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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 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