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
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 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