area of Central Italy; The Golden eagle, with six breeding couples; The red and roe deer which have also been reintroduced in the park after the WWII, when they were extinct throughout the Central Apennines. The amphibians and reptiles that live in this mountainous landscape are the spectacled salamander, the yellow-billed toad and the unique Orsini's viper. Also goshawk, buzzard, rock partridge, alpine and red-billed chough, peregrine falcon and sparrow hawk are some important bird species that breed inside the park. Finally other mammals that thrive in the dense forests that surround the majella massif are the wild boar, the Corsican hare, the European pine marten, the European wildcat, the red fox, the European badger and the rare European otter. References External links Pages by the Park Authority on Parks.it Majella National Park Majella National Park map National parks of Italy Parks in Abruzzo Protected areas of the Apennines