Common Birds in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 84 common birds recorded regularly there: 54 residents, 12 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made